The world premiere of Anmol Sidhu’s drama Jaggi is expected to be among the highlights as Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) returns to in-person screenings and events for its 20th anniversary edition.
Among other activities this year’s festival running April 28-May 1 will inaugurate Spotlight On South Asia, unveil a filmmaker mentorship, stage a live script-read previewing an IFFLA alumnus’s next feature project, and screen shorts from the festival’s history with pre-festival screenings of shorts by IFFLA alumni in association with NewFilmmakers Los Angeles.
The line-up of 10 features includes North American premieres of Faraz Ali’s coming-of-age tale Shoebox and Natesh Hegde’s drama Pedro, and a gala presentation of Pan Nalin’s coming-of-age story Last Film Show, with a second gala screening to be announced. Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s Bangladeshi psychological thriller and 2021 Cannes Un Certain Regard selection Rehana (pictured) will open Spotlight On South Asia.
IFFLA executive director Christina Marouda said she and her festival colleagues were “overjoyed by the range of incredible talent we have discovered and celebrated” over the past two decades and looked forward to serving as a bridge to filmmakers’ upcoming work through the new initiatives.
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