Film Independent Spotlight Programming

Global Media Makers: The New Wave of South Asian Cinema
Sunday, October 20 – 3:00 pm
MOCA Grand Avenue, Ahmanson Auditorium

The event will begin with a conversation with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, covering how his robust career has helped ignite a new wave of South Asian cinema.

A screening of award-winning short films by 2019 Global Media Makers Fellows will follow the conversation, including a Q&A with the filmmakers from the following shorts: Bebaak (dir. Shazia Iqbal, India); Jaalgedi (dir. Rajesh Prasad Khatri, prod. Min Bahadur Bham, Nepal); Proof (dir. Nishtha Jain, India) and Roqaia (dir. Diana Saqib Jamal, Afghanistan; prod. Arifur Rahman, Bangladesh).

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Jaalgedi – dir. Rajesh Prasad Khatri; prod. Min Bahadur Bham, Nepal

When a tourist is seen for the first time in her remote Himalayan village, Jaalgedi, a curious Nepalese girl, is distracted from her job, causing a catastrophe in her family.

 
Global Media Makers is an innovative mentoring initiative and cultural exchange program designed to foster relationships between American and international filmmakers. The program is supported by a partnership with Film Independent and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.