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The
Indo-American Arts Council Presents
The Fourth Annual Indian Diaspora Film Festival
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The Indo American
Arts Council proudly announces its 4th annual film festival
of the Indian Diaspora.
The festival,
showcasing cinematic creativity within the South Asian
Immigrant Community in the United States will open at
the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater on November
4, 2004 and continue at New York’s prestigious
Anthology Film Archives until November 7. Feature films,
documentaries and shorts by South Asian film makers
in America and overseas will be screened.
The opening film
will be followed by post screening discussion moderated
by Richard Pena, Director of the Lincoln Center Film
Society and a Gala Opening Night Benefit dinner at the
Lincoln Center’s Kaplan Penthouse. The Gala will
include a live auction and will honor long time patrons
- writer Salman Rushdie, filmmakers Ismail Merchant
and Mira Nair, and actress Shabana Azmi.
The festival attracts
a huge number of South Asian, Indophile and Independent
film buffs, distributors, festival scouts and the media.
Previous festivals have showcased a wide range of Diaspora
filmmakers from veterans like Mira Nair, Ismail Merchant
& Jagmohan Mundhra to relative newcomers like Nagesh
Kukunoor, Nisha Ganatra and Apoorva Lakhia.
Post-screening
discussions with the filmmakers and casts, and Q&As
with the audience, will follow all films. The festival
will conclude with Award Presentations for outstanding
creativity to participating filmmakers.
Founded in 1998,
the IAAC, passionately promotes, showcases and builds
an awareness of Indian artists and artistic disciplines
(performing arts, visual arts & literary arts) in
North America .
CALL
FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS
November 4 - 7,
2004
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: AUGUST 15, 2004
Filmmakers are
invited to submit their films (Feature/ Short/ Doc)
for the fourth annual IAAC FILM FESTIVAL: THE INDIAN
DIASPORA, November 4-7, 2004. IAAC Film Festival : The
Indian Diaspora includes films made by people of Indian
origin living outside India. Films made by non-Indians
with Indian content (plot, theme, actors, location,
protagonist) will also be considered.
FOR APPLICATION
FORM AND FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE
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PERTINENT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Opening Night
Gala is on November 4, 2004 at the Walter Reade Theatre,
Lincoln Center, followed by the Gala dinner at the Kaplan
Penthouse, Lincoln Center.
At the ceremony
The IAAC will honour Salman Rushdie, Shabana Azmi, Ismail
Merchant and Mira Nair for their continued generous
support of the IAAC. All honorees have confirmed their
presence.
Meet the media, film distributors and festival scouts
at the screenings. Attend post-screening discussions
and Q&A with the filmmakers (and all cast/crew present).
Filmmaker awards
(cash and in-kind) for outstanding creativity will be
presented immediately after the closing film.
Aroon Shivdasani,
Executive Director
Indo-American Arts Council, Inc.
118 East 25th St., Third Floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 529-2347, Fax: (212) 477-4106
Email: aroon@iaac.us, Website: www.iaac.us
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