Join Us For The Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles 2025!

Schedule Of Events:

7:00pm - A Fly On The Wall

A Moving Portrait Of Chika Kapadia’s Courageous Journey, A Man Who Defied Conventions To Chart His Own Course Toward A Dignified End. When Diagnosed With Cancer And Given Four Months To Live, Chika Makes The Radical Yet Deeply Personal Decision To Seek Physician-Assisted Death At Dignitas In Switzerland.

Yet, Rather Than A Story Of Grief, Shonali Bose And Nilesh Maniyar Make An Intimate Film Brimming With Joy And Humor. Embracing His Life Fully In Its Fleeting Moments, We Witness Chika Spending His Final Days In The Company Of Those He Loved Most, Sharing Ice Creams And Conversations That Range From The Profound To The Hilarious.

As Both A Filmmaker And Friend, Bose Brings An Honesty And Tenderness That Makes This Documentary As Vibrant As Its Subject By Illuminating The Power Of Choice And The Grace Of Saying Goodbye On One’s Own Terms.

Location: #1 8000 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca 90046

9:15pm - Shorts Program 1

Bonvoyage Pour Monvoyage

Akshit Kumar’s Mesmerizing Animation Bonvoyage Pour Monvoyage Transcends Conventional Storytelling To Create A Visceral Experience. Rather Than Documenting His Eight-City Indian Exploration Through Conventional Means, Kumar Crafts A Sensory Collage Where Each Destination Demands Its Own Visual Language. The Film Pulses Between Animation Styles With Hypnotic Fluidity, Incorporating Ambient Recorded Soundscapes And Collected Ephemera (Pressed Flowers, Train Tickets, Sketches) Into Its Aesthetic Dna. Kumar Cleverly Translates The Emotional Oscillations Of Solo Travel – Euphoria, Isolation, Wonder, Belonging – Into Visual Metaphors That Transform Into A Deeply Personal Yet Universally Resonant Meditation On How Places Transform Us When We Surrender To Their Rhythms. The Film Recently Earned Kumar The Student Academy Award In The Alternative/Experimental Category – A Fitting Recognition For This Vibrant Testament To How Places Reshape Us.

Bunnyhood

Mansi Maheshwari’s Bunnyhood Is A Delirious Plunge Into Adolescent Betrayal That Feels Like Someone Handed A Ballpoint Pen To Your Fever Dreams. Based On Maheshwari’s Own Experience, This Frenetic Animation Features Nina Wadia (Goodness Gracious Me) As The Well-Meaning But Deceptive Mother To Maheshwari’s Rebellious Bobby. The Film’s Deliberately Crude, Scratchy Aesthetic Perfectly Embodies Its Psychological Disorientation, Resembling "Scribbled Drawings Etched Onto An Old School Desk Come To Life." When Hospital Staff Morph Into Nightmarish Rabbit Creatures (Echoing Bobby’s Earlier Video Game), The Film Becomes A Surreal Playground For Exploring The Complicated Ethics Of Parental Lies. Selected For Cannes’ Prestigious La Cinéf, This Nfts Graduation Film Announces Maheshwari As A Formidable New Voice In Animation.

I’m Dead Right?

Desperate To Sell Her Childhood Home, Nikita, A Queer South Asian Woman, Finally Discovers What’s Making The House Unsellable: The Ghost Of Her Deeply Religious Mother. Only Newly Deceased But From Time Immemorial Disparaging Of Her Daughter’s Sexuality, Her Mother Is Now Stuck En Route To Eternal Bliss, And Only Nikita Can Help Her Get To Heaven. But Will She?

Shakina Jaffrey (Snowpiercer, House Of Cards) Relishes In The Role Of Philomena, Embodying With Gusto An Obstinate, Flawed Mother Stuck In Liminal Limbo. Directed By J. Mehr Kaur, This Supernatural Dark Comedy Delivers A Heartfelt Story About Familial Trauma, Religious Dissonance, And How Some Conflicts Can Only Be Settled In The Afterlife.

Sleep Training

Dejected By The Impossible Task Of Sleep Training Her Finicky Baby, Neha, A Fledgling Writer In Brooklyn, Navigates Her Rough Landing Into First-Time Parenthood. That Her Miserable Failings Take Place Under The Gaze Of Her Superdad Husband And Her Indian Mother, A Living Advertisement Of Selfless Motherhood, Only Makes Matters Worse. As Neha Devolves Deeper Into Depression, An Acceptance Into A Prestigious Writing Program That Demands Her Full Attention May Just Be Her Chance To Escape From Motherhood Altogether.

In This Humorous And Refreshingly Candid Look At The Darker Side Of Becoming A Mother, Director Sunita Prasad Invites Us To Question Age-Long, Gender-Based Ideals Of Parenthood, Giving Voice To The Profoundly Challenging Postpartum Experience That Too Often Remains Unspoken. A Vibrant Cast Frames Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Who Effortlessly Embodies In All Her Vulnerability And Fury A Woman Who Struggles To Regain Her Sense Of Self Amidst The Expectation Of Sacrificial Motherhood Bliss.

The Clown

Kamil Chima’s The Clown Examines How Disguise Can Paradoxically Reveal Our Truest Selves. When Minahil – Confined Each Night By Her Husband – Discovers Escape Through A Clown Costume, She Begins A Double Life That Becomes Her Pathway To Autonomy. Dancing For Strangers As She Once Danced With Her Loving Father, She Accumulates Small Freedoms Alongside Her Modest Earnings. Farheen Raza Jaffry’s Performance Captures Both Vulnerability And Determination As Her Character Navigates The Precarious Space Between Continued Masquerade And Authentic Liberation. This Satyajit Ray Award Winner Offers A Compelling Portrait Of Resistance Where A Woman’s Creative Defiance Becomes A Transformative Journey Toward Self-Determination.

Tracker
Shalini, A Single Mom Who Works As A Manager At A Delhi Nightclub, Takes Under Her Wing A New Hire, Komal, A Young Woman From Her Village Who Has Recently Arrived In The Capital. When A Fatal Shooting Leads The Administration To Mandate Surveillance Watches On All Staff, Shalini Must Supervise The Enforcement Of This New Policy, Clashing With A Defiant Komal Who Is Determined To Safeguard Her Privacy And Secret Past.

 In This Gripping Psychological Thriller, Seasoned Cinematographer Udit Khurana (Ghaath, Mithya) Makes His Impressive Directorial Debut, Expertly Controlling The Tension To Deliver A Foreboding Commentary On The Abuse Of Technology In A Dystopian Future That Rings Eerily Close. Engaged In A Fascinating Power Play, Jyoti Dogra And Ambika Kamal Deliver Exhilarating Performances As Two Women Who Despite Sharing A Maternal-Like Bond, Must Navigate A Traditionally Male World As Both Allies And Foes, Constantly Having To Reassess Their Trust In One Another In An Increasingly Orwellian Universe.

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