Long Island South Asian Film Festival

Thank you and photographer extraordinaire Ed Shin for this wonderful photo spread of highlights from our first-ever film festival last weekend! We are chuffed about the response & coverage!

Look, Ma! We made the FRONT PAGE of the newspaper!!!Thanks + .wangcenter + + Mattoo Center for India Studies + sufiwines + + artistic director + community partner ! See you at the festival tomorrow!!! Entire schedule & tickets available on link in bio.

Thank you, and , for this in-depth, preview article on the FIRST-EVER , taking place this Saturday ONLY on the campus.

In a span of SIX hours, we will showcase 13 short films, a short doc and a feature film, three of which are WORLD PREMIERES!

Shorts From South Asia:
--SMILE PLEASE
--MASTERJI
--MULAQAT (SANDSTORM)
--KEEP PUNCHING
--BICHAULIYA (MIDDLEMAN)
--BAREFOOT EMPRESS

Shorts from the Diaspora:
--CLOSE TIES TO HOME COUNTRY
--BEAST
--BOSS
--MANPREET
--IS THIS MRS. VARMA?
--RISING LOTUS
--DOUBLE BLIND
--SUPERSONIC

Feature Film:
--New York Premiere of ’s THE TENANT, starring in the lead role. We want to thank our generous sponsors and the Mattoo Center for India Studies; our liquor partners and ; and our community partners and .wangcenter.

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Full schedule and ticket information is available at link in our bio.

The largest portal for international film festivals, Filmfestivals.com, covers the first-ever Long Island South Asian Film Festival, taking place on Nov 19th from noon to 6 p.m. at the Charles B. Wang Center on the Stony Brook University campus.

*For the entire schedule and ticket information, please visit www.longislandsaff.com.

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A non-binary South Asian teenager uses dance to explore their gender identity. Come check out the Long Island premiere of Urvashi Pathania’s short film BEAST, produced by , on Saturday, Nov 19th at the .wangcenter on the campus. Link to tickets in bio.

Making its WORLD premiere at the first-ever Long Island South Asian Film Festival is ’ short film MANPREET, Happiness of the Heart ❤️ Produced, written, and acted by native, , who is also Co-Producing this film festival with us, the story centers around a usually dynamic and boisterous girl struggling to express her feelings to her traditional mother, as it deviates from society's norms. Special thanks to The Auntie Network!

Catch it as part of our “Diaspora Shorts” on Saturday, Nov 17th at the Charles B. Wang Center on the Stony Brook University campus. Cast & director will be in attendance. Tickets available @ www.longislandsaff.com

A rendezvous of childhood friends takes place in a dark alley of Mumbai, among the chaos and hustle of the city that never sleeps. That’s the premise of rajivwalia_nyc’s new film, DOUBLE BLIND, starring local actors & .

The 12-minute short will have its NORTH AMERICAN premiere at the first-ever Long Island South Asian Film Festival, produced by Jingo Media & Harbinder Singh, presented by Curry Club At SaGhar, and hosted by Charles B. Wang Center on the Stony Brook University campus on Saturday, Nov 19th.

For showtimes & ticket info, please visit www.longislandsaff.com.

*The cast & director will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.

Indian National Award-Winning director Raj Pritam More’s new short film BICHAULIYA (MIDDLEMAN) will have its WORLD premiere, as part of our “South Asian Shorts” program, at the first-ever Long Island South Asian Film Festival, co-produced by Jingo Media & Harbinder Singh, presented by Curry Club At SaGhar, and hosted by the Charles B. Wang Center on Saturday, Nov 17th.

Synopsis: A pimp falls for his w***e, who refuses to see him as an actual paying client, ultimately testing this man’s manhood!

Check out the behind-the-scenes images here & buy your tickets at www.longislandsaff.com

Start spreading the news. We’re screening soon. You want to be a part of it…Long Island, New York! Link in bio.

Our complete festival lineup & schedule are now up on our website, longislandsaff.com Cinephiles, book your full day pass for Nov 19th now, before we sell out!

15 films in six hours! Save the Date for the first-ever Long Island South Asian Film Festival, taking place from noon to 6 pm on Nov 19th at the Charles B. Wang Center on the Stony Brook University campus. For the full lineup & tickets, please visit www.longislandsaff.com

Long Island South Asian Film Festival November 19, 2022 Tickets Charles B. Wang Center - Stony Brook Vision: South Asian independent cinema as part of the mainstreamMission: To showcase a variety of independent films which include shorts, features and documentaries curated to engage, educate and inspire the masses, ranging from Baby Boo...