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

Schedule Of Events:

12:30pm - Shorts Program 3

The Feast (Virundhu)

To Galvanize Support For Her Once-Thriving Lake, Now Depleted Due To Environmental Degradation, A Gutsy Prawn-Picker Hosts A Delectable Feast That Includes Some Extraordinary Ingredients, Once Plentiful, Now Almost Extinct. Her Distinguished Sole Guest Is A Local Politician Who Also Happens To Be An Unabashed Foody.

In His Superb First Foray Into Fiction, Two-Time Iffla Alum Rishi Chanda (Tungrus, Party Poster) Directs A Cast Of Both Professional Actors And Locals From The Community To Bring Us The First Of An Anthology Of Three Short Films Exploring Vulnerable Communities Faced With The Detrimental Effects Of Climate Change. Breathtakingly Photographed Amidst The Last Remaining Mangroves Of Lake Pulicat And Peppered With A Delicious Humorous Touch, This Clermont-Ferrand Special Jury Prize Winner Introduces Us To An Unlikely Heroine Who, Armored With Age-Old Communal Wisdom, Intuitively Understands How Deeply Food Can Tap Into Our Deposits Of Memory And Uses It As A Formidable Form Of Protest.

Free As A Bird

The Lack Of Space And Privacy In Mumbai And The Extent To Which People Have To Go To Seek Intimacy Is The Stuff Of Many Indian Films. Aditya Khude's Free As A Bird Presents This Everyday Struggle With Restraint And Empathy: Less Is More In This Vivid Slice Of Mumbai Life, Where Silence Speaks Louder Than Words. The Heartwarming Twist In The Tale Offers Assurance Of An Unspoken Understanding Between Two Generations. The Unaffected Performances Stand Out, Especially The Gravitas Of Veteran Ashish Vidyarthi (Droh Kaal) As The Father And The Disarming Vulnerability Of Siddharth Menon (June), Who Plays His Son.

Hey Babe

Jaron Henrie-Mccrea's Hey Babe Is A Tidy Little Serving Of Horror That Baits And Teases And Plays Mind Games With The Audience, Eliciting Uneasy Smiles Rather Than Just Scaring The Pants Off Them. Henrie-Mccrea Plays With The Familiar Elements – Ominous Soundscape, Jump Scare, And Alternating Between Reality And Illusion. But The Real Fun And Fear Emerge From The Portentous, Repetitive Use Of A Couple's Term Of Endearment For Each Other And The Freaky Skirmish Between Them And An Inanimate Object – A Green Bottle That Refuses To Leave The Cabinet Shelf Despite Several Attempts To Throw It Away. Not Only Do Kiran Deol And Rupak Ginn Make A Cozy Couple, Their Familiar Charming Ways Are A Perfect Foil To The Seemingly Placid But Menacing Bottle. Revealing Any More Will Be Detrimental To The Enjoyment Of The Film.

Extinction Story Origin Story

On Their Way Home From School, Two Adolescent Girls Leave Behind The Playground Of Their Carefree Childhood For An Adventure In A Mysterious Desert Where They Must Confront Their Fears.

Beautifully Photographed In 16mm Black And White, This Lyrical Experimental Short Eloquently Explores The Wondrous Threshold Between Childhood And Adulthood. Collaborating With Her Own Family, Iffla Alum Terrie Samundra (Kaali Khuhi, Kunjo) Intimately Captures The Joyous Essence Of Adolescent Friendship Over The Course Of A Transformative Journey, Speaking Of A Young Soul's Primal Connection To Nature And The Existential Fear Of Growing Up In An Increasingly Precarious World.

Am I The Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen?

Eisha Is A "Chubby Punjabi" Teen In Small-Town Quebec When She Makes A Fateful Pact With Her Sister Seema To Go On A Joint Diet Together. The End Goal: To Lose As Much Weight As Necessary To Fit Into The Ubiquitously Advertised Hot Pair Of Designer Jeans. But What Begins As A Fun Challenge Soon Takes A Dark Turn When Eisha, Increasingly Consumed By Anorexia, Finds Herself In A Full-On War Against Her Own Fragile Body.

Evoking Her Pained Youth With A Surprising Mixture Of Lyricism, Humor, And Discerning Introspection, Documentary Filmmaker Eisha Marjara Masterfully Blends Together Personal Home Videos, 80s Pop-Culture Relics, Nuanced Dramatizations, And Intimate First-Person Narration To Craft An Exquisite Work Of Auto-Ethnography. In Addition To Reflecting Upon Themes Of Body Image And Self-Acceptance, Her Tender Love Letter To Her Young Self Also Tells A Poignant Story Of Immigration And Assimilation, And The Complex Forces That Mold The Displaced Soul.

Holy Curse

Teenage Radha Is On A Road Trip To Self-Discovery. Only The Trip Is Not A Voluntary One: Radha Is Forced By Their Family To Get Cured Of The Perceived Deviances; A Conversion Therapy Of Sorts. Director Snigdha Kapoor Tells It Straight But With A Lot Of Affection For The Protagonist And Their Rebellion Against The Family, Its Conservatism, And Limited Perception Of Gender Roles. There Isn't Just A Denial Of Queerness But An Outright Disregard Of It As Something Abnormal. With The Odds Stacked Against Them, Radha Must Figure Out Their Own Identity And Impulses While Inhabiting A Gender-Fluid Space. An Unforeseen Ally Turns Out To Be The Cousin Who They Are Otherwise Daggers Drawn With. A Talented Ensemble Of Seasoned Performers Powers The Film, Including Anup Soni (Crime Patrol) Who Evokes Just The Right Amount Of Fear And Revulsion As The Traditionalist Uncle. But It Is Mrunal Kashid Who Owns The Film In The Lead – Baffled By The World Around Them Yet Aware Of Their Own Self, Vulnerable Yet No Pushover.

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

3:00 Pm - Pooja, Sir

An Investigative Thriller And A Riveting Police Procedural Set Against The Backdrop Of The 2015 Madhesi Protests In Nepal, The Film Follows Pooja, The Queer Female Detective Inspector, As She Investigates The Abduction Of Two Boys In A Border Town While Confronting Pervasive Misogyny And Racial Biases, Especially Towards The Madhesi Minority.

Rauniyar, Drawing From His Own Personal Experiences, Crafts A Story That Challenges Patriarchal Norms And Highlights The Resilience Of Women In Oppressive Systems By Exploring The Intricate Layers Of Gender And Ethnicity And Shedding Light On The Complexities Of Identity And Societal Structures In Contemporary Nepal.

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

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