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21 uk asian film festival 27 MARCH - 4 MAY 2019 EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, LEICESTER, LONDON, MANCHESTER ukaff.com
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FOREWORD
The UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF) now in its 21st edition
is growing from strength to strength thanks to the zeal and
dedication of the team at Tongues on Fire.
I feel really proud and privileged to be part of this unique and
inspiring enterprise.
This year’s programme has been curated with imagination to
honour the Revolution taking place in South Asian Cinema with
new perspectives to current affairs. The MeToo movement is
gathering momentum in South Asia, particularly in India and
Pakistan, to send a loud and clear message to the world on the
need for women’s empowerment.
The Young Curators initiative, the Cinema and Creative Arts
Lunch, the richly deserved tribute to Sridevi and a host of
powerful and entertaining initiatives promise to make UKAFF
truly memorable. Last but not the least, I am particularly pleased
to note the recognition and celebration of Pakeezah as one of
the masterpieces of Indian cinema. Old is truly gold.
I look forward eagerly to the programme and to interacting
with you, our audience, and our celebrated guests. All my
good wishes to the festival team, our volunteers, partners and
audiences for a brilliant and successful festival.
Minu Bakshi
Chairperson, UK Asian Film Festival
Cover image: Zeenat Aman in Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971), Navketan Films
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WELCOME
Welcome to the 2019 UK Asian Film Festival, it is a special one
for us as we enter our 21st year. We would like to look back to
the beginning and celebrate how much our small festival has
evolved. The journey would not have been possible without
our committed team who continue to maintain enthusiasm and
passion for cinema. Their hard work and support is what has
grown UKAFF in to becoming an integral part of the cultural
scene over the years
Our amazing programme this year includes independent films,
documentaries and discussions. These events allow audiences
to engage with the vibrant film makers like the Ramesh Sippy,
legendary actors like Shabana Azmi and Zeenat Aman and the
new wave of talent like Radhika Apte attending.
We are particularly proud to celebrate the new generation
of cinema enthusiasts. They were invited to our BFI young
curators workshop. In which they learnt to critique and analyse
films, and selected one to be screened at our youth gala during
the festival. UKAFF has always encouraged a focus on women
and in 2019 we continue to do so. This is at the heart of our
festival and specifically now when there a worldwide shift
around the narrative of women. While things are changing
there still is a troubling blind spot when it comes to women in
the industry and we are glad to seek out and celebrate talent in
this area. A successful film engages the audience and they feel
connected to the individual stories.
Over the years, the programme and events have been able
to shine a light on less familiar topics and perspectives in the
South Asian community. These stories spark off conversation
on many topics including mental health, sexuality and violence
against women. I am proud that our festival can bring out this
dialogue and with your support we can continue to do so.
Come and celebrate some excellent films this year. Highlights
include our opening film Hamid at The May Fair hotel and our
selection of feature films and short films at the Regent Street
Cinema. Pinky Memsaab is being premiered on Saturday 6 April
and is part of the selected collection travelling across the UK
to Leicester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester. Finally our
Closing Gala will be an evening of glitz and glamour at BAFTA
195 where we will honour the 2019 talent.
Join us in being part of the magic of cinema!
Dr Pushpinder Chowdhry MBE
CEO, Tongues on Fire
UKAFF LAUNCH the cinematic journey of zeenat aman Wed 27 March, 6pm THE MAY FAIR HOTEL, LONDON includes reception, talk and screening of Hamid The UK Asian Film Festival will be opened by the trendsetting actress, beauty queen and reigning star of 1970s - the revolutionary Zeenat Aman - who will also share her extraordinary journey in Indian cinema with British presenter Anushka Arora. In an era when heroines were obedient wives and lovers on screen, Aman was drawn to more unconventional roles. No one can ever forget the disenchanted pot-smoking hippie in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, the opportunist who leaves her unemployed lover for a millionaire in Roti, Kapda, Aur Makaan, the girl who falls in love with her mother’s one-time lover in Prem Shastra, a disfigured temple singer craving for love in Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and a woman married to a caustic cripple but involved in an extramarital relationship in Dhund. Equally, her conventional films like Chori Mera Kaam, Dostana, Lawaaris and Qurbani are considered to be landmarks in Indian cinema. Image: Zeenat Aman in Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971), Navketan Films
OPENING GALA PREMIERE
hamid
Wed 27 March, 9pm Eight year-old Hamid learns that 786 is God’s
THE MAY FAIR HOTEL, number and decides to try and reach out to God,
LONDON by dialing this number. He wants to talk to his
Includes Q&A with director father, who his mother tells him has gone to Allah.
Aijaz Khan (TBC) and producer
Shoiab Lokhandwala Using his father’s old mobile phone, Hamid tries
different combinations to reach God. One fine
Fri 29 March, 5.45pm day, the phone call is answered by Abhay, a
FILMHOUSE EDINBURGH hard-knuckled soldier. Hamid’s phone call, though
Includes Q&A with director surprising at first, intrigues and humours Abhay.
Aijaz Khan (TBC) These two, unknowingly and unintentionally,
change each other’s world for the better.
Thu 4 April, 6pm
PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER
Includes Q&A with director
Aijaz Khan (TBC)
Tue 30 April, 6pm
HOME, MANCHESTER
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Director: Aijaz Khan
Cast: Rasika Duggal, Talha Arshad Reshi, Vikas Kumar and Sumit Kaul
India, 108 mins, Hindi, Urdu with English subtitles*subject to change
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pinky memsaab
Sat 30 Mar, 1pm The lives of a gullible maid; a beautiful socialite;
FILMHOUSE EDINBURGH an ambitious investment banker and a happy go
lucky chauffeur are entwined together in Dubai, in
Thu 4 April, 10am this bittersweet take on self-discovery.
GLASGOW FILM THEATRE
Preconceived notions, ex-pat isolation and
Sat 6 April unspoken class barriers are challenged in this
COURTHOUSE HOTEL urban chronicle about the unconventional kinship
SHOREDITCH, LONDON between two women from two different worlds.
5.30pm Reception
6.30pm Screening Mehr, an unhappy Dubai socialite takes her
Includes Q&A with director impressionable young nanny Pinky under her
Shazia Ali Khan, producer wing to an astonishing transformation. But things
Fahad Shaikh and actors Kira get out of hand one evening when a series of
Malik, Adnan Jaffar and Hajra uncontrollable events threaten to destroy them
Yamin. from within.
Sat 6 April, 9pm
PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER
Sat 4 May, 3.10pm
HOME, MANCHESTER
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Director: Shazia Ali Khan
Cast: Kiran Malik, Hajra Yamin, Sunny Hinduja, Adnan Jaffar
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Aria Hotel Budapest, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Charleston Santa Teresa, CARTAGENA, COLOMBIAthe cinematic journey of ramesh sippy Thu 4 April, 8.30pm PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER Sun 7 April, 5.30pm BAFTA 195, LONDON With a vibrant career spanning 75 years, UKAFF are delighted to celebrate the vibrant career of the legendary director and producer Ramesh Sippy. Sippy is best known for directing one of the most iconic films in Hindi film history, Sholay, featuring the greatest star cast of it’s time: Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan and Amjad Khan in his most iconic role as the dacoit Gabbar Singh. Sippy’s first film job came at age nine, when he played Achala Sachdev’s son in Shahenshah (1953). His directorial debut Andaz (1971) was a blockbuster starring Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Rajesh Khanna in lead roles. Subsequently, Malini propelled her to superstardom playing dual roles in his Seeta Aur Geeta (1972). He directed Dimple Kapadia’s successful comeback to films after 12 years since her debut film Bobby. Saagar (1985) is a changemaker for heroines returning to leading roles after marriage and children. In 1987, Sippy pioneered a change in Indian television when he directed the successful television serial Buniyaad based on the Partition of India. He was bestowed with a Padma Shri in 2013.
a spotlight on shabana azmi Sat 6 April, 7pm PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER Sun 7 April, 11.30am BAFTA 195, LONDON SOLD OUT Shabana Azmi is an internationally celebrated Indian film actress who believes art should be used as an instrument for social change. Her entry into films marked the way for the Parallel Cinema Movement with Shyam Benegal’s Ankur in 1974. She has won five National Awards for Best Actress, three of them in a row, which is an unprecedented feat. She has also won five International Awards for Best Actress. Satyajit Ray in his book ‘Our Films Their Films’ says of her “In her very first film Shabana Azmi establishes herself as the finest dramatic actress in the country.” Azmi is also highly respected as a social activist and tireless campaigner for the rights of women, slum dwellers and the underprivileged. She heads the Mijwan Welfare Society an NGO that works for empowerment of the girl child in rural India. Leading Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra has brought the craft of chikankari (exquisite traditional hand embroidery) of the Mijwan women to the doorsteps of the Indian film and fashion industry. Mijwan is today known all over the world as a model village that is replicable and scalable. Azmi was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India in 1997. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. She was awarded the Gandhi International Peace Prize at the House of Lords in 2006. She also won the Crystal Award along with Mohammed Ali and Michael Douglas at the World Economic Forum 2006. She has been conferred five Doctorates by renowned universities both national and international. She has received the prestigious Martin Luther King, Rosa Park and Chavez Award and is Visiting Professor of the University of Michigan. She has recently been nominated as Global Leadership Ambassador for Women in Public Service Project initiated by Hillary Clinton.
making waves globally radhika apte Sun 7 April, 5.30pm BAFTA 195 One of the most sought after, new generation Indian actresses, Radhika Apte will bediscussing the changing face of Indian film and entertainment consumption globally and shifting audience habit. The actress has championed both commercial and arthouse cinema and television, featuring in critically lauded and commercially successful films such as the biographical drama, Pad Man, and black comedy, Andhadhun – among 2018’s most successful Indian films spanning commercial and indie genres. A leading star of the Netflix generation, she has featured in the unanimously lauded thriller series, Sacred Games; as well as horror miniseries, Ghoul; and anthology film, Lust Stories. She began acting in theatre productions before venturing into film with a brief role in the Hindi fantasy Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!. Apte has since worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, and Marathi-language films. Photo by Prabhat Shetty
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www.desorandco.co.ukUKAFF AWARDS UK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS Sun 7 April, BAFTA 195, LONDON UK Asian Film Festival closes with our star-studded awards night hosted by actor Rishi Nair (Hollyoaks) and film actress Nisha Aaliya. Tickets include entry to an actor’s master class with Radhika Apte and in conversation with Ramesh Sippy and will be followed by dinner.
DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY
the judge daughter of
nepal
Thu 21 March, 6.30pm Fri 29 March, 1pm
GLASGOW WOMEN’S LIBRARY, SOAS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
GLASGOW Paul Webley Wing, Senate House, Alumni
Lecture Theatre
Fri 22 March, 10am INVITE ONLY
SCOTLAND STREET MUSEUM, Fri 5 April, 6.15pm
GLASGOW PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER
Double bill with Daughters of the Polo God
Showing Shari’a law in a way we’ve never
seen before, through the story of the first- A poignant documentary that captures
ever female judge in Palestine’s religious a rarely seen side of a revolutionary
courts. movement. The daughter of two
formidable political leaders of Nepal,
In 2009, with the support of a progressive Manushi Yami Bhattarai was sent across
Sheikh, Kholoud became the first woman the border as her parents prepared to go
Shari’a judge in the Middle East with her underground for a Peoples’ War against
appointment to a Palestinian Shari’a court the Nepalese monarchy.
in the West Bank. She dispenses justice in
domestic and family affairs like marriage, Awarded ‘Best Documentary Film 1st Prize’
and ‘Best Director Documentary’ at the 7th
divorce, abuse, and child custody, which
Smita Patil International Film Festival, India in
have always leaned heavily in favor of men. December 2018.
With unique access to these courts, The
Judge presents an unfolding vérité legal
drama, with rare insight into both Islamic
law and gendered justice in the Middle
East.
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Director: Erika Cohn Director: Surbhi Dewan
USA, Palestine, 76 mins, English, Palestinian languages India, Nepal, USA 34 mins, English, Nepalese with English
with English subtitles subtitlesDOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY
daughters of toxification
the polo god
Fri 29 March, 2.30pm Fri 31 March, 1pm
SOAS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON FILMHOUSE EDINBURGH
Paul Webley Wing, Senate House, Alumni Double bill with Daughters of the Polo God
Lecture Theatre
Includes Q&A with director Roopa Barua The north Indian state of Punjab was
said to have produced enough food
Fri 31 March, 1pm to feed the entire country during the
FILMHOUSE EDINBURGH Green Revolution. However, the overuse
Double bill with Toxification
of chemicals introduced to enhance
Includes introduction and Q&A
production has poisoned the water with
carcinogens and created an infertile soil
Fri 5 April, 6.15pm
addicted to chemicals. As the land is
PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER
Double bill with Daughter of Nepal dependent, so are more and more farmers
becoming addicted to drugs, which help
The shimmering emerald state of Manipur them to work longer hours in the fields.
is the birthplace of modern polo. After The expense of the chemicals and drugs
several hundred years, this male sport forces farmers to take loans from ‘Arthis’,
sees young maidens charging forward. A the rich middlemen who increase their
young polo sisterhood ploughs on in spite interest rates without warning. Over
of adversity and political turmoil. They 50,000 farmers have committed suicide
are intensely connected to their sacred in the last ten years, by drinking the toxic
Manipuri pony and play an international chemicals that are murdering Punjabi soil.
tournament every year. Roopa Barua
film is a tribute to these polo players, the
modern Manipuri women and the saving
the pony campaign.
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Director: Roopa Barua Director: Rehmat Rayatt
India, 33 mins, English, Meitelon with English subtitles India, UK, 70 mins, 2019, Punjabi with English subtitlesDOCUMENTARY
movies, memories, magic
Sat 30 March, 2pm Movies, Memories, Magic celebrates the hybrid
THE CINEMA MUSEUM, cinematic and cultural heritage sculpted by
LONDON London’s South Asian communities across time
Includes Q&A with the film’s and space. Cinema has served as a vital bridge
contributors and the director. between cultures and countries, for South Asians
in Britain.
Tue 2 April, 6pm
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW This documentary is the result of a year-long
University Interfaith Room, Level 1, Heritage Lottery-supported South Asian heritage
Main Building, Gilmorehill Campus project – Memories Through Cinema, led by the
UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF) in collaboration
with Queen Mary, University of London.
The project received a Queen Mary University
Community Engagement Award in November
2018.
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Director: Dr Ashvin Immanuel DevasundaramDOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY
even when i RAGHU RAI
AN UNFRAMED PORTRAIT
fall
Sat 30 March, 7.15pm Tue 2 April, March, 3.30pm
REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON
Followed by reception Includes Q&A with director Avani Rai
Tracing the journey of Sheetal and Raghu Rai is known as the ‘father of
Saraswoti over six years, this intimate and Indian photography’, and the title is well
beautiful film harnesses the visual power deserved. In his 50-year-long career,
of circus to give a unique perspective he captured portraits of Indira Gandhi,
into the complex world of human Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama,
trafficking. These extraordinary women are documented disasters, street life, political
creating a livelihood for themselves and events and captured powerful forces of
simultaneously working to educate and nature. His works have become iconic.
challenge the deep-seated stigma against
trafficked women. His daughter, Avani, joins her father on
a photography trip to Kashmir, India’s
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gaping wound, and documents him as he
Directors: Sky Neal, Kate McLarnon merges with his subject until, in his words,
UK, 93 mins, Nepali with English subtitles he himself becomes the sensor. Through
her own camera lens, Avani tries to (and
PANEL DISCUSSION succeeds in) understanding her father,
who could never express feelings except
Chair: Tony Matharu, through a camera. Photographing each
Entrepreneur, other, they create a sensitive, vulnerable,
Philanthropist, warm and intimate dialogue that casts
Opinion Maker Rai’s impressive works, showcased
throughout the film, in a personal light.
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Director: Avani Rai
Cast: Raghu Rai, Avani Rai
India, 55 mins, English, Hindi with English subtitlesDOCUMENTARY
kaifinama
Sun 7 April, 12pm Kaifinama looks at the life and art of the Urdu
BAFTA 195, LONDON Progressive poet Kaifi Azmi. Kaifi Azmi was both
a poet for social change as well as one of the
Wed 10 April, 6pm foremost lyricists in the Hindi film industry. Not
GLASGOW FILM THEATRE content to limit himself to fine writing, he worked
ceaselessly throughout his life as a catalyst for
change among the disenfranchised. The film
looks at his small-town roots, his commitment
to socialism, his wide-ranging body of work and
the enormous changes he brought to the life of
the village where he was born. This extraordinary
journey is documented through extensive
interviews with him and his wife Shaukat Kaifi as
well as insights from his children - Shabana and
Baba Azmi - and reminiscences by his friends and
colleagues. Kaifinama thus is both the definitive
film biography of Kaifi Azmi and a history of the
times he illuminated with his genius.
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Produced By: Mijwan Welfare Society
Directed by Sumantra Ghosal
India, 90 min, Hindi, Urdu with English subtitlesYOUNG TONGUES GALA
SHORT FILM COMPETITION &
THE BUSINESS OF MAKING FILMS
Sat 30 March, 2pm
REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON
Followed by networking in the foyer
The inspirational annual Tongues on Fire Short Film Competition is a perfect showcase
for the talents of the next generation of directors. The following independent titles
were shortlisted at closed judging session at London Academy of Film for the Short
Film Award 2019. The event includes Sheher Ya Tum directed by Karan Asnani, winner
of MAMI 2018 short film competition.
LET ME BREATHE WITH MY DREAM
Director: Novera Hasan Nikon
AZAADI
Director: Harsh Mahadeshwar
JOY
Director: Mohanraj Sivalingam
LIFE, IN A DAY!
Director: Aniket Rumde
Naila Mughal
WOMEN: SIGNORA NAARI
Director: Rahul Hariharan
THE BUSINESS OF MAKING
SKEWERED FILMS
Director: Edoardo Brighenti
An insightful perspective on
A SARI FOR PALLAVI Asian films made in United
Director: Kate Chamuris Kingdom.
Chair:
HONOR
Saz Vora, Short film coordinator
Directors: Morgan Aiken, Kankana Chakraborty
Guest Speakers:
EDUCATE OUR DAUGHTERS
Naila Mughal, Casting director;
Director: Belmaya Nepali
Gulab Chaggar, Filmmaker
and photographer; Suman
THE WHEELCHAIR WARRIOR OF INDIA
Hanif, Filmmaker and Sharmin
Director: Vipasha Kiran
Ahammad, Filmaker and Short
Film Competition Winner 2018VFX TALK BOOK LAUNCH
morning chai & in Indian Cinema
conversation with Beyond Bollywood:
The New Independent
laraib atta Cinema Revolution.
Tue 2 April, 9.30am - 11.30pm
DISHOOM CARNABY, LONDON Wed 3 April, 3pm
INVITE ONLY HOUSE OF LORDS, LONDON
Tongues on Fire, UK Asian Film Festival Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood: The
is inviting VFX and Film Student’s to New Independent Cinema Revolution
hear inspirational VFX artist Laraib Atta (Routledge, 2018) is the first edited
talk about her journey and career as the volume on new Indian Indie cinema.
youngest Pakistani female VFX artist.
The event will feature the screening of a
special film montage, reading of excerpts
LARAIB ATTA and a panel discussion.
Laraib Atta is a VFX artist based in London who
started her career in 2006, aged 19 years old to
receive the title of the youngest Pakistani and
PANEL DISCUSSION
only woman from the country to be working at a Chair: Rosie Thomas
professional level. Her projects include: Sweeney
Todd; Chronicles of Narnia and 10.000 BC. She Panellists: Ashvin Devasundaram,
has worked best vfx companies including MPC, Sangeeta Datta, Monia Acciari, Anuja Jain
Framestore, The Mill, Aardman Animation, BBC,
Sky TV and now Dneg.
Her recent project Netflix’s Altered Carbon was
DR. ASHVIN IMMANUEL
nominated for an Emmy and she herself was DEVASUNDARAM
nominated for Visual Effects Society Award. She Dr. Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram is a
was part of the new Mission Impossible Fallout Lecturer in World Cinema at Queen Mary,
which grabbed headlines across her country, University of London. He is the author of India’s
Pakistan. She is a TEDx speaker who motivates New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid
the young generation, empowering women and (Routledge, 2016) and editor of Indian Cinema
representing minorities in the creative industries. Beyond Bollywood: The New Independent
She has produced a short film and recently Cinema Revolution - the world’s first books on
joined a podcast to represent ethnic minorities new Indian Indie cinema. He is Programming
in digital arts. Adviser and Associate Director of the UK Asian
Film Festival – London, a BBC Academy Expert
Voice in Cultural Studies and Visual Arts, and
director of the documentary film - Movies,
Memories, Magic.SPECIAL EVENT women in cinema and creative arts lunch Fri 5 April, 12.30pm - 2.30pm WELLINGTON HOTEL, LONDON Includes networking lunch, a short film screening and discussion Chair: Minu Bakshi Panelists: Seema Anand storyteller and author; Shabana Azmi, actor and political activist; Ben-Azeera Lela, artistic director of Pauhana; Anita Lit, director of Sunrise Radio and Kiran Joneja Sippy, actress and managing director of Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema & Entertainment. This invite only event hosted by UKAFF chair person Minu Bakshi celebrates Women in Cinema and the Creative Arts Industry with a view to Encourage, Support and Empower.
#METOO UK PREMIERES OF SHORT FILMS 9 PENCINEMAKAL Fri 5 April, 3pm - 8.30pm QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Arts Lecture Theatre, Arts One, Mile End Campus Curated by Archana Padmini for Women’s Cinema Collective and Minimal Cinema, these nine visual experiences in Malayalam made by women include: EYE TEST RHYTHM Director: Sudha Padmaja Francis Director: Sivaranjini GI INDU Director: Kunjila Director: Anagha Anand ORE UDAL RUCHIBHEDHAM Director: Asha Achy Joseph Director: Theertha Mythry AKAM (INSIDE) CATHARSIS Director: Sreedevi Director: Indira NJAVAL PAZHANGAL Director: Jeeva KJ Organised in collaboration with The Centre for Film and Ethics and Film Cultures, Queen Mary, University of London, this event includes a post-screening discussion and Q&A chaired by Dr. Anat Pick (Queen Mary University) featuring Archana Padmini (actor/ filmmaker/curator of Women in Cinema Collective short films), Prof. Valentina Vitali (University of East London) and Amrit Wilson (author/activist). For any event related queries, please contact the organiser Dr Ashvin Devasundaram on email a.devasundaram@qmul.ac.uk
CELEBRATING 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF SOUTHALL BLACK SISTERS
To celebrate this momentous year,
UKAFF in association with Southall Black
burning an
Sisters (SBS) is screening four films, one
for each decade of SBS history, carefully illusion
curated to reflect the central political
themes that have informed the work
and campaigns of SBS and reflect the
migrant experience in this country. SBS
is one of the UK’s leading organisations
for black and minority women. They have
been in existence since 1979. In 1982/3,
they set up a not for profit advocacy
and campaigning centre for black and
minority women facing violence and
the erosion of their fundamental human
rights.
Sat 30 March, 2.30pm
provoked RICH MIX, LONDON
A young black woman treated
contemptuously by her work-shy
boyfriend changes the dynamics of their
relationship after he is falsely arrested and
beaten by the police.
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Director: Menelik Shabazz
Cast: Cassie McFarlane, Victor Romero Evans, Beverley
Martin, Angela Wynter, Malcolm Fredericks
UK, 101 mins, 1981, English
PANEL DISCUSSION
Struggle not
Submission
Sat 30 March, 4.30pm
Sat 30 March 12pm
RICH MIX, LONDON
RICH MIX, LONDON
Chair: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Journalist and
Based on the story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia Author
who set her husband alight after ten brutal
years with him. Sentenced for murder in Guest speakers: Kiranjit Ahluwalia,
1989, she was released after a three-year domestic violence survivor on whom the
film Provoked is based; Pragna Patel,
campaign to bring a significant shift in the
Director of Southall Black Sisters & founder
way homicide law is interpreted in cases of of Women against Fundamentalism;
domestic violence in the Asian community. Rahila Gupta, Writer, Journalist & member
of Southall Black Sisters management
______________________________________________ committee; Rohit Sanghvi, Lawyer and
Director: Jag Mundhra
Cast: Aishwariya Rai, Miranda Richardson, Nandita Das,
Menelik Shabazz, Director of Burning an
Naveen Andrews, Robbie Coltrane, Steve McFadden Illusion.
UK, 113 mins, 2007, English, Hindi with English subtitlesmy beautiful brick lane laundrette Sat 6 April, 12pm Sat 6 April, 2.30pm RICH MIX, LONDON RICH MIX, LONDON My Beautiful Laundrette depicts an Asian Brick Lane picks up on themes of community that defies pious stereotypes, defiant sexuality and secular identities a younger generation that asserts a in the face of rising fundamentalism. non-conformist sexuality defiantlyin the A newly arrived migrant woman from face of prejudice from white racists and Bangladesh is nostalgic for home and conservative Asians. Path breaking for in an unsatisfactory relationship with its time, it offered a timely critique of the her husband. She is driven into an affair race, class and gender upheavals under with a young man who responds to the Thatcherism whilst also anticipating the racism of white youth in Tower Hamlets by demise of progressive secular identities. embracing religious fundamentalism. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Director: Stephen Frears Director: Sarah Gavron Cast: Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Saeed Jaffrey, Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Roshan Seth, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf, SouadFaress, Simpson, Harvey Virdi Richard Graham, Shirley Anne Field, Stephen Marcus United Kingdom, 101 mins, 1985, English, Bengali with United Kingdom, 97 mins, 1985, English, Urdu with English subtitles English subtitles PANEL DISCUSSION Subversion and Dissent Sat 6 April, 4.30pm RICH MIX, LONDON Chair: Samira Ahmed, Journalist, Writer and Broadcaster Guest speakers: Sukhwant Dhaliwal, Founding member of Feminist Dissent; Geeta Sahgal, Writer, Journalist, Women and Human right’s activist; Rashmi Varma, Professor of English & Comparative Literary Studies; Maryam Namazi, Human right’s activist, Commentator & Broadcaster and Monica Ali, Writer & Novelist, Brick Lane. TICKET OPTIONS & DAY PASSES INCLUDING DINNER AVAILABLE FROM RICH MIX
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Music: DEVESH SODHA Choreography: LEENA PATEL
Set Design: RICHARD EVANS Lighting: GRANT ANDERSON
Costumes, Vision & Direction: SAMIR BHAMRA
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ek aasha i.m.a gujju
Fri 29 March, 6.30pm Fri 29 March 7.30pm
REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON HARROW ARTS CENTRE, LONDON
Includes Q&A chaired by Daniel Luther,
Queer Asia Fri 5 April 8.30pm
PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER
Aashish in an aspiring teacher and has
struggled with his gender identity since Jay, a wealthy Gujarati businessman’s only
childhood. Aashish makes the difficult son, is expected to take over the family
decision to leave home and join a business but secretly aspires to join the
traditional transgender community (known Indian Army.
as Hijras).
When a series of bomb blasts rock
The film focuses on Aashish’s transition Ahmedabad, Jay is propelled into a time
into Aasha; the life of a traditional Hindu limited situation to save lives from a
Hijra in modern India. All transgender roles terrorist attack. To succeed in his mission,
are played by transgender non-actors. he has to accept help from an ex-army
colonel who had him expelled from
college.
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Director: Mayur Katariya Director: Sunny Pancholi
Cast: Disha Yadav, AnnuAkade, Vijya Laxmi, Atmiya Cast: Sunny Pancholi, Rohit Roy, Manoj Joshi, Shriya
Patel, Paresh Rathod & Kirti Adarkar Tiwari, Parth Thakar, Rushikesh Ingley
India, 123 mins, Hindi with English subtitles India, 138 mins, Gujarati with English subtitlesEUROPEAN PREMIERE SCREENING
tashi bengali
beauty
Sat 30 March, 4.30pm Sat 30 March 2.30pm
REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON BRADY ARTS AND COMMUNITY
Includes Q&A with actors Tania Mukherjee CENTRE, LONDON
and Charan Singh
A demure medical student falls in love
This heartwarming and multi-award with a brash Bangladesh Radio deejay
winning film revolves around an elderly while listening to his World Music show
mother, her two children Radhika and during the revolutionary ‘70s in this
Sanjay, their house helper and a house romantic-comedy period drama.
guest who has booked an Airbnb room in
their house.
Vandana has recently undergone surgery
for a tumour and yearns to celebrate
Diwali with her family though the festival
is still 10 months away. Grappling with
caregiving responsibilities, the arrival
of heartbroken Ved sparks delicate
conversations between these five
beautifully flawed humans as they step
forward in their journey of self-discovery.
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Director: Shilpa Krishnan Shukla Director: Rahsaan Islam
Cast: Tania Mukherjee, Charan Singh, Ila Maheshwari, Cast: Rahsaan Noor, Mumtaheena Toya & Sarah Alam
Anvita Gupta & Sai Pogaru Bangladesh, 1hr 48 mins, Bengali and English with
Singapore, 93 mins, English,Hindi with English subtitles English subtitlesCLUB NIGHT UK PREMIERE
DISCO DIVAS dear molly
bollywood PARTY
Sat 30 March, from 9.30pm Sun 31 March
KUCH KUCH.. NIGHTS AT ALICE REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON
Includes pre-club fun Bolly-Disco Dance 1pm Reception
class 1.30pm Screening includes Q&A with
director, producer and actor Christer
Come fall in love.. with Kuch Kuch Holmgren
Bollywood Nights!
Made by a National Award winning
Calling all Chaalbaaz, Himmatwala’s & filmmaker, this is a stunningly poignant
Laadla’s- don’t be Gumrah, leave your story based on a father-daughter
English Vinglish at home and join us for relationship exploring the journey of a
a Chandni night filled with unforgettable daughter in search of her father.
Lamhe celebrating Mr India’s true Nagina..
you won’t want to part in Judaai, Khuda Molly is walking through the beautiful
Gawah! streets of Sweden with letters from her
father detailing the pain of all those like
A special Hawa Hawaii Sridevi Tribute him who cross the boundaries of their
Night in collaboration with UK Asian lands for their livelihood leaving behind all
Film Festival to celebrate the first female that is dear to them.
superstar in India’s male dominated film
industry and leading lady of the 1980’s and
90’s who redefined stardom for actresses
in India.
_______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Doors Open 9.30pm for our Free, Fun Pre-Club Bolly- Director: Gajendra Ahire
Fusion Dance Class! DJ’s/Party until 3am Cast: Gurbani Gill, Alok RajwadeMrinmayee Godbole,
Join us in your Best Sparkling Disco outfit and WIN a Ashwini Giri, Christer Holmgren & Lia Boysen
Bottle of Bubbly on the night! India, 91 mins, English with English subtitlesYOUTH CURATED WORLD PREMIERE
chegu
Sun 31 March, 2pm Mansoor, a fanciful teenage Indian boy, is an
RICH MIX CINEMA, LONDON ardent follower of Che Guevara’s rockstar image,
Includes Q&A with director constantly trying to replicate his looks and
Nabamita and the production mannerisms.
team
After his father irresponsibly divorces his mother
Sat 6 April, 5pm via a text message, Mansoor is faced with a
PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER choice: he could shake-up the system or simply
watch the injustice. Opting to tread the same path
as Che, Mansoor confronts all challenges to try
and carve a new path for himself and his family.
___________________________________________________________
Director: Nabamita Ghosh
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Ishan, Sudipta Chakraborty, Ena Saha, Chandan Sen
India, 94 mins, Bengali with English subtitlesUK PREMIERE SCREENING
vardaniya house of my
beti ek vardaan ,
father s
Sun 31 March Sun 31 March
REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON
3.30pm Reception 6.30pm Reception
4pm Screening includes Q&A with the 7pm Screening
film team Includes Q&A with director Suba
Sivakumaran
Pyari is no ordinary girl. On the eve of a
cycling competition, she experiences her Tackling Sri Lanka’s war checkered history,
first period and is unable to participate as a Sinhala man and a Tamil woman are
her mother is too poor to spend money sent to a mysterious forest to break an
on sanitary pads. Unwilling to miss out infertility curse that has befallen their
on life’s experiences, Pyari uses her warring villages.
creativity to make a sanitary pad only to
be ostracised by society and forced to The shamans predict that only one
conform. of them will return. Fearing for their
bloodline, the rival village chiefs agree to
The death of her best friend galvanises this joint mission. But given the danger
Pyari to regain her will and challenge of the trip, the Sinhalas send Asoka, a
anyone who stands in her path of making once-respected soldier who has become
and distributing pads for girls in her a pariah after his failed attempt to wrest
school illustrating a movement of saving control of his village. The Tamils contribute
and educating a female child. Ahalya, a woman who has become mute
due to the trauma of losing her husband
and son in the war. Can they put aside
their personal griefs to find intimacy?
______________________________________________
Director: Suba Sivakumaran
Cast: Steve De La Zilwa, Dharshan Dharmaraj & Bimal
______________________________________________ Jayakodi
Director: Alok Kushwaha Sri Lanka, 95 mins, Tamil and Sinhala with English
India, 101 mins, Hindi with English subtitles subtitlesCLASSIC GOLD
pakeezah
SOLD OUT
Mon 1 April, 6.30pm
THE BRITISH LIBRARY LONDON
Includes Q&A with Tajdar Kamal
Amohi, son of the legendary director
Kamal Amrohi
Considered one of the greatest films of
all time, Pakeezah is a musical delight
set in the Muslim quarter of Lucknow. It
tells the story of Nargis who grows up
in a brothel with a desire to be loved
and accepted by society.
____________________________________________
Director: Kamal Amrohi
Cast: Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, Raaj Kumar
India, 1972. Hindi. 147 mins.YOUTH CURATED WORLD PREMIERE
noblemen
Mon 1 April, 7pm In her debut film, director Vandana Kataria
REGENT STREET CINEMA, fearlessly grapples the monstrous culture of an
LONDON elite boys’ boarding school in India.
Includes Q&A with producer
Shoiab Lokhandwala and The boys are abuzz with excitement over the
Dr Varsha Panjwani, author Founder’s Day production of The Merchant of
and lecturer of Shakespeare, Venice. Drama teacher Murali takes a shine to Shay
Drama, and Adaptation Studies and casts him in the lead role, while bully Baadal is
relegated to understudy – and he resolves to take
Wed 3 April, 7.45pm Shay’s role at all costs.
PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER
Includes Q&A with producer What unfolds is tantamount to Shakespearean
Shoiab Lokhandwala tragedy as battling egos and toxic masculinity
lay waste to childhood innocence and lead to
Wed 1 May, 6pm humiliation, murder, and revenge
HOME, MANCHESTER
___________________________________________________________
Director: Vandana Kataria
Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Ali Haji, Ivan Rodrigues, Mohammed Ali Mir
India, 109 mins, English with English subtitlesWORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE
half songs kd
Tue 2 April Tue 2 April, 6pm
REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON RICH MIX CINEMA, LONDON
5.30pm Reception Includes Q&A with Yoodlee producer
6pm Screening includes Q&A with Shoiab Lokhandwala
director Sriram Raja
Thu 4 April, 6.15pm
An old music store that sold vinyl records PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER
is closing down in Mumbai. Shweta, an
intern at an online music magazine works Comatose 80-year-old KD suddenly wakes
on her first feature story about the closing up to overhear his family planning to kill
of the store. In an almost empty shop, she him by performing an ancient euthanasia
finds years of memories. The old man and ritual.
his nephew who run the store become
the subject of her story. Shweta discovers Heartbroken and fearing for his life, he
a diary of lyrics Vivek had hidden away. runs away and meets Kutty, a fiercely
The shy musician in him finds them independent 10-year-old orphan. Kutty is
incomplete. She inspires him to continue everything KD isn’t: smart, spunky and full
making songs. While the story of the shop of life.
ends, another story begins for Vivek and
Shweta, that of love and music. Striking up an unlikely friendship, this
mismatched pair embark on an eventful
road trip across India.
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Director: Sriram Raja Director: Madhumita
Cast: Emon Chatterjee, Vartika Tiwari Cast: Mu Ramaswamy, Yog Japee, Nagavishal
India, 80 mins, Hindi with English subtitles India, 123 mins, 2019, Tamil with English subtitlesUK PREMIERE UK PREMIERE
,
evening victor s
shadows history
Wed 3 April Thu 4 April, 6.30pm
REGENT STREET CINEMA, LONDON RICH MIX CINEMA, LONDON
6pm Reception Includes Q&A with director Nicholas
6.30pm Screening includes Q&A Chevailler and independent producer
Chair: Daniel Luther, Queer Asia Shoiab Lokhandwala
Fri 5 April, 7.45pm Vic hires Dorian and Zuhair - a bull-headed
PHOENIX CINEMA, LEICESTER documentary filmmaker and a mild-
mannered cameraman - to immortalize
Kartik, a young man from a small south his personal hero and role model, his
Indian town cocooned in traditional ideas late father. Vic and Dorian fundamentally
of social morality, comes out as gay to his disagree about the integrity of their
mother Vasudha. subject’s character and Zuhair is caught
in the cross fire. As the three travel across
Her entire world crashing down, Vasudha France, they peel off the shiny veneer
battles with her fears and doubts, of Vic’s family legacy, exposing tangled
struggling to understand her loving son’s cobwebs of secrets. Trapped between his
confession. past, present, and future, Vic struggles to
keep control as everything he thought he
Evening Shadows is a universal story knew, is flipped upside-down.
about the strength of the bonds between
mothers and sons.
______________________________________________
Director: Sridhar Rangayan ______________________________________________
Cast: Mona Ambegaonkar, Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, Director: Nicolas Chevaillier
Devansh Doshi France, 78 mins, English, Hindi, French with English
India, 102 mins, Hindi with English subtitles subtitlesDMU SQUARE MILE INDIA
In February 2016, De Montfort University (DMU) launched
DMU Square Mile India, which supports children across five
community centres in Ahmedabad, India.
Funds raised support more than120 vulnerable children who live in the Gandhi Ashram, a
hostel located next to Ahmedabad's largest slum, Rampair No Tekro. They are provided
with two meals a day, clean water, clothing, medical attention and equipment for school.
Without our support the Ashram would be unable to support the children’s health,
education and wellbeing, meaning they would have to return to the slum.
Without access to education and food, the children would be required to undertake
hazardous jobs and would be deprived of their childhood.
This project is supported by many DMU staff and students, who fundraise and donate
monthly to the Sqaure Mile India fund.
We also welcome support from local businesses, in order to ensure these children have a
happy life.
If you would like to support DMUs work to help improve the health and
wellbeing of these children, please consider the following:
• £500 would buy new sports equipment to benefit the children and
their neighbours in the slum
• £1,000 would ensure the children who live in the hostel have access to
running water and electricity for six months
• £4,000 pays for the wages of five teachers for a full year
• £8,000 feeds all 120 children two meals a day for six months
Should you wish to contribute to DMU Square Mile India, please email squaremile@dmu.ac.uk
and a member of the team will be in touch. All funds raised directly benefits the children of the
Gandhi Ashram hostel and hundreds of children from the slum.
For more details, visit our website: dmu.ac.uk/squaremileindia
or call 0116 250 6152.
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instagram.com/squaremileindia
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tottAa pataaka 2 band radio
item maal
Fri 5 April, 8.30pm Sat 6 April, 2.30pm
WATERMANS ARTS CENTRE WATERMANS ARTS CENTRE
Includes Q&A with director Aditya Includes Q&A with the film’s team
Kripalani
This satirical rollercoaster is set in the early
Four women from various parts of Delhi 70s looks at the invention of the radio and
meet by chance in a ‘ladies only’ taxi ride. it’s introduction in a rural Kashmiri village.
When they get into an altercation with
a man who’s teasing them, they decide When Roopchand, a local shopkeeper
to make an example of him and send accidentally acquires the first radio, he
a message to men all over India. They is summonded by the village head who
kidnap him, break him first physically, then procures it in exchange of a plot of land
mentally, keep him hostage, and bring in exchange. Roopchand’s arch rival
him to the point of sexual abuse. Will they Waseem, feels humiliated and promises
succeed to see the change they want? to buy a radio at any cost and show the
village that he too, can attain this magical
device.
______________________________________________
Director: Saki Shah
______________________________________________ Cast: Pradhuman Singh, Neelu Dogra, Rahat Kazmi,
Director: Nicolas Chevaillier Jitendra Rai, Tariq Khan, Ritu Rajput, Saneha Jagisi &
France, 78 mins, 2019, English, Hindi, French with English Zahid Qureshi
subtitles India, 92 mins, Hindi and Punjabi with English Subtitles20 YEARS OF MEMORIES Our festival is full of glitz and glamour from Bollywood and beyond. Just take a look at the stars bringing style and substance to the festival from our archives! All due to the immense support and enthusiasm we receive from great film makers, fantastic celebrities and passionate film buffs.
UK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL TEAM
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Dr. Pushpinder Chowdhry MBE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Sâmir Bhamra
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Saba Syed
Associate Directors & Dr. Monia Acciari, Dr. Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram, Dr. Alina
YOUTH CURATORS Mirza
SHORT FILM COMPETITION Saz Vora
COORDINATOR
FESTIVAL COORDINATOR Amandeep Dhillon
FESTIVAL ADMINISTRATOR Hridya Manek
INTERNS Zarine Bohra and Dafne Mistrangelo
Development Officer Aashish Parmar
digital content Behzad Ahmad
talent manager & advisor Naila Mughal
festival theme Devesh Sodha
PR, Press and Publicity Media House Global
short film competition Sharmin Ahammad, Gulab Chaggar, Suman Hanif
judging panelists
young critics Elena Bulatovskaya, Uma Ghelani, Sonia Kang, Raabia Khona, Jiwon
Oh, Maryam Raza, Deepshi Singh and Rahila Suleman
youth curators Zaim Ali, Elena Bulatovskaja, Tom Button, Ria Chadha, Paula
Lorenzo Chiva, Noemi Distefano, Emily Gett, Uma Ghelani, Kyle
Hillier, Madalena Landeina, Emily Maskell, Louise McKay, Nadia
Mirza-Saadi, Samera Mohammed, Jiwon Oh, Maryam Raza, Deepshi
Singh, Raheela Suleman and Florence Williams
Volunteers Zaim Ali, Krishnaprasad Anala, Nadia Aslam, Emma Barber, Mina
Bhogaita, Tom Button, Ria Chadha, Panita Choudhry, James
Descutido, Rohit Dhawan, Mayukh Gayen, Emily Gett, Adam
Harcourt, Vijai Haria, Caitlin Holdworths, Muskaan Jain, Bobby
Gurvinder Singh Jolly, Akhtar Khan, Minreet Kaur, Pal Kaur, Bharat
Mistri, Dafne Mistrangelo, Samera Mohammed, Jiwon Oh, Aagya
Pradhan, Nadia Mirza-Saadi, Roshni Sedani, Atul Sharma, Nishant
Sharma, Reshma Sharma, Veenu Sharma, Shweta Shukla, Deepshi
Singh, Iva Sivak, Diranjeet Sohi, Adam Sorrell, Giridharan Sundar,
Tasmia Tahia, Matt Teagle, Florence Williams and Zayna Zubair
Festival Founders Dr. Pushpinder Chowdhry MBE, Mrs Harvinder Nath
FESTIVAL CHAIR PERSON Minu Bakshi
vice chair person Nishi Anand
Advisory Board Members Pedro Carvalho, Rakhee Joshi, Mamta Kaash, Anna Macdonald,
Balvinder Mudan, Roddy Mullin, Suniya Qureshi and Jaanuja
Sriskantha
Patrons Abhishek Bachchan, Prof. Rachel Dwyer, Lord Diljit Rana, Sunita
Sangar, Sabiha Sumar and Meera Syal CBEUK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL NATIONAL
Date Time Event Venue Ticket
Thu 21 Mar 18.30 the judge Glasgow Women’s FREE
Library, Glasgow
Fri 22 Mar 10.00 the judge Scotland Street Invite only
Musuem Glasgow
Fri 29 Mar 17.45 hamid Filmhouse £6.50 - £10
Edinburgh
Sat 30 Mar 13.00 pinky memsaab Filmhouse £4.50 - £10
Edinburgh
Sun 31 Mar 13:00 daughters of the polo Filmhouse £4.50 - £10
god & toxification Edinburgh
Tue 2 Apr 18.00 movies, memories, magic University of Free
Glasgow
Wed 3 Apr 19.45 NOBLEMEN Phoenix Leicester £6 - £9.20
Thu 4 Apr 10.00 pinky memsaab Glasgow Film £6
Theatre
18.00 no fathers in kashmir Phoenix Leicester £6 - £9.20
18.15 kd Phoenix Leicester £6
20.30 the cinematic journey Phoenix Leicester £15
of ramesh sippy
Fri 5 Apr 18.15 daughters of the polo Phoenix Leicester £6
god & daughter of
nepal
19.45 evening shadows Phoenix Leicester £6
20.30 I.M.A GUJJU Phoenix Leicester £6 - £9.20
Sat 6 Apr 17.00 Chegu Phoenix Leicester £6
19.00 a spotlight on shabana Phoenix Leicester £15
azmi
21.00 PINKy MEMBSAab Phoenix Leicester £6 - £9.20
Wed 10 Apr 18.00 KAIFINAMA & a spotlight Glasgow Film £6
on SHABANA AZMI Theatre
Tue 30 Apr 18.00 hamid HOME, Manchester £7.50,
£9.50
Wed 1 May 18.00 noblemen HOME, Manchester £7.50,
£9.50
Sat 4 May 15.10 pinky memsaab HOME, Manchester £7.50,
£9.50UK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL LONDON
Date Time Event Venue Ticket
Wed 27 Mar 18.00 launch: the cinematic The May Fair Hotel £75
journey of zeenat aman
& screening of hamid
Fri 29 Mar 13.00 daughter of nepal SOAS University of FREE
London
14.30 daughters of the polo SOAS University of FREE
god London
Sat 30 Mar 14.00 movies, memories, magic The Cinema Museum FREE
19.15 Even When i Fall Regent Street Cinema £20
Fri 29 Mar 18.30 EK AASHA Regent Street Cinema £20
19.30 I.M.A GUJJU Harrow Arts Centre £5
Sat 30 Mar 12.00 provoked Rich Mix Cinema £6 - £33
14.00 short film competition Regent Street Cinema £8
& the business of making
films
14.30 burning an illusion Rich Mix Cinema £6 - £33
14.30 bengali beauty Brady Arts Centre £6.83
16.30 struggle not submission Rich Mix Cinema £6 - £33
16.30 TASHI Regent Street Cinema £20
21.30 disco divas bollywood Alice £15 - £20
party
Sun 31 Mar 13.00 dear molly Regent Street Cinema £20
14.00 chegu Rich Mix Cinema £9.95 -
£10.95
15.30 vardaniya: beti ek Regent Street Cinema
vardaan
18.30 house of my father,s Regent Street Cinema £20
Mon 1 Apr 18.30 pakeezah British Library £8 - £12
in conversation with
tajdar kamal amrohi
19.00 noblemen Regent Street Cinema £20
Tue 2 Apr 09.30 vfx talk: laraib atta Dishoom Carnaby FREE
15.30 raghu rai: an unframed Regent Street Cinema £20
portrait
17.30 half songs Regent Street Cinema £20
18.00 kd Rich Mix £9.95 -
£10.95UK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL LONDON
CONT.
Date Time Event Venue Ticket
Wed 3 Apr 15.00 book launch: Indian House of Lords FREE
Cinema Beyond
Bollywood: The New
Independent Cinema
Revolution.
18.00 evening shadows Regent Street Cinema £20
Thu 4 Apr 18.30 victor,s history Rich Mix £9.95 -
£10.95
Fri 5 Apr 12.30 women in cinema and Wellington Hotel Invite
creative arts lunch only
15.00 9 Pencinemakal: Queen Mary University FREE
Women,s cinema of London
collective and minimal
cinema
20.30 tottaa pataaka item Watermans Arts £9 - £10
maal Centre
Sat 6 Apr 12.00 my beautiful laundrette Rich Mix Cinema £6 - £33
14.00 2 band radio Watermans Arts £9 - £10
Centre
14.30 brick lane Rich Mix Cinema £6 - £33
16.30 subversion and dissent Rich Mix Cinema £6 - £33
17.30 pinky membsaab Courthouse Hotel £25
Shoreditch
Sun 7 Apri 11.30 a spotlight on shabana BAFTA 195 SOLD OUT
azmi
12.00 KAIFINAMA BAFTA 195 £20
17.30 CLOSING GALA: BAFTA 195 £150
a conversation
with radhika apte, a
spotlight on SHABANA
AZMI, the cinematic
journey of ramesh
sippy & ukaff awards
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