After a successful launch in 2016, Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) and The India Center Foundation (ICF) present the second annual India Kaleidoscope Film Festival (IKFF), to be held from November 9th to November 12th, 2017. India Kaleidoscopeis a new festival that will present film lovers with a chance to immerse themselves in the unique sights and sounds that make up the Indian regional, independent film landscape. These films, which explore the most relevant and pressing topics facing the subcontinent, are being made by today’s most progressive filmmakers working in regional languages. This year, India Kaleidoscope will span seven different regional Indian languages and include new programming initiatives that bring independent regional Indian cinema to an even wider audience.
Priya Giri Desai, a Founding Director of The India Center Foundation said “The India Center Foundation is delighted to present India Kaleidoscope again with our friends and partners at MoMI. It’s an honor to offer these cinematic works to the film-going community and to give exposure to new sights, sounds and languages from across the Indian subcontinent.”
Museum of the Moving Image Chief Curator David Schwartz said, “India Kaleidoscope, in just its second year, is already making a great impact as a showcase for the incredible diversity of Indian cinema, with its focus on artistic and independent films from the many regions of this sprawling, culturally rich country.”
“Indian cinema today is independent and regional language cinema, and these films represent the best and most exciting work from the country. We are thrilled to present this eclectic and wholly original selection of films and filmmakers to the New York and U.S. audience” said Sudeep Sharma, Festival Programmer.
India Kaleidoscope Film Festival 2017 will screen eight feature films, seven of which will be U.S. or North American premieres. Most of the films will feature directors in person, and a major chunk of the programming lineup feature films directed by women filmmakers. The Opening Night film is Drishyam Films’ Kadvi Hawa directed by Nila Madhab Panda.
Other highlights include the U.S. Premiere of director Anurag Kashyap’s Mukkabaaz and Pahuna, a film produced by actor Priyanka Chopra. In an effort to expand IKFF to wider audiences, this year’s closing night screening will be held at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Theater in Manhattan. See below for full lineup. All films will be screened with English subtitles.
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