FILMI 2011 SHORTS PROGRAMME
Aftermath
Canadian Premiere
Director: Rama Rau
A man lies under a sheet; we see his eyes and hear his breathing. His wife calls to him to wake up or he’ll be late for work. Around him are the sounds of his kids playing, they start fighting, his eyes close in exasperation.
After this, events take a turn for the bizarre. The line between life and death is very fine.
So is the line between nightmare and reality. Offical Selection to Cannes
Moments
Director: Mickey Dutta
Relationship are not always meant to be
Guidestone
Web Series
World Premiere
Director: Jonas Diamond and Jay Ferguson
Watch and interact with university student Sandy Pria’s every move as she becomes embroiled in a supernatural murder investigation. Determined to solve the mystery, Sandy inadvertently uncovers a secret international cabal set on destroying humanity as we know it.
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Rahul, a passionate dancer, decides to give up on his dance career to get married to Asha, the woman he loves. He then becomes a lawyer accepting a position in Asha's father's law firm. Years later he wakes up from a dream, realizing he is unhappy.
Brownie
World Premiere
Director: Arshad Khan
Brownie is a stealth film. It is not going to hit you on the head with a message. It will creep into your sub conscience and before you know it you would have witnessed a film about lies and secrets, mixed desires and love quadrangles. It is a quirky little film that represents contemporary cosmopolitan friendships where twenty somethings hang out with thirty somethings and its all good. A night of brownies leads to take out which leads to our night out. Enjoy.
Mumbai Chopra
WEB SERIES
World Premiere
For those of you who follow the life of Mumbai Chopra we have the a sneak peak at the first episode of Season 2.
I Want to be a Desi
Toronto Premiere
Director: Allan Tong
Multiracial Roger doesn't know who he is, and so hires a suspicious Indo-Canadian to teach him to become a 'desi' in one day. But is it that easy to step into someone else's skin?
Raged
World Premiere
Director: Jazz Virk
Great and bizarre film from the world of Jazz Virk. Shot entiely in the UK
Captured
World Premiere
Dinesh Sachdev
The film asks the question of "Who is watching Who?"
Raju
Canadian Premiere
Director: Shiva Shankar Bajpai
Set against the backdrop of 2008 credit crisis in New York. Raju is the story of an
undocumented Indian immigrant who works for a ‘debt relief ‘company in Spanish
Harlem, preying on those in credit debt. He does this in the hope that he will get
a work visa. But when the lovely Yesenia pleads with him to help them, Raju must decide whether he can ruin her life in exchange for his own dreams.
Internalised
World Premiere
Another Short Film by Jazz Virk. Jazz displays his diversity as a filmkaer in this UK Drama of a family relationship gone wrong
THE CAR RACE OF PIANO BENCH CITY
Director: Saskia Laufer
Using LEGO pieces and stop motion The Car Race at Piano Bench City depicts 3 car racers, Benny Goodall, Rajram Nadradi and P.J.Jayaraman competing to win an exhilarating car race on the surface
of a piano bench. Official Selection to Sprockets INternational Film Festival
Masala Mama
Canadian Premiere
Director: Michael Kam
Ah Sheng loves to draw superheroes, but can’t afford the comics depicting them. When he resorts to stealing a comic book from a small Indian provision ('mama') shop, the gentle owner takes pity, as fate challenges assumptions on where friendship is possible.
MUSIC VIDEOS
Canadian Premiere
UK Artist
Director:
Jazz Virk
Artist: Veronica ft. Hunterz
Song: Manja Sohnia
World Premiere
US Artist
Director/Artist: Mandeep Sethi
Song: God Money
World Premiere
US Artist
Director/Artist: Mandeep Sethi
Song: Untimed Fantasia
Q & A with Directors, Actors and Crew. In Attendance: Saskia Laufer,
Arshad Khan,
Jazz Virk,
Samrat Chakrabarti,
Mickey Dutta,
Allan Tong,
Ash Varma,
Supinder Wraich,
Dinesh Sachdev,
Vik Moudgill,
Jay Ferguson
Showtime(s):
Saturday, October 1st @ 4:00pm
Revue Cinema
400 Roncesvalles Avenue
Toronto, ON
M6R 2M9
