Grounding, a Film Showcase co-presented with APAture 2022

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Featured artist Pallavi Somusetty will screen Coach Emily, a 9 minute sneak peek into the feature documentary to come, followed by her short doc Escaping Agra, about a transgender Indian teen.

Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art

Asian Art Museum Samsung Hall, 200 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

A journey for the mind, body, and senses through two millennia of art inspired by dance from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.

Bhangra and Beats Night Market

Downtown SF Battery St @ Clay, San Francisco, CA, United States

Move to the beats of the Bay, taste delicious street food cuisines, sip cocktails, shop from unique local artisans, and celebrate San Francisco's cultural renaissance -- all while gazing at the moon rising above the stunning Downtown San Francisco skyline at Bhangra & Beats Night Market.

3rd i Co-presents Lagaan in SF

4 Star Theater 2200 Clement St, San Francisco, CA, United States

3rd i Co-Presents Lagaan: Once Upon a Time In India A 2001 Bollywood blockbuster classic directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, Lagaan stars Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh as his leading lady. […]

$12.50 – $15.00

Bhangra and Beats Night Market

Downtown SF Battery St @ Clay, San Francisco, CA, United States

Move to the beats of the Bay, taste delicious street food cuisines, sip cocktails, shop from unique local artisans, and celebrate San Francisco's cultural renaissance -- all while gazing at the moon rising above the stunning Downtown San Francisco skyline at Bhangra & Beats Night Market.

Free

Bhangra and Beats Night Market

Downtown SF Battery St @ Clay, San Francisco, CA, United States

Move to the beats of the Bay, taste delicious street food cuisines, sip cocktails, shop from unique local artisans, and celebrate San Francisco's cultural renaissance -- all while gazing at the moon rising above the stunning Downtown San Francisco skyline at Bhangra & Beats Night Market.

Free

WHILE WE WATCHED

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Filmmaker Vinay Shukla in person! San Francisco Premiere A riveting and essential film, WHILE WE WATCHED, directed by 3rd i alum Vinay Shukla (AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN), is an award-winning gem […]

San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival 2023

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for 3rd i’s 21st Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, October 20-22 at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, with special guests celebrating 21 years of […]

WHILE WE WATCHED

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Filmmaker Vinay Shukla in person! San Francisco Premiere A riveting and essential film, WHILE WE WATCHED, directed by 3rd i alum Vinay Shukla (AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN), is an award-winning gem […]

A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Payal Kapadia’s documentary film, A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING, is a brilliant, dreamlike, poetic exploration of the political and social changes occurring in India. Through a series of letters read […]

BANGLA SURF GIRLS

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

BANGLA SURF GIRLS, directed by Elizabeth D. Costa, is an inspiring and immersive documentary that takes us into the heart of Cox’s Bazar, a beach town in Bangladesh, where we […]

THE GOLDEN THREAD

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Filmmaker Nishtha Jain in person! Bay Area Premiere A visually spectacular and symphonic ode to manual labor and the jute factories of West Bengal, India. THE GOLDEN THREAD documentary, directed […]

AGRA

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Fasten your seatbelts and proceed with caution, the new arthouse film AGRA, from 3rd i alum Kanu Behl (TITLI), which opened to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, is […]

TIKTOK, BOOM

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

What does it mean to be a digital native? TIKTOK, BOOM dissects one of the most influential platforms of the contemporary social media landscape. Directed by CODED BIAS filmmaker Shalini […]

KATHAL (JACKFRUIT)

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Click above for FREE tickets! Preceded by short film DOS BROS FORCE. KATHAL (Jackfruit), directed by Amit Ashraf, is a fun, quirky, and enjoyable comedy for the whole family. At […]

3rd i’s SHORTS: FROM MUMBAI TO THE MISSION

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Filmmakers Rucha Chitnis and Alka Raghuram in person! 3rd i’s signature shorts program brings filmmakers into conversation together from South Asia to California and throughout the Diaspora. From short-form documentaries […]

JOYLAND

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

JOYLAND is a visually gorgeous and subversive family drama set in the bustling megacity of Lahore, Pakistan. Pressured to earn his own salary, soft-spoken house husband Haider is hired to […]

3rd i Co-presents “To Kill a Tiger”

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

A farmer in Jharkhand, India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the survivor of sexual assault.

3rd i co-presents “Love, Simeon”

Root Division 1131 Mission St, San Francisco, United States

"Love, Simeon" is a motion-picture performance that conjures a portal to Simeon – a rhesus macaque in a primate testing facility. In cinematic dreams and séances, Simeon tells the story of SHIV – a chimeric construct created in a laboratory, so that a panacea might be found.

3rd i Presents “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva”

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

FREE FILM SCREENING - tickets for admission become available at The Roxie one hour before the 7pm screening. Doors open at 6:30pm. How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan […]

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