India International Film Festival of Boston 2022 – Bringing so much for Bostonian Indian

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:

1. Asha Parekh     Lifetime Achievement Award
2. Naeemm Khan   Pride of India (2022)
3. Taniya Nayak   Community Pride
4. American Indian Foundation   Friends of India
5. Mary Truong   Friends of America
6. Indian Circle for Caring   Award of Excellence
7. 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

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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Day-1

https://events.sulekha.com/5th-iindia-international-film-festival-of-boston-day-1_event-in_burlington-ma_362464

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Day-2

https://events.sulekha.com/5th-india-international-film-festival-of-boston-day-2_event-in_cambridge-ma_362465

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Day-3

https://events.sulekha.com/5th-india-international-film-festival-of-boston-day-3_event-in_lexington-ma_362466

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