• South Asian Spotlight

    Oct 16, 03:43 PM by administrator

    Program 8: South Asian Spotlight

    Sat. Nov. 8th, 7:00 PM

    In South Asia, the game and film industry have become huge. Talent is only certain to grow, and we’re pleased to present a few up and coming South Asian filmmakers. A symbolic look at a child, and their view of their world and the people close to them, are portrayed in two animated shorts, AMMA and KEY TUMI? Then KISSING COUSINS is a hilarious journey of a man who ends relationships for a living, only to ironically yearn for one with a special woman…but with a catch.

    Kissing Cousins



    Director/Writer: Amyn Kaderali | Producers: Amyn Kaderali, Manish Goyal, Rahul Haria
    Narrative | DigiBeta | Colour | 2007 | 98 minutes | USA

    Amir (Samrat Chakrabarti), 29, is a heartbreaker. Literally. As a “relationship termination specialist,” providing “dumping services” for disgruntled daters, Amir spends his days delivering bad news to unsuspecting lovers across Los Angeles and retrieving his clients’ belongings. When Amir returns to his family’s Bay Area home for Thanksgiving, he is reunited with Zara (Rebecca Hazelwood), his charming and beautiful cousin from Britain who he has not seen in twenty years. An undercurrent of sexual tension develops between them as the charade comes dangerously close to going too far. Will his friends find out the truth? Will Amir fall for his own cousin?! Or will he become one of his own “victims?”

    Previous Screenings: SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival, Indian Film Festival of LA, Int’l Film Festival of Mumbai, LA Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Western Canadian Premiere

    Director In Attendance

    preceded by:

    Amma



    Director/Writer/Producer: Aparna Kapur
    Animation | DigiBeta | Colour | 2007 | 6 minutes | India

    Amma is a poetic narration of a young girl’s life and her deeply rooted relationship with her grandmother. The film explores the deep symbiotic relationship between the child and her grandmother and how their love for one another surpasses this physical world.

    Director In Attendance

    Key Tumi?



    Director/Writer/Producer: Kunal Sen
    Animation | Beta SP | Colour | 2008 | 7 minutes | India/Canada

    Caramel custard, ping pong and potty all play an important role in this charming animation about a young Indian boy exploring where he came from as he prepares for the performance of a lifetime. ‘Key Tumi?’ is an attempt at posing a modern idiom for the contemporary Indian family.

    Previous Screenings: Toronto International Film Festival

    Western Canadian Premiere | Director In Attendance

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