DFW South Asian Film Festival

Our Mission:

The Dallas/Fort Worth area is now home to its very own South Asian film festival. DFW SAFF is a four day festival taking place from February 8 to 11, 2018. We will showcase World, U.S. and Texas premieres of features, shorts and documentaries, all chosen to engage, educate and inspire audiences. We have chosen a wide range of films exploring issues that affect South Asians living and working in America, as well as our brothers and sisters back home.

Our Vision:

DFW SAFF exists to promote the perspectives and voices of the South Asian community by serving, organizing and advocating South Asian culture in the Greater Dallas Metroplex area through cinema.

 

The fourth annual DFW South Asian Film Festival will take place from February 8 to 11, 2018.

Opening night film & after party (February 8): 
Film Screening: Highland Park Village Theatre
Afterparty: Bistro 31
February 9, 10, 11: AMC Village on the Parkway 9

Friday, May 20, 2022 - Opening Night

7 pm - Red Carpet/Cocktail Reception at Galaxy Theatres at Grandscape
8 pm - Opening Remarks
8:15 pm - Screenings to begin:
Close Ties to Home Country (Short)
Americanish (Feature)
Post screening Q&A with talent
10 pm - Afterparty begins at The Grotto at Grandscape

Saturday, May 21, 2022

11:30 am - Doc Block
Kicking Balls (Short Doc)
Emergence: Out of the Shadows (Documentary)
Post screening Q&A

2:00 pm
Shankar’s Fairies (Feature)

4:00 pm - LGBTQ Shorts Programming
The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night
Noor & Layla
My Mother’s Girlfriend
Happy Marriage
Four Fifty Five mL
No Beloved
The Lip Readers
Coming Out With The Help Of A Time Machine
Post Screening Q&A

6:00 pm
Nirmal Pathak Ki Ghar Wapsi (Sony series - first 3 episodes)
Post Screening Q&A

8:00 pm - Centerpiece
Smile Please (Short)
The Tenant (Feature)
Post Screening Q&A

10:30 pm - Centerpiece Party at Galaxy Theatres lobby

Sunday, May 22, 2022

11 am
*Remaining 2 episodes of Nirmal Pathak Ki Ghar Wapsi*

12:15 pm - “Love, Lost & Found” Programming, Presented by The Auntie Network
Me Against the World
The Song We Sang
Man & Wife
Jaan Jigar
A Short Hello
Dinner in Lockdown
Tea and a Rose

2:00 pm - Senior Citizens Programming, Presented by AARP Texas
Master Ji (Short)
Is This Mrs. Varma? (Short)
It’s Time To Go (Feature)
Post Screening Q&A

4:30 pm - Women’s Shorts Programming
Antarvasna
Auntie
Sandstorm
Anita
Rising Lotus
Post Screening Q&A

6:30 pm - Closing Night
Lappad (Short)
Last Film Show (Feature)

8:30 pm - Closing Night Afterparty at the Windmills
Surprise live performance by special guests