NYIFF 2016

Tickets for all films: $15 general admission; $12 IAAC members

Festival Pass: $250 general admission; $200 IAAC members.
Includes all regular screenings and special events, Centerpiece and Closing Night screenings & parties.
Does not include Opening Night.

Monday May 9, 6:00pm. Theater 2, Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave @ 12th street, NYC.

Shaheb Bibi Golaam (The Drifters) - World Premiere
Directed by Pratim Dasgupta
Feature Narrative
India 2016, 2hr Bengali (w/English subtitles)
Cast: Anjan Dutt, Swastika Mukherjee, Ritwick Chakraborty

Post screening Q&A with director Pratim Dasgupta

Trailer: https://youtu.be/_0H1JTYYly4

Synopsis: Jimmy, a middle-aged Anglo-Indian man, is trying to do good by breaking bad. Jaya, a middle-class Hindu housewife, goes into forbidden territory to challenge the life she has been hurled into. Javed is a Muslim taxi driver who gets into a relationship he doesn’t fully understand. As different worlds collide in a winter afternoon in Kolkata, humanity will have to transcend politics and religion in a country seeped deep into intolerance.

About the Director:
Pratim Dasgupta

Born and brought up in Kolkata, Pratim has been a journalist-critic with The Telegraph newspaper, east India’s largest selling daily, for over a decade. His first feature film screenplay Vanish aka The Deaths of Ray was selected for the first NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab that took place at the Locarno Film Festival in 2009. Pratim’s 2012 feature film debut as writer-director, Paanch Adhyay (Afterglow), was selected as the Centrepiece Premiere at New York’s South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) and picked as the New Voice in Indian Cinema at the Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI). The romance also played and picked up awards at other national and international film festivals, from Jaipur to Tampa Bay. In 2013, his screenplay INK was selected for the prestigious Sundance Lab, where Pratim developed his script with eminent filmmakers like Asif Kapadia, Joshua Marston and Carlos Cuaron. Shaheb Bibi Golaam (The Drifters) is Pratim's second feature film.

Monday May 9, 6:15pm. Theater 3, Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave @ 12th street, NYC.

Endless
Directed by Manikandan K
India, 83 min Tamil (w/English subtitles)
Cast: ‘Delhi’ Ganesh, Manikandan, Aadhavan, Murali Krishna, Tharika, Praveen, Mirchi Vijay

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2pBXfABnI4

Synopsis: Vaidhyanadhan feels his world turning upside-down when he is forced to retire. A not-so-easygoing father, he struggles to cope up with the unforeseen changes in his life. Pulling himself together, he tries to lead a normal life only to realise that things have changed for ever. Little does he know that life, of his and everyone around him, would change its course when he meets a youngster. What ensues brings all the characters together in a battle of emotions, while every one cares for others in their own ways.

About the Director:
Manikandan K

Actor and director Manikandan, was born and raised in Chennai. He is also screenwriter and has penned dialogues for Tamil films – straight and dubbed - such as "Pizza 2 – The Villa". He recently appeared in the Tamil feature which is an official remake of Korean film " My gangster lover". A dreamer by nature who prefers realism in films, he loves all forms of storytelling. Manikandan is also a trained mimicry artist and voice actor. "Endless" is Manikandan's first directorial attempt and the film received "Best feature film" award from Raintree International Film Festival, was nominated in "Best Director" and "Best Actor" categories in Blackbird Film Festival. The film also received rave reviews and enjoyed media attention in 8th Bengaluru International Film Festival.

Special Event : Three Generations of Filmmakers
Monday May 9, 6:30pm. Theater 4, Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave @ 12th street, NYC.

Anubhav
Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Feature Narrative
India 1971, 2hr 19min Hindi (w/English subtitles)
Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja Samarth, Dinesh Thakur, A. K. Hangal

This Copy of Anubhav has been specifically restored for NYIFF 2016's Three Generations of Filmmakers event with the generous support of Shemaroo Ent Ltd. This is a World Premiere screening for this restored version.

Post screening Q&A with the late director's son and filmmaker Aditya Bhattacharya

Synopsis: Anubhav is a diffuse Hindi word that can mean a feeling, an experience, an understanding or realisation. The film centres on the relationship between Amar (played by Sanjeev Kumar) and Mita (Tanuja), a well-to-do Mumbai couple, who, after six years together, find themselves in a stale (and sexless,) rut. This is the first in a trilogy of Basu Bhattacharya films, focusing on moments of marital impasse in urban India. All three films were made under his own ‘banner’Aarohi Films. Amar and Mita have slid into unconscious estrangement and have taken to sleeping apart, but Mita decides to save the situation. Throwing herself into homemaking, she sacks all but one of her servants and starts cooking and tending to her man. Mita takes control of her life, her marriage and ultimately her man. While he's the boss at work, she takes complete charge at home, earning his respect and deference. Eating their home-cooked meals together, Amar and Mita start talking and rediscovering one another again.

About the Director:

Basu Bhattacharya (1934-1997) was born into a religious family (priests to the Cossimbazar royals) in rural Bengal. After his higher education in Calcutta, an interest in films took him to Bombay. In 1958, he started as an assistant to Bimal Roy for Madhumati and Sujata. Bhattacharya would later marry Roy's daughter Nilanjana (Rinki). He made his debut with Teesri Kasam (1966,) starring Raj Kapoor and won the coveted President’s medal beating favourite Satyajit Ray’s Nayak which starred Uttam Kumar (both films coincidentally were lensed by the legendary Subrata Mitra.) In the 70’s, as a pioneer of the ‘parallel cinema’ his works focused primarily on marital relationships - a look at modern, urban marriages, their fragile nature and inherent contradictions. His marriage trilogy 'Anubhav', 'Aaviskaar' and 'Grihapravesh' are still considered the best in their genre in Hindi cinema. Basu‘da’ (as he was popularly known) whilst admittedly influenced by Ingmar Bergman but (like his mentor, Roy,) kept to the popular idiom and wove in songs into his narrative - many of which were penned by Gulzar, another illustrious Bimal Roy alumni. He received the Silver Lotus (National Awards), Best Cinematography National Award (Nando Bhattacharya) and Filmfare Award for Best Story (Basu Bhattacharya) for Anubhav.

Monday May 9, 7:00pm. Theater 5, Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave @ 12th street, NYC.

LGBT Panel, co-sponsored by SALGA
Panelists: Jayan Cherian, David Kalal, Hansal Mehta and Willie Sankhla
Moderated by: Aseem Chhabra

A conversation on LGBT Films from India. There has been an explosion in films that explore LGBT issues in the Indian socio-cultural context, both in India and in the diaspora. From experimental films to documentaries to feature length love stories, LGBT issues have been a salient narrative in recent filmmaking. This panel explores this history - both in India and locally in New York.

Monday May 9, 9:00pm. Theater 5, Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave @ 12th street, NYC.

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Gandhiji My Mentor
Directed by Nilay Dave
Cast: Nilay Dave, Deepak Antani, Bijal Joshi

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZL-z9eC_sE

Synopsis: ''Gandhiji My Mentor” is a fictional story of Chandrabhan Upadhyay. The story is set during British Empire in 1940s. The British Government was terrified at the name of that ravenous barbarian. Death prevailed wherever his evil shadow fell. He was a successful businessman of foreign clothes but due to Gandhiji’s quit foreign goods movement (Swadeshi) he lost everything. His wife Purnima was a ardent follower of Gandhiji. On August 8th 1942, when Gandhiji announced 'Do or Die' movement, eight months pregnant Purnima not only took part in do or die movement, but she also lead the march protesting at district magistrate office in Nadiad (Gujarat, India). Unfortunately, she was one of the protesters who died on that day in police firing. Chandrabhan became a ravenous barbarian and hated Gandhi for all his misfortunes. Haunted by British Government for the violent bomb blasts, Chandrabhan trespassed into Gandhiji’s Bungalow at Juhu (Mumbai, India), with only one intention of killing Gandhiji. And then the drama unfolds, when Untruth challenges Truth, Non-Violence is pitted against Violence, Righteousness is attacked by Unrighteousness, Love is crushed into pieces by animosity.

About the Director:

Nilay Dave is a debutant director, writer and an actor of the classic feature film “Gandhiji My Mentor”. Nilay has a vast experience of more than 20 years in media industry with a focus on television. A fully trained professional from prestigious St. Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai, India, he has worked with almost all the major TV Channels including ZeeTV, Star TV, NDTV among others. With the rich experience in Production and Post Production specializing in cinematography and editing, Nilay has launched himself as a Writer, Director and an Actor in this epic preindependent era film.

Monday May 9, 9:00pm. Theater 2, Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave @ 12th street, NYC.

Brahman Naman - New York Premiere
Directed by Q
Feature Narrative
USA 2016, 1hr 35min English
Cast: Shashank Arora, Tanmay Dhanania, Chaitanya Varad, Vaishwath Shankar, Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy, Subholina Sen

Post screening Q&A with producer and screenplay writer Naman Ramachandran

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgenO57KlY

Synopsis: It is the 1980s and NAMAN is a clever, know-it-all teenager. Along with his friends, AJAY and RAMU, they are 'The Three Musketeers' who win every quiz competition, using their prize money to get drunk. They think they are super cool, but in reality, they are geeks. When the gang succeed in getting into the All-India quiz final, they go on a chaotic train ride to Calcutta with BERNIE, their 60 year old anarchist quizzer mentor. On the journey, Naman falls hard for NAINA, a super smart and drop dead gorgeous quizzer, who is his superior in every way. As we follow Naman on his quest for love and glory, it is his adventures along the way and the characters that fill them that make the story so special - outsmarting rival quiz teams, seeking their revenge when they can't and plots to humiliate the school jocks - all culminate in Naman finding out what he is really made of. BRAHMAN NAMAN is a true Indian teenage comedy. It is funny, touching and will be universal in its appeal. It is about the exhilaration and confusion of being 17 - the pleasure of being in a gang, breaking the rules, acting big, falling in love - coming of age.

About the Director:

Q is at the forefront of a new independent cinema in India. Based in Goa and Calcutta, he runs his company Oddjoint, producing aggressively transgressive work. His film Gandu (loosely translated - Asshole') was an official selection at the Berlinale and has been compared to Trainspotting and Enter the Void. Variety said "Gandu grabs audiences by the throat and works its way down". He has won numerous awards and likes his humor black.

Monday May 9, 9:15pm. Theater 3, Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave @ 12th street, NYC.

Cinemawala - North America Premiere
Directed by Kaushik Ganguly
Feature Narrative
India 2015, 1hr 35min Bengali (w/English subtitles)
Cast: Paran Bandopadhay, Parambrata Chatterjee,Arun Guha Thakurta, Sohini Sarkar, Lama Halder

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9_lUiinpFo

Synopsis: Pranabendu Das is a retired film exhibitor from a small-town in West Bengal. He owns a movie theatre ‘Kamalini’ named after his separated wife. With the advancement of technology and the arrival of the digital medium, this man was compelled to let go of his theatre which projected films only on celluloid. Prakash is unperturbed by his father, Pranab’s condition. He is an opportunist, who would never give morality a chance while making himself an established businessman. He sells pirated DVDs of feature films in the town. This is a father-son relationship tale weaved through the beautiful backdrop of cinema. Pranab has always maintained himself as a true Cinemawala, whereas, Prakash is also spreading films among the people, but in a way not so acceptable to his father.

About the Director:

Kaushik Ganguly, one of the finest filmmakers of India, is known for his works like Shunyo e Buke (2005), Arekti Premer Galpo (2010), Shabdo (2012), Apur Panchali (2013) Chotoder Chobi (2015). He became significant in Indian Cinema for his consecutive five film nominations in Indian Panoroma and his National Award for "Shobdo" & “Chotoder Chobi”. Ganguly's unconventional choice of subject has won him many accolades. He was awarded with the Best Director award for his film "Apur Panchali" at IIFI 2013. “Chotoder Chobi” won the National Award for Best Film on Social Issues while Dulal Sarkar received the Silver Peacock Award for Best Actor in IFFI,Goa,India 2014.

Monday May 9, 9:30 pm. Theater 4, Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave @ 12th street, NYC.

Shorts Program C - Love, Laughter And Other Stories

Spunkle
Directed by Lisa Donato
13 min, Short Narrative, Drama
Cast: Jake Matthews, Laura Zak

Synopsis: Spunkle?! A short film about a man who contemplates fatherhood when his older sister and her free-spirited wife ask him to be their sperm donor.

About the Director:
Lisa Donato specializes in directing, writing, and producing for commercial and indie video/film productions. Production and directorial credits include shows for National Geographic Wild, The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), feature documentary (She Started It), and award-winning short films (Sugarhiccup, Reclaiming Pakistan). The first feature screenplay that Donato wrote with actress/writer, Fawzia Mirza, was picked up by Newcity and will be produced in Chicago (August 2016). It will be featured by the Chicago Film Project, which will document the making of the film from start to finish. Donato's searing, personal stories have been published in the LA Times, Self, Curve, and 5280 and more. She recently co-launched the video production and boutique creative agency, Sparkle Motion Films, which specializes in branding videos and independent filmmaking that sparks change and moves people to take action.

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First Date
Directed by Anisha Adusumilli
4 min 10 sec, Short Narrative, Drama
Cast: Anisha Adusumilli and Sunkrish Bala

Synopsis: Deepak meets his future bride for the first time. She’s ot exactly what he expected but everything he ever wanted.

About the Director:

Anisha Adusumilli is a first-generation American born and raised in the Midwest with an East Indian/Mixed heritage. An artist from a young age, Anisha began studying Classical Piano at the age of 5 - having graduated from the Trinity College of London Program. Continuing her creative expression through Dancing and Singing, Anisha inevitably discovered her love of Acting. Studying both Business and Theater at UCLA, she immediately began her career in Film and Television upon graduation. With quick success in the industry she dove deeper into studying her craft at The Imagined Life and discovered empathy to be the core of her art. Recent credits include NBC'S Heartbeat, Fox's New Girl, CBS' How I Met Your Mother and NCIS: Los Angeles among others. Throughout this past year, Anisha has decided to create her own content and tell stories from her point of view and collaborate with her community that she's built since being in Los Angeles. This is her first foray into directing her own creation. Anisha continues to tell stories globally with passion, conviction, and a mission to be an example that people can overcome the greatest of obstacles through action and self-belief.

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Misaligned
Directed by Kabir Chopra
9 min 4 sec, Short Narrative, Drama
Cast: Gerrard Lobo, Morgan DeTogne, Paul Moon, Zenobia Shroff

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/161029858

Synopsis: Raj was born without love lines on either of his hands, and he has been doomed to loneliness ever since. But one day, he is granted the power to see people’s Zodiac signs, and he uses this to see people's true colors. He then meets a woman named Nadia, but somehow cannot see her sign. This drives him mad, and he falls deeply in love with her, but he doesn't realize that she is promised to someone else. The film begins when Raj shows up at Nadia's engagement party uninvited. Will he win her back and discover her Zodiac sign? Or will she turn him away and fulfill her promise to Gustavo?

About the Director:

Kabir Chopra is a filmmaker and actor based in New York. He graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dramatic Writing, and has written and directed several short films. Recently, he acted in the short “Funny Faces” which placed in the Top 10 at the Asian American Film Lab’s 72 Hour Shoot Out. Kabir has also written an eBook about online dating titled “Poke Me! A no-nonsense guide to Online Dating & Offline Loving” which is now available on Amazon, and he is currently developing a web series about online dating.

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Taken to the Cleaner
Directed by Will Sankhla
7 min 24 sec, Comedy
Cast: Danny Pudi, Daniel MK Cohen, Mari Endo

Synopsis: A man tries to woo his dry cleaning lady with the help of his young friend.

About the Director:

Born and raised in India, Will Sankhla studied theater and philosophy in the United States. He is a recipient of a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grant.

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Listener
Directed by Tarun Dudeja
12 min 49 sec, Short Narrative, Drama
Cast: Kumud Mishra, Yusuf Hussain, Shivani Tanksale & Shashank Sunny Arora

Synopsis: Listener’ is setup in a world where an individual is an ace story teller for his daughter and a listener for the rest of the world.

About the Director:
Tarun Dudeja

Born and brought up in Panipat, Haryana, Tarun did his graduation in Chemistry from Delhi university. Being Inclined towards the Dramatics from his college days, Tarun has been part of "Katyayani" theatre group in Delhi, he has performed plays in Toronto, Vancouver, London, Birmingham Dubai, Muscat & Lahore. He later moved to Mumbai and started working as an assistant director. Tarun worked as 1st Assistant director on critically acclaimed B.A Pass. He also played small roles in films like Ghanchakkar, Raja Natwarlal & Micky Virus. "LISTENER" is Tarun's debut short film. The films has been part of festivals like "22nd International short film week, Regensburg, Germany & XVII International Short Film Festival "Corti da Sogni-Antonio Ricci, Ravenna, Italy".

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First Love
Directed by Danish Renzu
7 min 5 sec, Short Narrative
Cast: Roopashree Jeevaji, Justin Gordon, Jessica Morris

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/146591480

Synopsis: A struggling Indian writer discovers her muse when she meets her first love after years of separation.

About the Director:

DANISH RENZU is trained in producing and directing in Los Angeles, graduated from University of California Los Angeles in 2010. He also specializes in Screenwriting, secured certification from prestigious UCLA Writers’ Program in Feature Film Writing where he developed various feature screenplays titled The Illegal, The and Winters of Kashmir currently in development. His short film, In Search of America Inshallah that was also showcased in Cannes this year is playing in festivals throughout the world.

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The Strangers
Directed by Siddhartha Luther
21 min 30 sec, Short Narrative, Drama

Synopsis: Isha is shutting down the cafe she runs and leaving town forever to pursue a dance scholarship. Its the last two days she is in town. Varun is new in town. He is in a relationship where the spark has died. There is no chemistry between him and his girl. Isha and Varun hit it off, but they both have their own complicated lives to address first. When Varun enters Isha's cafe for the first time and sees her its love at first sight for both of them. Their chemistry is palpable. Soon, both Varun and Isha are torn by this new chemistry that threatens to take over their lives and dreams. Will Isha leave her dance scholarship and stay back for Varun, how will Varun resolve his complicated relationship status with his girl. Two days, One Cafe, The Strangers. A love story.

About the Director:

Siddhartha Luther is a young filmmaker living in Bombay, India exploring themes that engage his consciousness and personality, using the medium of motion picture to express himself. Siddhartha started out in the world of performing arts as an actor in New Delhi where he did professional theatre for many years. While working in theatre, he explored the world of graphic design and radio, and undertook assignments professionally. He is an avid photographer who has sold his work to art collectors in India. Today, while he works on carefully selected films as an Assistant Director he is exploring his engagement with the medium of film and cinema and making short films of his own. He has currently finished writing two feature length scripts that he intends to direct into creatively satisfying motion pictures. The Strangers is his first short film that he has independently Produced, Written and Directed.

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El'ayichi
Directed by Devashish Makhija
2015, 5 min 55 sec, Comedy
Cast: Divyendu Sahrma, Nimrat Kaur, Vibha Chibber

Synopsis: A clingy husband haunts his irritated wife with a fossilized dodo for company. An exploration of love, way past its 'expiry' date.

About the Director:

Devashish Makhija has researched and assisted on 'Black Friday' (dir. Anurag Kashyap) and was the chief assistant director on 'Bunty aur Babli' (dir. Shaad Ali). He has written numerous screenplays, notably Avik Mukherjee's 'Bhoomi' and Anurag Kashyap's 'Doga'; has had a solo art show 'Occupying Silence'; written Tulika's bestselling children's books 'When Ali became Bajrangbali' and 'Why Paploo was perplexed' and a Harper-Collins collection of short stories 'Forgetting'. He has also written 'By Two', a story featured in the omnibus 'Mumbai Noir'; written and directed the acclaimed short films 'Rahim Murge pe mat ro’, ‘El'ayichi' and ‘Agli Baar’; and recently wrote and directed the full length feature film 'Oonga'.

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Can And Sulochan
Directed by Mitsuyo Miyazaki
13 mins 55 sec, Short Narrative, Drama
Cast: Sheryar Khan, Dailichi Sugawara, Denden Den, Masataka Ishizaki, Nanao Arai

Synopsis: Sulochan, a scientist who leaves India for Tokyo to work with a lab in Japan. Living in a society that is completely different from his hometown, he begins to enjoy new exciting life in Tokyo...however that excitement dies eventually. After experiencing language and cultural barriers, the massive loneliness begins to creep up on him. When he was at his lowest point, he runs into CAN, a vending machine that has self-recognition technology, and he begins to falls in love with her.

About the Director:

Mitsuyo Miyazaki is a writer, director, producer and cinematographer with background as an actress, stage performer, dancer, photographer, painter and costume designer. Her debut short film Tsuyako (2011, Drama, 25min) visited over 100 film festivals worldwide, and received 52 awards including DGA Award for the Best Female Student Filmmaker, Future Filmmakers Award and Audience Award at Palm Spring International Shortfest. The film was qualified for the Oscars for the year of 2012 and 2013.

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Peace of Mind Guaranteed
Directed by Swati Srivastava
10 min 21 sec, Short Narrative, Drama
Cast: Chriselle Almeida, Nish Shokeen, Vasanth Santosham

Synopsis: DNA Paternity testing. One test, many answers. Most of them you don’t want to know! Mumbai. Doctor’s office - DNA Paternity testing. The husband knows he is not the father of the baby and hatches plans to kill the man who is. The wife knows that her husband is not the father of the baby but that’s hardly the worst secret she has. The doctor knows that he has to break the bad news and wishes he had become a musician. A comedy of errors ensues.

About the Director:
An award winning documentary maker, Swati Srivastava is a 1st generation immigrant in America. Having grown up in India, Swati Srivastava saw & experienced first-hand some of the deep biases that pervade the Indian society. As a film-maker, activist & an ex-pat, she writes & direct things that serves to both entertain and inform her audience. With her background in social / political documentaries and moving narratives with a social message, Swati fervently believes that artists have a special responsibility towards the world and that films can be instruments of mass construction!

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No Anesthesia
Directed by Karan Tejpal
14 min 50 sec, Short Narrative, Drama
Cast: Rajesh Pednekar, Deepak Dobriyal, Ayush Borkar, Gev Boatwalla, Bina Boatwalla, Vinay Kamat, Jai Sharma, Sonali , Mitali, Anand, Tiya Tejpal, Kartikay Gehlot

Synopsis: A local politician finds himself at the mercy of the common man with ‘No Anaesthesia’. Catastrophe strikes in Caldona, leaving the village distraught. Deeply affected, Dr. Anthony Thomas numbs himself in his work when the corrupt local politician Kalyan Gaonkar arrives at his clinic with a problem only he can solve. Seizing the day the doctor delivers his own form of poetic justice.

About the Director:
Kaushik Ganguly

Karan Tejpal's film initiation started as an AD on an Indian film in 2006, Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Quickly bitten by the cinema bug, he followed the experience with film school at NYFA (New York Film Academy) in 2007. This was his first true foray in the world of writing and directing. On his return to Bombay he worked on several feature films and multiple commercials as a 1st AD. During this period he simultaneously developed other projects – short films, documentaries and feature length scripts. Currently he is in the process of pre-production for his feature script - The Sunset Club, which was selected for the NFDC Screenwriters Lab, 2014. He is also working on a documentary on Kashmir, via a focus on the Amarnath Shrine Pilgrimage.

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Flipside
Directed by Moema Umann
5 min, English, 2016
Cast: Shashwat Gupta, Megan McQueen, Paul Douglas McNeill II, Susan O'Doherty, Alexander C. Mulzac, Chelsea B. Lockie, Czary Mada Mireles, Michael Toomey, Carlos Eduardo Guerra Amorim, Cihangir Duman, Joseph Thomas, Dana Kreitz, Kathleen Simmonds, Jeff Gorcyca, Garrett Kilgore, Moema Umann, Giovanna Almeida

Synopsis: When a young man, Sarthak, finds himself at his lowest, life seems to unexpectedly turn around. But, one event is enough to prove that for people like him, life is always the flipside.

About the Director:
Moema Umann is an award-winning filmmaker who seeks to explore new ways of telling stories through film. She started her career in Brazil, and since 2006 she has been working in films produced in South America and the United States. Please check www.moemaumann.com for more details about her work.