Filmmaker in attendance for post-film Q&A!

Award winners from the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), Slamdance, Austin, and Tasveer Film Festivals are some of the gems in this wonderfully diverse short film showcase. Featuring 2 Southeast premieres and a Florida premiere, this eclectic and highly entertaining 4-film program is truly the best in new South Asian cinema.

Purchase a Series Pass to receive discounted admission to all 5 South Asian Film Festival programs, plus priority seating!

Please note, there are no Enzian Film Society Member discounts or table reservations for South Asian Film Festival films.

PLACES I’VE CALLED MY OWN

India, 2023, 28 MIN

Directed by Sushma Khadepaun

In Hindi with English Subtitles

Southeast Premiere!

After several years in the US, Tara returns to India for the funeral of her father. There, she finds a mother in denial about her sexual orientation, an ex-girlfriend who has rebuilt her life with a man, and the shadow of the paterfamilias that continues to hang over the home.

BARELY BREATHING

USA, 2023, 20 MIN

Directed by Derek Evans

After an awkward masturbation accident, Sai (writer/producer Neal Reddy) is guilted into moving back in with his father, forcing them to bridge the chasm left by the death of Sai’s mother years prior.

DOSH

USA, 2024, 16 MIN

Directed by Radha Mehta

Florida Premiere! 

When her son’s life is put at risk at their family’s pre-wedding ritual, a hard-of-hearing mother must decide how to seek help for her husband in order to keep her family safe in this winner of “The Spirit of Slamdance” Award at the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival.

MEN IN BLUE

USA, 2023, 35 MIN

Directed by Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda

In English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu with English Subtitles

Southeast Premiere!

Winner of the Directors Guild of America Grand Prize and the Grand Jury Award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Resistance brews among the Indian immigrants who were stripped of their dignity when a reputed shipyard in Texas conscripted them as guest workers to repair the oil rigs and ships damaged after Hurricane Katrina.