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 community and diversity! View the schedule of films here.

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 of a doc and not to be missed. It is an urgent reminder that we have much to lose if we can no longer tell […]

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

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.  A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) composed the highly acclaimed musical score, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Farmers facing a delayed start to the Monsoons in a […]

$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.

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.

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.

Online Program: “Retro Short Films”

Online CA, United States

3rd i's Festival online program this year is “Retro Shorts.”  A link to watch will be available here on October 6; no registration is required.

COAST TO COAST: MUMBAI TO THE MISSION

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

See only at the Roxie Theater, not available online. Filmmakers Hena Ashraf,  Naman Gupta and Faroukh Virani in person! 3rd i's signature shorts program brings filmmakers into conversation together from South Asia to California and throughout the Diaspora. With short-form documentaries to dramatic narratives and genres ranging from comedy to animation, this year's edition tackles […]

ANIMAL

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

See only at the Roxie Theater; not available online. Cyril Dion’s insightful and transformative documentary takes a fresh look at the world’s ecological crises of climate change and the sixth mass extinction of wildlife, through the eyes of two 16-year-old environmental activists, Vipulan Puvaneswaran and Bella Lack. Through the extraordinary investigative journey of teenagers Vipulan, of […]

IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM

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

See only at the Roxie Theater, not available online. Filmmakers Vivek Bald and Alaudin Ullah in person for Q&A! In Search of Bengali Harlem is a transformative journey for Alaudin Ullah, and for our understanding of the complex histories of South Asian Americans. As a teenager in 1980s Harlem, Alaudin Ullah was swept up in […]

DIL BOLE HADIPPA

Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

See only at the Castro Theatre, not available online. Get your Bollywood groove on with 3rd i’s Bollywood at the Castro! Enjoy a blockbuster classic with exuberance and camp on the BIG SCREEN – one of the most fun and popular events at the festival!  Fans know Rani Mukherjee as one of the most beautiful, dynamic […]

MUTINY: Asians Storm British Music

Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

See only at the Castro Theatre, not available online. Filmmaker Vivek Bald in person for Q&A! In a thrilling mix of live music performances, candid interviews and rare archival footage,  director Vivek Bald charts the meteoric rise of South Asian music in 1990’s Britain and the decades of cultural cross-pollination and political struggle that led up […]

SHANKAR’S FAIRIES

Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

See only at the Castro Theatre, not available online. Filled with wonder and imagination, Irfana Majumdar’s nostalgic and insightful period piece portrays a privileged family in Lucknow, India in the 1960s. Majumdar’s feature debut delicately weaves together the personal and social lives of a wealthy family, while simultaneously delving into the postcolonial era in which India […]

Adieu Godard

Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

See only at the Castro Theatre, not available online. In this wry, arthouse dark comedy,  director Amartya Bhattacharyya pays homage to and draws inspiration from his favorite filmmaker, the legendary auteur Jean-Luc Godard and his early 1960s French New wave films. The elderly Ananda lives in a small village in the rural backdrop of Odisha in […]

FOUR SAMOSAS

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

See only at the Roxie Theater, not available online. Filmmaker/actor Ravi Kapoor and actor Venk Potula in person for Q&A!! California Premiere Written and directed by Ravi Kapoor (Miss India America), this fun romantic comedy affectionately incorporates Indian cultural ideals into an American heist movie genre, creating a mixture or “masala” reviewed as the most […]

An Encore Special Talk by Robin Sukhadia

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Fulbright scholar, musician/composer and 3rd i alum, Robin Sukhadia, will share the history of raga (melody) and tala (rhythm) on the subcontinent of India.

Free

Alka Raghuram, a Filmmaker’s Workshop

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

In this interactive presentation, Alka Raghuram -- filmmaker and artist -- will share her works and works-in-progress, her creative process during Covid, and how she creates unique points of view that reflect the characters’ and the filmmaker’s worldview.

Free

A special talk by Robin Sukhadia

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Join arts professor Robin Sukhadia for special talk by Robin Sukhadia on the healing power of tabla, with a live sound meditation.

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