Our Mission

The mission of NJISACF will be to promote and recognize the talents of the new, the established, the underrepresented, the best and the brightest Independent South Asian filmmakers from across the globe. Our line up of great films covers a wide spectrum of genres and lengths. They reflect the diverse experiences, cultures and histories of the South Asian diaspora in the USA and elsewhere, thereby encouraging cross-cultural dialog and understanding in a multicultural society like ours. The festival’s mission is also to facilitate a thriving and dynamic interaction and dialog among filmmakers, writers, actors, producers, film critics, film scholars, film industry professionals, the movie-loving public, and the American society in general. We believe that these films can inspire, inform and unite South Asian filmmakers and people across the tri-state area, and reaffirm our identity. We believe in our cause, we truly believe that this occasion will soon become an integral part of the heritage of New Jersey

Asian American Film and Theater Project

PO Box 136

Monmouth Junction

New Jersey, 08852, USA

Phone : 732 310 0236

email: asamfilmtheater@yahoo.com

We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. - Whoopi Goldberg

Festival Director

Sakti Sengupta

Board of Advisors

Rupinder Nayyar
Ajay Bansiwal
Arvind Agrawal
Kulraaj Anand

Film Curator (India region)

Girish Ranade
Sanjeeban Guha

Festival Coordination

Antara Mandal

Marketing

Neha Mahajan (Lead)

Festival Programming

Rajesh Chandrashekaran (Lead)
Shefali Mehta
Arun Verma
Pradeep Kapoor

Hospitality

Dhriti Bagchi
Madhu Sehgal
Madan Vazirani
Kangan Gogia
Shampa Bhattacharjee
Rishi Bhattacharjee

Ticketing & Front Desk

Sandya Rai
Manjula Sohal
Srilatha Kenath
Dipa Mandal
Kasturi Sengupta

Venue and Q&A Management

Ramesh Kenath
Nutan Fatnani
Priya Shah
Ramesh Bhatia
Sanjay Nambiar
Viswanadham Gadey
Smita Abbi
Neeta Vyas
Ritu Goyal

Panel Discussion Coordination

Shefali Mehta (Lead)
Srilatha Kenath
Lakshmi Menon

Screening Management

Arun Verma
Valerie Daniels
Evelyn Tu

Photography

Pradeep Kapoor
Ranojoy Ghoshal
Mohuya Ghoshal

Webmaster & Graphic Designer

Neha Bhatt