Press Release by Priyanka
BOSTON, MA (September 13, 2022)
Indian International Film Festival of Boston (IIFFB) returns to celebrate its fifth year, which showcases independent films from around the world. This gala event will take place in the Boston area for three days, held on Sept 23,24, and 25, including an opening night, film screenings, and an awards ceremony with a Red Carpet. We have a reason to expect a sold-out show as Asha Parekh, the veteran Bollywood actress, will be present and honored for the IIFFB Lifetime Achievement award. Bollywood and film industry members from other countries also attend IIFFB 2022 to make the event memorable.
We are eagerly waiting to join us this year with our Award Recipients:
- Asha Parekh Lifetime Achievement Award
- Naeemm Khan Pride of India (2022)
- Taniya Nayak Community Pride
- American Indian Foundation Friends of India
- Mary Truong Friends of America
- Indian Circle for Caring Award of Excellence
- Vikas Khanna Pride of India (2021)
This year, focusing on “Women, Let’s Spread our wings and fly together,” IIFFB is celebrating and acknowledging the contribution of all the phenomenal women from our committee. We appreciate their long-standing commitment to IIFFB, making it a most successful and celebrated event in Boston since 2018.
We also support girls and women in all their diversity across the world who stand firm and support each other during several daily significant challenges. Throughout the year, IIFFB is deeply committed and continues leading discussions with high-level panels to promote women’s empowerment for their sustainable development.
The India International Film Festival of Boston IIFFB brings together visionaries across industries and diverse audiences to celebrate the power of storytelling. A platform for independent filmmaking, creative expression, and immersive entertainment, IIFFB supports emerging and established voices, discovers awards winning filmmakers, curates innovative and interactive experiences, and introduces new technology and ideas through panels, premieres, exhibitions, and live performances.
Out of all the received films, our esteemed jury members finalized 20+ films to showcase. That’s certainly overwhelming for us. Screening that many films in 3 days is a challenge. We took that challenge because our programming committee has said that “We had a difficult time selecting from the many high-quality films that were submitted This year. We’re also including “Audience Choice Award” which is why we are screening a couple films online from September 20th to September 24th, and the final announcement will be on the 25th.
A complete tentative scheduled here………
Day 1
Friday Sept 23, 2022
5:00pm – 10:00pm
Academy of Creative Arts
12 A Street Burlington, MA 01803
$60 (dinner Included)
Venue: Academy of Creative Arts 12 A Street Burlington MA 01803
Nani: Sampath Kandala (Director); Ramesh Dadigala (Actor) Sanjay Pappu (Actor)
Mehrunisa: Sandeep Kumar (Director)
Humza: Chirag Shah (Director); Jasmine Shah (Actor) Jayesh Shah (Actor)
Q & A with Sandeep Kumar Sampath Kandala and Chirag Shah
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Day 2
Saturday Sept 24, 2022 (11:00am to 8:00pm)
Venue: Apple Cinema 168 Alewife Cambridge, MA 02138
Show-1 – 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Show-2 – 2:00PM – 5:00PM
Show-3 – 5:00PM – 8:00PM
Show-4 – 5:00PM – 8:00PM
$15 per show (4 show) Whole day ticket is $40 (All 4 shows)
$8 per show for students (The day pass $25 for 4 show)
Show-1 at 11:00 am
String of Stories
Ek Dua
Writing With Fire
Q & A with Boston Study Group
Show 2 at 2:00 pm
Homecoming
Mira’s Minders
Q & A with Tanni Chaudhary (Director of Mira’s Minders) and Piyali Chowdhury, Srimanta Basu (Directors of Homecoming)
Show 3 at 5:00 pm (Marathi Session – Arjun/Sahela Re)
Sahela Re
Arjun
Q & A with Marathi Cinema of Boston
Show 4 at 5:00 pm
Together
The Wings Guy
Yes Papa
Q & A with Azad Aslam and Priyanka Singh (Director and Producer of Together)
Q & A with Geetka Tyagi (Main Lead of Yes Papa)
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Day-3
Morning show ($15)
Sunday Sept 25, 2022
Show-5 11:30am-2:00PM
Venue: Apple Cinema 168 Alewife Cambridge, MA 02138
Hurdang
Mission Performance
Kirdaar
Q & A with Jatinder Sairaj and Jarnail Singh (Director and Assistant Director of Mission Performance)
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Day-3
In the Evening Award Gala Night 5:00pm to onward at
Venue: Cary Memorial Hall 1605 Mass Ave, Lexington MA
Upper Level:
The Gala Night ticket $50 (Dinner Box Included)
With Meet & Greet $75 (Dinner Box Included)
Lower Level:
Lower Level (floor) $75 (Dinner Box Included)
With Meet & Greet $100 (Dinner Box Included)
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“Online Screening ONLY for a Wider Audience”
(Sept 22 midnight – Sept 24 midnight EST)
We invite all our viewers including those overseas, to watch these films online and rate them. Your input will be valuable in deciding the winners – to be announced on our closing night gala on Sept. 25.
Click below to watch films online. India International Film Festival of Boston – Xerb
Life After Death (Documentary) | Chaah (Short Film) |
A Portrait of an Actor (Documentary) | Bike (Short Film) |
Judicial Custody (Feature Film) | Titi (Short Film) |
T (LGBTQ) (Feature Film) | 800 Roleplay (Short Film) |
Short Cut (Feature Film) | Foot Notes (Short Film) |
Lake of Fire (Feature Film) | Naji (Short Film) |
Sleepless in Bandra (Feature Film) | Rising Lotus (Short Film) |
You And What Army (Feature Film) | Intrusion (Short Film) |
Click below to watch films online. India International Film Festival of Boston – Xerb
Click below to watch films online. India International Film Festival of Boston – Xerb
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Season ticket $140 (without meet & greet) (Dinner Box Included)
Season ticket $175 (with meet and greet) (Dinner Box Included)
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Tickets are open NOW. Save your seats today
IIFFB’s website:
https://iiffb.org/buy-tickets/
OR
3 Days ticket links on #Sulekha
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