About 3rd I

3rd I is a non-profit, national organization committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through independent film. We represent filmmakers and audiences from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, The Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, and the South Asian Diaspora. We support our mission by providing film screenings, filmmaking courses, networking resources, and a distribution channel for the South Asian-American film community and our audiences.

To learn more about 3rd I San Francisco, visit www.thirdi.org/~sf , call (415) 835-4783
or email info@thirdi.org

To become a 3rd I volunteer email us at volunteer@thirdi.org.

To learn more about 3rd I, visit www.thirdi.org

For festival special events and future monthly screenings, join: 3rd I SF mailing list.

(3rd I crew at SFISAFF 2008)

Festival Staff - THANK YOU FOR A VERY SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL!

Ivan Jaigirdar, Festival Director
Anuj Vaidya, Associate Festival Director
J Moses Ceaser, Ticketing & Sales
Kulwinder Dol, Volunteer Coordinator
Dave Driver, Media Producer
Ramesh Goonetilleke, Online Marketing
Brent Hall, Operations Manager
Anne Hui, Facebook Coordinator
Sue Jean Halvorsen, Editorial Assistant/Outreach Team
Jocelyn Jaigirdar, Music Composer
Tom Kendrick, Festival Driver
Karen Larsen, Publicist
Renu Madan, Photographer/Special Events Coordinator
Irene Nexica, Sponsorship Team
Camille Ramani, Sponsorship Team
Chandre Sarkar, Sponsorship Team
Abhijit Shah, Photographer
Smruti Shah, Ticketing & Sales
Seth St. Martin, Accounting
Ulash Thakore, Outreach Team
Christine U’Ren, Festival Designer / Web Mistress
Susie Willemsz-Geeroms, Sponsorship Team

Special Thanks to

Special Thanks to:
All our volunteers, All staff at the Roxie and Castro Theaters, ATA, Fara Akrami, Gagan Arneja, Veenu Aulakh, Neelanjana Banerjee, Abbas Barzgar, Sheetal Bhatia, Everyone at CAAM, Sheetal Chadha, Angana Chatterji, David Chiu, Arun Dutt, Cheryl Eddy, Mohammed M. Elahi, Stacey Ellis, Anushka Fernandopulle, Susie Wilemz-Geeroms Nancy Goldman, Stephen Gong, Lalitha Gopalan, Soumi and Satish Gupta, Susan Hinchman, Obaid Jaigirdar, Laura Irvine, KALW, KPFA 94.1FM & Apex Express, Shelley Kim, Muder Kothari, Paawan Kothari, Larsen & Associate, Lucy Laird, Bill Langley, Diana Rohini Lavigne, Irina Leimbacher, Henriette Marie, Austin Marshburn, Saqib Mausoof, Rina Mehta, Imran F. Mukati, Irene Nexica, Lin Ong, Chela Oropeza, Pacific Film Archive, Stephanie Parsons, Anu Peshawaria, Andrea Pezzano, Laura Previs, Ritu Primlani, Riki Rafner, Camille Ramani, Juan Ramirez, Dharini Rasiah, Raka Ray, Kevin Robinson, Hal Rowland, Armel Reyes, Jason Sanders, Chandre Sarkar, Marco Senghor, Manoj Shailendra, Sareena Singh, Kaveena Singh, Weyland Southon, Sri Srinivasa, Konrad Steiner, Lisa Tsering,
Chi-hui Yang, and Jennifer Young.

In loving memory of Gina Hotta.

Outreach Partners

3rd I SF strives to form mutually beneficial partnerships with othercommunity organizations and companies to promote South Asian independent film.

We welcome community organizations who wish to partner with us on our festival. Please contact outreach@thirdi.org.