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Bangla

Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA, United States

In this playful romantic comedy, "Bangla," an awkwardly charming 22-year-old Italian-Bengali panics when he falls in love with an impulsive and spirited Italian girl. The attraction between them is immediate, and Phaim will have to figure out how to reconcile his love with his life full of rules. Highlighted in Rotterdam’s International Film Festival in the Big screen competition section. CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE INFO AND TICKETS.

Sir

Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA, United States

This beautifully nuanced, sensual and insightful feature film, which premiered at Cannes this year, explores the forbidden attraction between a maid and her wealthy employer, whilst thwarting the expectations of a typical Indian love story. CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE INFO AND TICKETS.

Documentary Film Screening: “Reason”

Oshman Hall, McMurtry Bldg 355 Roth Way, Stanford, CA, United States

Renowned documentarian Anand Patwardhan charts his country's slide away from secular democracy and toward divisions of power, caste, and religious belief — and the violence that has followed.

Frameline44: Pride Showcase

Online CA, United States

View 16 original programs highlighting some of the best new LGBTQ+ films from around the world.

Celebrating Pride with AAM and GAPA

Online CA, United States

Experience spoken word, short plays, and storytelling monologues from an intergenerational collective in a virtual program.

Levity and Artivism with Fawzia Mirza

Online CA, United States

3rd i showcases comic genius Fawzia Mirza, whose work adeptly uses humor to undo divisive stereotypes and defuse challenging conversations.

Lucky

Online CA, United States

This beautiful, emotional tale explores the unusual alliance between an elderly Indian woman (with an irrational fear of Africans) and a South African orphan in post-Apartheid South Africa.

Road to Ladakh

Online CA, United States

"Road to Ladakh" is a sensual, suspenseful love story revolving around an encounter between two strangers (Irrfan Khan and Koel Purie) thrown together by chance into the magnificent wilderness of Ladakh, near the borders of India and Pakistan.

Knock, Knock, Knock

Online CA, United States

This award-winning film, shot in the mountains of stunning Darjeeling, is a psychological thriller that revolves around the deciphering of a puzzle.

Word to Your Motherland

Online CA, United States

Join Los-Angeles-born South Asian American Sikh recording artist SETI X for this visual journey exploring Hip-Hop Culture and its relationship with South Asian American youth and their development of self-identity.

Re-Storying the Ramayana

Online CA, United States

Join us for Re-Storying the Ramayana: A Role-Playing Game Virtual Program, a FREE event by the Asian Art Museum on THURSDAY, JUNE 3 at 4PM PST.

3rd i’s 19th Annual Film Festival

3rd i's 19th annual SF International South Asian Film Festival presents some of the best cinema from South Asia and its Diaspora, including stories from India, Sri Lanka, France, UK and the Pakistani community in the US.

7 Days

Online CA, United States

This feel-good romantic-comedy is about an Indian American couple forced to shelter in place, after their first date.

Americanish

Online CA, United States

A romantic comedy that highlights the stories of three young Pakistani-American women looking for love in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York.

Coast to Coast: From Mumbai to the Mission

Online CA, United States

3rd i’s signature shorts program brings California filmmakers into conversation with filmmakers from South Asia and the Diaspora.

Pebbles

Online CA, United States

The arid, mountainous landscape of southeast India, Tamil Nadu, makes for a rewarding and sublime visual experience in the gorgeously shot Pebbles.

The Ants and The Grasshopper

Online CA, United States

Raj Patel co-directs this intimate and empowering exploration of a major issue of our time — global climate chaos. The film takes us from a small rural village farm in Malawi, Africa, to our own urban village in Oakland, California.

The Loyal Man

Online CA, United States

French-Sri Lankan director Lawrence Valin offers up a gripping coming-of-age crime romance by immersing us in the gritty Tamil underworld of iconic Paris, France.

The Tenant

Online CA, United States

Sushrut Jain returns to 3rd i this year (Beyond All Boundaries, 2013) with his “dramedy” The Tenant, starring Shamita Shetty in a story of an unlikely friendship.

White Riot

Online CA, United States

Rubika Shah’s incendiary, inspiring and award winning documentary commemorates a vital national music protest movement from the 1970s, Rock Against Racism (RAR), which is as relevant today in our Trumpian era as it was back then.

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