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NOVEMBER 5-9, 2003

Indo-American Arts Council
presents
The Third Annual IAAC Film Festival: The Indian Diaspora

And for the second year, SALAAM Theatre is co-hosting one of the film screenings where we can offer a discount to our SALAAM Supporters!

Friday, November 7th at 9 pm
Special Discount for SALAAM Theatre's screening of
Apoorva Lakhia's
MUMBAI SE AAYA MERA DOST

Purchase your tickets online at http://www.sulekha.com/NewYork and receive a special "SALAAM" discount ticket price of just $12 for the screening we are co-hosting.  Purchase combination tickets for only $20 (includes the SALAAM Afterparty).  And if you purchase online BEFORE October 31st, 2003 you will receive an additional 10% discount!!! Filmmaker Apoorva Lakhia will be present for our post-screening discussion moderated by Geeta Citygirl.

Friday, November 7, 2003 at 9:00PM

Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue at Second Street
New York, NY 10003

TICKET TYPES:
    SALAAM Screening - $12 for SALAAM in advance (Regular Price $15)
    SALAAM Afterparty - $10  (open to all)
    Combo Ticket (SALAAM screening & Afterparty) - $20

REMEMBER to buy online for special SALAAM Theatre discount and buy before October 31, 2003 for an additional 10% on any one of the already discounted ticket types!!!

DIRECTIONS
Subway:
    Lexington IRT #6 to Bleecker Street. Walk two blocks North to Lafayette and then East on Bond Street (which becomes 2nd Street) to 2nd Avenue;
    F Train to 2nd Avenue. Walk two blocks North on 2nd Avenue to 2nd Street.

Driving:
    24-hour parking available at Bowery and 2nd Street
    Park on the street.
 

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The IAAC Film Festival: The Indian Diaspora
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Festival Tickets can be purchased online at
WWW.SMARTTIX.COM
or Call 212-868-4444
$15/ticket (excluding opening night tickets which can be purchased directly from the IAAC at 212.529.2347)

OPENING NIGHT:
               Pre-screening cocktail, silent auction, film, post-screening discussion at Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center, NYC.
               Gala dinner reception at Tavern On the Green, NYC.

REST OF THE FESTIVAL:
               Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue at Second Street, NYC.

Screening Schedule

Wednesday, November 5th
                 7 pm
        Opening Night.
        Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center, NYC.
        Nisha Ganatra's "Cosmopolitan" starring Roshan Seth, Carol Kane, Madhur Jaffrey, Purva Bedi
        USA. 2003. 55 Mins

All other screenings will be at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd Street), NYC.

Thursday, November 6th
6 pm
        Satish Menon's "Bhavum" starring Mita Vasisht, Murali Menon, Jyothirmayee, Siddique, Koottatakulam Leela (Malyalam with English subtitles)
        India/USA. December 2002. (111 mins)

Thursday, November 6th
9 pm
        Pamela Rooks' "Dance Like a Man" starring Shobana, Arif Zakaria, Anoushka Shankar, Samir Soni, Mohan Agashe.
        India/USA. 2003. (102 mins)

Friday, November 7th
6 pm
        Manish Gupta's "Indian Fish in American Waters" starring Raj Vasudeva, Shweta Malhotra, Saumya Kumar Bhatnagar, Puja Lalmani, Elma Kumbaro, Gaurav Rawal.
        USA. 2003. (93 mins)

Friday, November 7th (SALAAM is co-sponsoring this one)
 9 pm
       Apoorva Lakhia's "Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost"
        starring Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta
        USA/India. 2003 (149 mins)
       Postscreening discussion:  Apoorva Lakhia
        Moderator:  Geeta Citygirl

Saturday, November 8th
12 noon
    Shorts:
        Sabrina Dhawan's "Saanjh" starring Nandita Das
        USA/India 2000 (20 mins)

        Sharat Raju's "American Made" starring Sakina Jaffrey, Bernard White, Kal Penn, Te-Amir Sweeney, Haskell Anderson
        USA 2003. (25 mins)

        Abhay Chopra's "Reflections"
        USA/India 17 Mins. 2003

        Jaya Jayaraja's "Deeper Mark" starring Suneet Bharati, Gino Montesinos, Michael Kehoe, Lee Schall, Shawn Berry and Richard Joel
        USA 21 Mins. 2002

        Amisha Upadhyaya's "Imperfections" starring Maya Israel, Sanjay Chandani
        USA 2002 (21 mins) www.aksha.com

        Keshni Kashyap's "Hole" starring Lina Patel
        USA 2002 (12 mins) 2002

Saturday, November 8th
3 pm
        Mira Nair's "The Laughing Club of India"
        USA/India. 2000. (35 mins)

        Mira Nair's "India Cabaret"
        USA/India. 1986. (60 mins)

Saturday, November 8th
6 pm
        Vishal Shah's "American Addiction" starring Vishal Shah, Rita Rani Ahuja, Mitesh Patel,    Artee Patel, Sanjay Manu, Fabiola Francesca Tera
        USA 2003

Saturday, November 8th
9 pm
        Vikram Yashpal's "Trade Offs" starring Deypika Singh, Rahul Malholtra, Rita Rani, Anup    Sugunan, Asit Goel, L.J. Wayne
        USA 2003 100 (80 mins)

Sunday, November 9th
12 noon
        Babar Ahmed's "Genius" starring Kelly Walters, Diogerlin Linares
        USA 2003 (80 mins)    www.geniusthemovie.com

Sunday, November 9th
3 pm
        Tanuja Chandra's "Sur" starring Lucky Ali, Gauri Karnik, Simone Singh, Achint Kaur, Divya Dutta
        USA/India 2002 (150 mins)    www.pritishnandycom.com

Sunday, November 9th
6 pm
        Nagesh Kukunoor's "Teen Diwarein" starring Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Nagesh Kukunoor, Juhi Chawla.
        India/USA.

Every film will have a post-screening discussion with the filmmaker and cast followed by a Q&A with the audience.

Please check http://www.iaac.us for updates. Thank you.

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Geeta Citygirl, Artistic Director
SALAAM  Theatre (South Asian League of Artists in AMerica)
http://www.SALAAMtheatre.org