Festival Merger
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and The India Center Foundation, two non-profit organizations working with South Asian film in the U.S., have agreed to merge. Already long-time collaborators, Iffla and Icf will, among other things, work closely to incubate and launch an industry development program to showcase the next generation of South Asian talent to studios, funders and media executives.
“We saw an opportunity to scale our work nationally as one of the leading supporters of emerging creative talent in the diaspora. By joining forces with Iffla we can bring much needed resources to support the stories that need to be told in the media. Our stories,” said Priya Giri Desai, a co-founder of Icf.
“[Icf] have been a financial and creative partner to Iffla over numerous festivals already, which makes this a natural fit. I have no doubt that we can bring even greater impact together.
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and The India Center Foundation, two non-profit organizations working with South Asian film in the U.S., have agreed to merge. Already long-time collaborators, Iffla and Icf will, among other things, work closely to incubate and launch an industry development program to showcase the next generation of South Asian talent to studios, funders and media executives.
“We saw an opportunity to scale our work nationally as one of the leading supporters of emerging creative talent in the diaspora. By joining forces with Iffla we can bring much needed resources to support the stories that need to be told in the media. Our stories,” said Priya Giri Desai, a co-founder of Icf.
“[Icf] have been a financial and creative partner to Iffla over numerous festivals already, which makes this a natural fit. I have no doubt that we can bring even greater impact together.
- 1/17/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Co-directed by Ann S. Kim and Priya Giri Desai, two women with CVs packed full of field experience in social and public health issues and community building, “Lovesick” is a documentary about love in the time of HIV in India. Backed by a grant from Sundance, a successful Kickstarter program and other awards, the documentary has been filmed in 8 years of observation of two gentle and resilient souls’ parallel, personal stories and dialogue with one of the most outstanding and humane doctor in the HIV research field.
In the early 80s, professor of microbiology Suniti Solomon started to read publications about this new disease called AIDS/HIV and decided to investigate it in her own country. In those days in India, it would have been next to impossible to identify a gay community for researching purposes and therefore she had the idea to test the sex workers. In 1986, she found...
In the early 80s, professor of microbiology Suniti Solomon started to read publications about this new disease called AIDS/HIV and decided to investigate it in her own country. In those days in India, it would have been next to impossible to identify a gay community for researching purposes and therefore she had the idea to test the sex workers. In 1986, she found...
- 4/18/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
“Village Rockstars” and “Lovesick” were among the films that took home top prizes at the 2018 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles on Sunday.
The 16th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles featured a Los Angeles and official Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. premiere screening of “Village Rockstars,” directed by Rima Das, which won the Grand Jury Award for best feature film. “Lovesick,” directed by Priya Giri Desai was presented the Audience Choice Award for documentary.
Other winners from the evening were Mahesh Narayanan’s “Take Off,” which the audience chose as their favorite narrative feature, and Ruthy Pribar’s “The Caregiver,” the grand jury’s choice for short film. The event took place from April 11-15 at Regal L.A. Live: A Barco Innovation Center in Los Angeles.
Film critic Carlos Aguilar, director Haifaa Al Mansour and actor Sujata Day served as members of the narrative jury, while the shorts...
The 16th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles featured a Los Angeles and official Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. premiere screening of “Village Rockstars,” directed by Rima Das, which won the Grand Jury Award for best feature film. “Lovesick,” directed by Priya Giri Desai was presented the Audience Choice Award for documentary.
Other winners from the evening were Mahesh Narayanan’s “Take Off,” which the audience chose as their favorite narrative feature, and Ruthy Pribar’s “The Caregiver,” the grand jury’s choice for short film. The event took place from April 11-15 at Regal L.A. Live: A Barco Innovation Center in Los Angeles.
Film critic Carlos Aguilar, director Haifaa Al Mansour and actor Sujata Day served as members of the narrative jury, while the shorts...
- 4/17/2018
- by Ariana Brockington
- Variety Film + TV
Village Rockstars won the grand jury prize for best feature at the 2018 Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (Iffla) at the weekend.
Village Rockstars won the grand jury prize for best feature at the 2018 Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (Iffla) at the weekend.
The festival would up with the Los Angeles premiere of Rima Das’ Village Rockstars, which recently won four top awards including best feature at the National Film Awards in India.
Sushama Deshpande’s performance in Ajji earned a special jury mention. The grand jury prize for best short went to The Caregiver by Ruthy Pribar. Counterfeit...
Village Rockstars won the grand jury prize for best feature at the 2018 Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (Iffla) at the weekend.
The festival would up with the Los Angeles premiere of Rima Das’ Village Rockstars, which recently won four top awards including best feature at the National Film Awards in India.
Sushama Deshpande’s performance in Ajji earned a special jury mention. The grand jury prize for best short went to The Caregiver by Ruthy Pribar. Counterfeit...
- 4/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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