SSAFF 2013 screenings over two weekends, and in two locations: Seattle & Bothell!
Be sure to check the film/event venue to make sure you go to the right place.
All films have English subtitles.
Click on any movie for more details.
Friday, October 4th / SIFF Cinema
7:00p
$15
Opening Night Gala / Miss Lovely
Ashim Ahluwalia / India / 2012 / 90min
The Queen of My Dreams (Mere Sapno Ki Raani)
Fawzia Mirza / USA / 2012 / 3min
Reception
Wine reception will follow in the lobby after the film.
Post Film Q&A with Filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia(Live Chat). Rated R
Saturday, October 5th / SIFF Cinema
Noon
$10
No Problem! Six Months with the Barefoot Grandmas
Yasmin Kidwai / India / 2012 / 57min
The Dream They Carry
Micha Hillard / India / 2011 / 18min
Nightlife
Haruney Massey / Pakistan / 2013 / 10min
Post Film Q&A will follow.
2:00p
$10
Red Fairy
Sadia Halima / India / 2013 / 20min
Sita
Arpita Kumar / India / 2013 / 20min
Much Ado About Knotting
Geetika Narang Abbasi & Anandana Kapur / India / 2012 / 55min
Sadia Halima ( director of Red Fairy) present for post film discussion.
4:00p
$10
Hide and Seek (Chuppan Chupai)
Saadat Munir, Saad Khan / Denmark and Pakistan / 2013 / 67min
Saari Raat
Parimal Aloke / India / 2012 / 23min
Saad Khan (Director of Hide and Seek) will be present for post film discussion.
7:00p
$10
Hues of Red (Chayiliam)
Shameless
The Rajini EffectSunday, October 6th / SIFF Cinema
Noon
$10
Valley of Saints
Musa Syeed / Kashmir & USA / 2012 / 82min
Tamaash (World Premiere)
Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh / India / 2013 / 32min
1:00p
FREE
Standing Out: Challenges of Living as a Visible Minority in the US
Community discussion forum with screenings of The Muslims I Know (20 min) and Remember the Oak Tree Tragedy (9 min).
2:00p
$10
LGBTQ Shorts: Curated By Trikone NW & Kashish MIQFF
Are We So Different (Amra Ki Etoi Bhinno)
Lok Prakash / India / 2012 / 36min
House For Sale
Eisha Marjara / Canada / 2013 / 18min
Urmi
Jehangir Jani / India / 2012 / 10min
The Night Is Young (Raat Baaki)
Pradipta Ray / India / 2012 / 18min
3:00p
FREE
A Talk with Local South Asian Documentarians:
Filming in South Asia with Omar Vandal and Sushma Kallam
4:00p
$12
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mira Nair / USA / 2012 / 128min
Ciao
Ilham Hossen / Sri Lanka / ? / 12min
Mira Nair will talk to the audience after the film via video chat.
SOLD OUT
Thursday, October 10th / SIFF Uptown Cinema
SPOTLIGHT EVENT
7:00p
$12/$10
Tasher Desh / Q&A with Q (Qaushik Mukherjee)
$15 -- Q / India / 2013 / 114min
Reception and Live Music with the Guest Filmmakers
$10 -- Join the party at T.S Mchughs
Filmmaker Q will be present for post film discussion.
Friday, Oct 11th / Mobius Hall, Screen I
Saturday, Oct 12th / Mobius Hall, Screen I
1:00p
$10
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Oass: A Drop of Dew
Abhinav Shiv Tiwari / Nepal / 2012 / 105min
Agalya
Buvana Ram / India / 2012 / 11min
3:00p
$10
Celluloid Man
Shivendra Dungarpur / India / 2012 / 150min
Here and Away
Meena Nanji / USA / 2013 / 11min
6:00p
$10
The Photograph
Sarthak Bhasin / India / 2013 / 11min
Shunyo Anko
Goutam Ghosh / India / 2013 / 97min
The Reluctant FundamentalistSunday, Oct 13th / Mobius Hall, Screen I
Noon
$10
Shorts: Storytelling from the Heart
Cell Phone
Phulman Bal Tamang / Nepal / 2012 / 16min
Monday Assembly
Muvindu Binoy / Sri Lanka / 2013 / 18min
Do Pahar
Sharifa Roy & Shazia Shrivastava / India / 2012 / 29min
In Search of Fairy Tale
Joydeep Das / US / 2013 / 35min
Local filmmaker Joydeep Das (In Search of Fairytale) will be present for post film discussion.
Color of Sky4:00p
$15
Closing Night Film: Zinda Bhaag
Meenu Gaur & Farjad Nabi / Pakistan / 2013 / 120min
Nightlife
Haruney Massey / Pakistan / 2013 / 10min
Reception with Filmmakers and Crew
Filmmaker Meenu Gaur (Zinda Bhaag) and Haruney Massey (Nightlife) will be present for post film discussion.
Saturday, Oct 12th / Mobius Hall, Screen II
12:00p
$5
Lake Manchar
Sharjil Baloch / Pakistan / 2013 / 6min
Have You Seen the Arana?
Sunanda Bhat / India / 2013 / 73min
2:00p
$5
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3:30p
FREE
Scattered Windows, Connected Doors
Roohi Dixit & Ziba Bhagwagar / India / 2013 / 75min
Dopehri
Manava Naik / India / 2013 / 60min
Land of Tiger, Tide and Arabian Goddess6:00p
FREE
Indelible
Pavitra Chalam / India / 2013 / 61min
Wrinkles of Life
Jarnail Singh / India / 2013 / 58min
Filmmaker Jarnail Singh (Wrinkles of Life) may be present for post film discussion.
Sunday, Oct 13th / Mobius Hall, Screen II
1:00p
FREE
Talk with Punam & Filmmakers: When I was 18
Includes screening of Ahluwalia+Abbasi: Unplugged on the Upper East Side
Punam Kumar Gill / Canada / 2013 / 6min