The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) presents its annual event with its 22nd edition highlighting the impact of Indian film and culture on the globe.  The Festival is available virtually for the 3rd consecutive year. The festival celebrates independent, art house, alternate, and diaspora films with on-demand streaming offered by Shift72 from May 7-13, 2022. However, there will be a closing night film screening and awards presentation at the Village East Cinemas, 181 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003 on May 14, 2022, starting at 4:30 p.m.

NYIFF is presented by the Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC). The Festival includes 18 feature narratives, 6 documentaries and 36 short films – a total of 60 films. Key highlights from the NYIFF celebrates alternative, independent cinema from the global Indian community and brings this rich collection of films to the New York audience. “We look forward to sparking a resonating dialogue about the ongoing impact of Indian culture on the world on the 75th Anniversary of Indian Independence,” said Dr. Nirmal Mattoo, IAAC Chairman.

Randhir Jaiswal, Consul General of India, New York, said at a recent pre-Festival launch held at the Consulate General of India, New York, “in the Indo-American Arts Council, we have a very strong supporter, a very strong builder of cultural bridges between India and the United States and when we have such platforms, such energy, and such ideas supporting you, our work as representing India, our work as cultural ambassadors becomes easier. And if that is the case, I would say you are as big a cultural ambassador of India in the United States as I am or even more so.”

“So, a big ‘thank you’ to the Indo-American Arts Council and all that you’ve been doing over the years: from film festivals to dance, to music, to art.” “I wish the Film Festival the very best. Needless to say that the Consulate is deeply proud to partner with the NYIFF 2022.”

NYIFF FILM SLATE

Feature Narrative Films

Bhagavadajjukam

Dir: Yadu Vijayakrishnana l 2021 l Sanskrit l 1h 41m

Boomba Ride

Dir: Biswajeet Bora l 2021 l Assamese l 1h 16m

Burqa

Dir: Sarjun KM l 2021 l Tamil l 1h 21m

Deid

Dir: Omkar Barve l 2022 l Marathi l 1h 38m

Demons

Dir: Rohit Mittal l 2021 l Hindi 1h 36m

Gandhi & Co.

Dir: Manish Saini l 2022 l Gujarati l 1h 41m

Godavari –OPENING NIGHT

Dir: Nikhil Mahhajan l 2021 l Marathi l 1h 53m

Jhini Bini Chadariya/ The Brittle Thread

Dir: Ritesh Sharma l 2021 l Hindi l 1h 37m

Koli Esru

Dir: Champa P Shetty l 2022 l Kannada l 1h 21m

Mahishasur Marddini

Dir: Ranjan Ghosh l 2022 l Bengali l 1h 58m

Nishiddho/ Forbidden

Dir: Tara Ramanujan l 2021 l Malayalam l, Bengali l 2h 4m

Once Upon a Time in Calcutta

Dir: Aditya Vikram Sengupta l 2021 l Bengali l 2h 11m

Pedro

Dir: Natesh Hedge l 2021 l Kannada l 1h 48m

Powai

Dir: Kuldip Patel l 2021 l Hindi l 2h 6m

Shoebox

Dir. Faraz Ali l 2021 l Hindi l 1h 38m

The Road to Kuthriyar

Dir: Bharat Mirle l 2021 l Tamil l lh 55m

Three-Legged Horse

Dir: Noopur Bora l 2021 l Marathi l 2h 3m

Waiting for Dawn/ Bhor Er Oppekha

Dir: Akash Sharma l 2021 l Bengali l 1h 17m

Feature Documentaries

15 Seconds a Lifetime

Dir: Divya Kharnare l 2021 l Hindi, Marathi, English l 1h 2m

If Memory Serves Me Right

Dir: Rafeeq Ellias l 2021 l English l 56m

Kaifinama

Dir: Sumatra Ghosal l 2019 l Urdu, English l 1h 30m

Lords of Lockdown

Dir: Mihir Fadnavis l 2021 l English, Hindi l 2h

Taangh/Longing – CENTERPIECE

Dir: Bani Singh l 2021 l English, Punjabi, Hindi & Urdu 1h 40m

The Beatles and India – CLOSING NIGHT

Dirs: Ajoy Bose and Peter Compton l 2021 l English l 1h 36m

Short Narratives

7 Star Dinosor (sic.) Entertainment

Dir: Vaishali Naik l 2021 l Hindi l 20m

A Box of Cuban Cigars

Dir: Soumadeep Sen l 2021 l English, Bengali, Hindi l 21m

Arjun

Dir: Shivraj Waichal l 2020 l Marathi l 15m

Cheepatakadumpa

Dir: Devashish Makhija l 2021 l Hindi l 24m

Cycle

Dir: Devashish Makhija l 2021 l Hindi, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali l 20m

Dal Bhat

Dir: Nemil Shah l 2021 l Gujarati l 29m

Holiday

Dir: Rahul Nangia l 2020 l Hindi l 12m

Keep Punching

Dir: Kirnay Bhatt l 2020 l Hindi l 25m

Kiss

Dir: Varun Grover l 2021 l Hindi l 17m

Kopfkino

Dir: Veena Bharati l 2021 l Malayalam, English l 16m

Man & Wife

Dir: Rahul Roye l 2021 l Bengali, English l 9m

Mintgumri

Dir: Aakash Chhabra l 2021 l Hindi l 23m

Mr. Lawyer

Dir: Sumit Purohit l 2021 l Hindi l 23m

My Mother’s Girlfriend

Dir: Arun Fulara l 2021 l Marathi l 15m

Nafs Said

Dir: Huma Hussain l 2021 l Hindi l 13m

Overbridge

Dirs: Nihar Kapoor and Amshu Chukki l 2020 l Kannada l 9m

Pariah

Dir: Nishant Roy Bombarde l 2021 l Hindi l 26m

Raavi

Dir: Jasmine Kaur Roy l 2021 l Punjabi l 14m

Smrisha

Dir: Shilpa Krishnan Shukla l 2021 l English, Malayalam l 30m

Succulent

Dir: Amrita Bagchi l 2021 l Hindi, English l 29m

Swarna

Dir: Anusha Rao l 2021 l Telugu l 29m

The Daughter

Dir: Soumyak Kanti Debiswas l 2022 l Hindi l 16m

The Silent Echo

Dir: Suman Sen l 2021 l Nepali l 15m

The Test

Dir: Shahnawaz Qadeer l 2020 l Hindi l 14 m

The Way We Are/ Phir Kabhi

Dir: Nihit Bhave l 2021 l Hindi l 18m

There is No Other Way to Do This

Dir: Mragendra Singh l 2022 l English l 6m

Together

Dir: Azad Alam l 2021 l Hindi l 23m

Vanilla

Dir: Kanishka Deo l 2021 l Hindi l 11m

Short Documentaries

Aakhri Safar/ The Last Journey

Dir: Suraj Gunjal l 2021 l Hindi l 22m

Kicking Balls

 Dir: Priyanka Singh l 2020 l Hindi l 36m

Listen With Your Heart

 Dir: Meghna Damani l 2022 l English l 27m

Murmurs of the Jungle

Dir: Sohil Vaidya l 2022 l Marathi, Hindi l 20m

Reflections at 29

Dir: Tanmaya Shekhar l 2021 l English l 6m

The Bat Man and Woman of India

Dir: Emily Driscoll l 2021 l English l 7m

The Flowers and the Gemstones

Dir: Sriram Raja l 2019 l Tamil l 23m

The Spirit of Ganga

 Dir: Natashja Rathore l 2022 l English l 17m

TICKETS

For Tickets, Single Ticket or Festival Passes, visit nyiff.us/ticket

 The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF):

The NYIFF is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and short films made from, of, and about the Indian subcontinent in the independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres. For updates and more information, visit nyiff.us

The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC)

The IAAC supports all the artistic disciplines in classical, fusion, folk and innovative forms influenced by the arts of India. The Council works cooperatively with colleagues around the U.S. to broaden its collective audiences and to create a network for shared information, resources and funding. The focus is to help artists and art organizations in North America as well as to facilitate artists from India to exhibit, perform and produce their work here. For more information, visit iaac.us.

 (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Cuisine, Health & Wellness and Spirituality)