Year-Round Screenings and Events

3rd i co-presents a collection of seven locally-shot science-fiction/fantasy short films at Frameline43.

"Kuttumaram" is a heartfelt look at the strength of community in rural India, showcasing the importance of tradition along with the need for evolution.

An astonishing treasure of the silent cinema, "Shiraz" is an ambitious and elegant film that takes creative license with the story of the life and death of the Mughal empress whose early demise inspired her husband to construct the Taj Mahal.

3rd i Films is pleased to Co-present When We Walk at CAAMFest37. Emmy-Award-winning director Jason DaSilva continues the documentation of his diagnosis with multiple sclerosis and its aftermath. When We Walk, (78 min ) the follow-up to DaSilva’s 2013 film When I Walk, and part of a documentary trilogy, is bracingly forthright and political in […]

3rd i Films is pleased to co-present Tiger at CAAMFest37. TIGER is a powerful film about a Sikh-American boxer who is banned from the boxing commission for practicing his religious beliefs. Based on a true story of Pardeep Singh Nagra (a break-out role for Prem Singh), this inspirational story explores a boxer’s real fight outside […]

An astonishing treasure of the silent cinema, Shiraz is an ambitious and elegant film that takes creative license with the story of the life and death of the 17th-century Mumtaz Mahal (Enakshi Rama Rau), the Mughal empress whose early demise inspired her husband, Shiraz (Rai) to construct the Taj Mahal. Inventing a backstory involving bandits, slavers, […]

SOUTH ASIA FILM FESTIVAL: A South Asia Without Borders Initiative. May 3-4, 2019, UC Davis.

3rd i co-presents the new film Photograph at the Castro Theatre. This powerfully romantic and gently comedic film from India comes from the same director as the cult hit The Lunchbox (2013). It quietly traces the story of a street photographer who convinces an upper-class girl he meets at a tourist site to pose as […]

3rd i Presents The Escapists, directed by Saprina Panday—a work-in-progress discussion with emerging film maker Saprina Panday and moderated by Tanya Tandon and Anjana Iyer   Date: Friday, April 26th, 2019 Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm  (film 20 min, followed by discussion) Location: ATA - 992 Valencia Street The Escapists is about three immigrant best friends who chase their dreams and […]

3rd i is proud to support Cinequest Film festival and the screenings of "Manto" and "Widow of Silence."

3rd i co-presents HALFWAY HOME, at CAAMFEST 36 Directed by Steve Arounsack, (27 min) HALFWAY HOME introduces three artists living and working in Central Valley California and explores their artistic traditions of their homelands. Harjeet Singh and Paramjeet Kaur have a shared passion for bhangra, a traditional Punjabi dance that they teach to the Sikh […]

3rd i Co presents HALF WIDOW at CAAMFEST 36 Directed by Danish Renzu, India (91 min) Inspired by the life of activist Parveena Ahanger, HALF WIDOW is a story of loss and self-actualization amidst the tense backdrop of the Kashmir conflict between China, India, and Pakistan. When Neela’s husband disappears from their home in Srinagar, […]

3rd i Co presents HALF WIDOW at CAAMFEST 36 Directed by Danish Renzu, India (91 min) Inspired by the life of activist Parveena Ahanger, HALF WIDOW is a story of loss and self-actualization amidst the tense backdrop of the Kashmir conflict between China, India, and Pakistan. When Neela’s husband disappears from their home in Srinagar, […]