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Thank you for a wonderful 5th ISAFF!
We have successfully completed another year of ISAFF and we couldn't have possibly done it without your help and all of your support throughout the year! Our special shout out in no particular order to:
- Gita Mehrotra for conducting two insightful workshops on anti-homophobia before and during the festival
- Anil Vora for his relentless dedication to queer programming, taking care of the guests and sponsoring their in-city transportations
- Brahmy Poologasingham, Rukshana Edwards, Mark Balmforth for organizing the panel discussion for My Daughter The Terrorist
- Prachi Vora, Kruti Vora, Ankur Kalra for helping with the festival parties
- Sedra and Asha for their help with the kids play room throughout the festival
- Roshita Shreshta from Annapurna Cafe for serving delicious samosas and chat every day
- Prashant Nagaraddi and Angie Pazhavila for playing the sponsorship coordinator roles
- Sandeep Mohan for helping with promoting Kissing Cousins and helping with various tasks during the festival
- Chandan Reddy for hosting panelist and Queering Bollywood presenter Gayatri Gopinath
- Mala Nagarajan and Vega Subramaniam for hosting the filmmaker Sonali Gulati
- Rupesh Mane was always there when we needed him, at the ticketing booth, at receptions, posting to the blog
- Sahar Romani, Afrose Ahmed, and Shemon Salam for promoting and introducing 'A Jihad for Love': Thanks guys for a packed house
- Sahar Zaheer for organizing delicious Biryani for Iftaar after 'A Jihad for Love', courtsey of Turmeric and More
- Trisha Barua, Nitika Raj, Sabina Ansari and Chaya for supporting and co-sponsoring Queering Bollywood
- Sophia Purekal and University of Washington School of Medicine students who have worked in the high HIV prevalence area of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu for leading the AIDs post-film discussion
- Uma Rao, the Tasveer-ACLF lead liaison, for her countless hours of work with the ACLF CLP class on their documentary on mixed-orientation relationships
- Rita Meher for sharing her media expertise with the ACLF CLP class
- Sabina Ansari for sharing her storyboarding expertise with the ACLF CLP class
- ACLF CLP class of 2008 for their execution of the challenging project of making a documentary in four months
- Darlene Lee for approaching Tasveer for a project proposal for ACLF CLP class of 2008
- Neelu Bhuman for writing the project proposal for ACLF CLP 2008 project
- Tasveer Youth Group for their hard work on capturing the local views on arranged marriages and presenting it after 'Every Good Marriage begins with Tears'
- Sukhi Sanghera for helping Tasveer Youth Group edit their video footage on arranged marriages
- Shahana Dattagupta for writing thoughtful commentaries before, during and after the festival. To read her blogs and post comments, go to ISAFF 2008 Blog spot
- Travelers for giving chai and decoration material to ISAFF
- Andrew Nicholson for guest travel arrangements and managing festival finances
- Neelu Bhuman for the festival artwork, designing a brand new website, queer programming, and festival funding
- Neelu says: Huge thank you to Rita Meher and Farah Nousheen for all of their hard work in directing the festival!
Click here to see some pictures from the festival:
ISAFF 2008 Photo Album
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Chaya's Community Forum
6-8 PM • Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008
UW HUB building, Room 209-A
Free event, refreshments will be served. Childcare and interpretation available on request.
Email nitika@chayaseattle.org for any questions.
Chaya completed a Community Needs Assessment in June to find out how Chaya can better serve our communities. Chaya is holding a second community forum in Seattle to share the results with all of you, and to discuss strategies for addressing the recommendations. So please join Chaya to give feedback on their next steps! Chaya staff, board, and volunteers will be present to answer any questions. Chaya cannot be successful in ending violence without you!
Hari Kondabolu's Film Manoj
Tasveer's favorite comic Hari has made his film Manoj available for any one who missed it at ISAFF last year and for any one who wants to see it again and pass it on. Check it out on YouTube.
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Tasveer is proud to be a community copresenter of South Asian Films at SLGFF
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Searching 4 Sandeep
6:00 PM • Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008
Northwest Film Forum
Love in the digital age is complex: immediate yet distant, emotionally close yet physically far.
In this sweet and endearing documentary, an Australian filmmaker discovers love online with a British woman who lives with her conservative Sikh parents—and they don’t know she’s a lesbian. Through raw, incredibly frank footage, their virtual relationship blooms into the real thing across two years and three continents. A touching examination of sexuality, religion, globalization and culture as seen through the lens of this uniquely modern love story.
Following the screening is a free reception at the Poco Wine Room!
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The World Unseen
7:30 PM • Friday, Oct 24, 2008
Central Cinema
Adapted from her novel of the same name, writer-director Shamim Sarif’s debut film follows two Indian women in 1950s South Africa as they navigate a constricting environment of apartheid and rural isolation where there is little room for individual choice. The sensual Amina has never fit into this world. She scandalizes her traditional Indian family by wearing a man’s shirt and trousers. She even owns and runs her own café, where, despite police harassment, Amina allows (and even encourages) the races to mingle freely. Conversely, the life of Miriam has been one of duty to her children and husband Omar. However, when Omar moves the family out of town to open a grocery (curiously remote from any customers), Miriam is drawn into a dangerous and infectiously freethinking relationship with Amina.
Comparable to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN in its poetic use of color and sweeping landscapes, THE WORLD UNSEEN establishes Sarif as not only as an engaging storyteller but as an innovative filmmaker who is redefining the genre.
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