11th Annual NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
May 4-8, 2011
PARTIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS |
Nightly parties are a staple at NYIFF and allow festival-goers and participants to unwind in some of NYC's hottest locales. Our parties range from red carpet benefit galas to cocktails to laid-back lounges. Join us in celebrating the 11th anniversary of NYC's oldest, largest, and most prestigious Indian film festival!.
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May 4 – May 8
Indian Faces Photography Exhibit
Alberto Moretti with Giulia Iacolutti
The photographic project INDIAN FACES started with portraits of last year’s festival guests and participants. Instead of hour-long portraiture sessions, the photographers have only a few minutes to capture the artists’ souls.
“In my portraiture work I have always a lot of time to study the subject, to decode it, to find out the better way to read and interpretate the charatcter, the mood, the weak points, the strong sides and so on: one hour at least, sometimes three. INDIAN FACES forced me to do all this in a few minutes: for example, I've had two minutes only with Mani Ratnam and Suhasini, three minutes with Salman Rushdie, and this was absolutely difficult and exciting; a match against the time, an instant and soft war with whoever was in front of me.”
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Wednesday, May 4
Opening Night Red Carpet Screening and Gala Benefit Dinner
6 pm - Red carpet at Paris Theatre
7 pm - Welcome - Aroon Shivdasani, IAAC Executive & Artistic Director
Opening Address - Ambassador Meera Shankar
Introduction - Jason Reed, Disney Executive VP/GM International Productions
Screening of Habib Faisal’s DO DOONI CHAAR. Starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh Kapoor
Post-screening discussion with director and cast moderated by Aseem Chhabra, Film Festival Director
9:30 pm - Gala Benefit Dinner at Jumeirah Essex House
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Thursday, May 5th
NYIFF AFTERPARTY
9:30PM @ LAIR (201 Lafayette Street)
Join us for an afterparty at the chicest new lounge in Soho…
http://lairnyc.com/
No cover for NYIFF attendees and drink specials 10-11PM – bring your ticket stub! |
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Friday, May 6
Centerpiece Screening and Reception
5 pm - Red carpet
6 pm - Screening of Aparna Sen’s ITI MRINALI, starring Aparna Sen, Konkana Sen sharma, Rajat Kapoor,
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Post-screening discussion
8:30 pm - Afterparty at Tribeca Bar
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NYIFF AFTERPARTY
9PM - @ STAY Lounge (244 East Houston)
http://stay-nyc.com/
No cover for NYIFF attendees and 1 FREE DRINK for the first 50 people with NYIFF ticket stubs!
Drink Specials:
9-10PM : Open Bar
11-12AM : 2 for 1 Drinks
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Saturday, May 7, 2011, Tribeca Theater 1, 12 noon.
CHILDREN'S AFTERNOON: THE LEGEND OF RAMA (English, Animated)
Rama, the handsome prince of Ayodhays, is in exhile with the beautiful Sita and his valiant brother Laxman. One day Sita is kidnapped by the mighty Ravana, the demon king. Rama and Laxman begin their search for Sita with the help of the monkey-god Hanuman. The Ramayana, the most beloved of all Indian stories, gets its first 3D computer animation retelling in this production from producer Ketan Mehta."
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Sunday, May 8
CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATIONS
by invitation only
at the
Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, NYC.
5 pm - Red Carpet
6 pm - Closing Remarks: Aroon Shivdasani, IAAC Executive & Artistic Director
Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore: Consul General Prabhu Dayal
Screening of Rituparno Ghosh’s Nauka Dubi
Post-screening discussion between Director Rituparno Ghosh and Richard Allen, Chair of Cinema Studies, NYU
8 pm - Awards Ceremony
9 pm - Afterparty in the Garden Court Cafe
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