Schedule

Supermen of Malegaon

Dir: Faiza Ahmad Khan
2008, India, 52 mins

Roxie Theater
Thursday, November 5, 7:15pm

In this hilarious doc, filmmaker Faiza Ahmad Khan follows a motley film crew as they craft their micro-budget masterpiece, Superman of Malegaon, revealing the strange and wonderful movie-madness that afflicts this small textile town.

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Focus::Local

Dir: Various
2009, USA/Canada, 90 mins

Roxie Theatre
Thursday, November 5, 8:40pm

3rd i's signature opening night program: animation, comedy, documentary, personal narratives, Sikh identity, the arts in Afghanistan, memories of a loved one lost, and more in this eclectic set of shorts. With live re-imaginings of Bollywood classics (Bobby with a SoCal twist, and Silsila with a queer twist) that will have you cracking up!

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Warrior Boyz

Dir: Baljit Sangra
2008, Canada, 44 mins

Roxie Theater
Friday, November 6, 7:15pm
Director Baljit Sangra in person

To date, more than a hundred young men from the South Asian (specifically Sikh/Punjabi) community have died in gang-related violence in Metro Vancouver. Warrior Boyz takes an unflinching look at the root causes of gang violence, and offers real solutions for the future, through the personal stories of three gang members.

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Love in India

Dir: Kaushik Mukherjee (Q)
2009, India/Germany, 91 mins

Roxie Theater
Friday, November 6, 9:00pm
Director Kaushik Mukherjee in person

A deeply personal documentary that unabashedly takes on the contradictions surrounding sexuality in the Indian subcontinent -- where couples can be arrested for kissing in public, yet the erotic play of Lord Krishna and his lover Radha are widely celebrated.

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Quick Gun Murugun

Dir: Shashank Ghosh
2009, India, 97 mins

Roxie Theater
Friday, November 6, 11:20pm

A preposterous plot, a nostalgia for classic South Indian films, visual pananche and high camp rounds out this outrageous spoof on westerns. A vegetarian cowboy is sent back to earth to save the cows from the beef-eating machinations of Rice Plate Reddy! Initially a character in a TV promo from the nineties, Quick Gun Murugun has since achieved cult status in India.

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Full Moon (Chaudhvin ka Chand)

Dir: Mohammed Sadiq
1960, India, 168 mins

Castro Theater
Saturday, November 7, 12noon

An exquisite production from Guru Dutt Films set in Lucknow, a center of Muslim literature and culture. Two friends fall in love with the same woman in this initially comic, but ultimately tragic tale of mistaken identities. Produced by and starring Guru Dutt (a master from the golden age of Hindi cinema), this film was his biggest box-office success. Nariman Irani's cinematography and Ravi's music stand out.

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Searching for Sandeep

Dir: Poppy Stockwell
2007, Australia, 56 mins

Castro Theater
Saturday, November 7, 3:25pm

When the singles scene proves fruitless, Sydney native Poppy Stockwell turns to the internet to find romance. When she meets Sandeep, an Anglo-Indo woman from London, she thinks her search is over. But the couple’s quest together—overcoming distance, difference, and intolerance—has only just begun. A candid and funny documentary. With short, Mr. & Mrs. Singh (Punam S., 2009, USA, 12 mins)

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Children of the Pyre

Dir: Rajesh S. Jala
2008, India, 74 mins

Castro Theater
Saturday, November 7, 5:00pm
Introduced by Prof. Angana Chatterjee, CIIS

A startling film that follows seven children who eke out their living at the busiest cremation ground in Varnasi, India. This verité-style documentary, "at times darkly funny and at others deeply morose... humanizes these children forced to grow up before their time."

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Bombay Summer

Dir: Joseph Mathew
2009, India/USA, 102 mins

Castro Theater
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 7:00pm
Director Joseph Mathew in person

A sensuous, stunning film that examines love and betrayal over a languorous summer in Bombay. Three young artists form—and test—a delicate friendship, journeying across class and landscape, in this unhurried look at contemporary India.

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My Heart Goes Hooray! (Dil Bole Hadippa!)

Dir: Anurag Singh
2009, India, 148 mins

Castro Theater
Saturday, November 7, 9:30pm

When the feisty Veera is refused a place on the cricket team, she dons a turban and beard to prove that she's the best batsman in town. Smoky Rani Mukherjee and hunky Shahid Kapoor sizzle on screen! "Full of the rump-shaking, percussive joy of Punjabi music... this movie bursts with vibrant, firecracker charm." Total Bollywood Masala!

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Iron Eaters (Lohakhor/Eissenfresser)

Dir: Shaheen Dill-Riaz
2008, Bangladesh/Germany, 86 mins

Castro Theater
Sunday, November 8, 12noon

Filmmaker Dill-Riaz exquisitely captures the mind-boggling scenery of behemoth container ships washed up like whales on the muddy shipyards of Chittagong, Bangladesh. A fascinating look into the growing ship breaking industry that cares more for kilograms of metal than for human life.

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Mad Sad & Bad

Dir: Avie Luthra
2008, UK, 85mins

Castro Theater
Sunday, November 8, 2:00pm
Director Avie Luthra in person

Hardeep is a psychiatrist "who can diagnose everyone’s problems but his own"; Rashmi is single woman who dreams of leaving home and starting her own family; Atul is a sitcom writer aspiring for literary greatness, but stuck in mediocrity. A dark British comedy about three eccentric yet endearing siblings and their dysfunctional relationships.

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Zero Bridge

Dir: Tariq Tapa
2008, Kashmir/USA, 96mins

Castro Theater
Sunday, November 8, 4:15pm
Director Tariq Tapa in person

Dilawar, a teenage pickpocket and orphan, hopes that one of his schemes will help him escape his seemingly dead-end life in Srinagar, Kashmir, especially after he develops a friendship with the beautiful Bani – the victim of one of his crimes. An authentic story of the Kashmiri people, inspired by Italian neo-realism.

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Yes Madam, Sir

Dir: Megan Doneman
2008, Australia/India, 95 mins

Castro Theater
Sunday, November 8, 7:00pm
Director Megan Doneman and Kiran Bedi in person

The against-all-odds journey of the charismatic, controversial Kiran Bedi -- India's first female police officer -- narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Helen Mirren. "Adored by the masses and vilified by her critics, she has publicly fought high-level corruption, feudalistic bureaucracies and brutal opposition, at great personal and professional cost."

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