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

Marketing

• Shampa Bhattacharjee
• Rajesh Chandrshekaran

Festival Main Section Programming

• Shefali Mehta
• Rajesh Chandrashekaran
• ArunVerma

Children’s Film Segment Programming

• Smita Abbi
• Sanjay Nambiar

Hospitality

• Dhriti Bagchi
• Madan Vazirani
• Kangan Gogia
• Bhaswati Bhadra
• Priya Shah
• Lakshmi Menon

Ticketing & Front Desk

• Dipa Mandal
• Sandya Rai
• Manjula Sohal
• Ritu Goyal
• Kasturi Sengupta
• Neeta Vyas

Venue and Q&A Management

• Ramesh Bhatia
• Sanjay Nambiar
• Smita Abbi
• Dhriti Bagchi

Panel Discussion Coordination

• Shefali Mehta

Screening Management

• Arun Verma
• ValerieDaniels
• Sadhan Mandal
• Satish Iyer
• Rishi Bhattacherjee
• Ranojoy Ghosal

Photography

• Ranojoy Ghoshal
• Evan Tu

Webmaster & Graphic Designer

• Neha Bhatt

Festival Trailers and Poster Design

• Rajesh Chandrshekaran

Video Editing

• Valerie Daniels