Tasveer South Asian Film Festival is the largest South Asian film festival in the United States. Seeking to provide a counterpoint to the images and stories prevalent in main stream South Asia and Bollywood, the festival encourages an atmosphere of thoughtful dialogue and creative inquiry, where filmmakers and audiences engage in lively discussions, forums, and other collaborative interactive formats. In 2019, the festival will screen over 60 films and welcome 5000 attendees over 11 days, in 5 cities.
‘India’ is the festival focus for 2019. TSAFF 2019 will include films–shorts, experimental work, documentaries, and narratives of any length–on themes related to South Asia in its entirety: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the various diasporas across the world. Films with a focus on issues of human rights and social justice will be a highlight of the festival again this year.
Tasveer is a non-profit film and arts organization. Tasveer’s mission is to inspire social change through thought-provoking film and arts.
Questions? Email us or call 425.647.3450.
2019 Festival Staff
Executive Director: Rita Meher
Sponsorship Manager: Khenrab Palden
Festival Manager: Siddhi Ghai
Programming Coordinator: Ketki Asher
Communications Manager: Elliat Graney-Saucke
Tasveer Youth Collective Lead: Seema Bahl
Programming: Ketki Asher, Jayant Swamy, Nikita Raja, J Wong, Deepti Mandalia, Devika Menon, Arlene Plevin, Mustansir Mukadam, Laila Kazmi, Lyle Pearson, Batool Rabani, Prasad Joshi, Sudha Sreedhara, PG Ghosh, Rita Meher
Marketing: Shilpa Kulkarni, Devika Menon, Olympia Bhatt, Nikita Raja, Poornima Janakiraman
Website: Sriya Pathaneni, Siddhi Ghai, Mustansir Mukadam, Ketki Asher, Shraddha Nayar, Sumathi Raghvan, Sheraz Malik, Rina Koseki
Youth Interns: Rasan Kamolkar, Sriya Pathaneni, Rina Koseki
Gala Nights Team: Saira Bano, Sowmya Nanjaiah, Shilpa Kulkarni, Siddhi Ghai
Guest Liaison: Siddhi Ghai, Ketki Asher, Saira Bano
Content Creators: Olympia Bhatt, Elliat Graney-Saucke
Graphic Design: Kaifu Lam, Alex Bijaye, Mei Kurahashi
The Tasveer Board
Rita Meher, Co-founder and Executive Director, Tasveer
Farah Nousheen- Co-founder, Tasveer
Shahina Piyarali, Board President
Alka Kurian, Board Secretary
Anita Waghani, Board Treasurer
Prachi Vora
Sheraz Malik
Morgan Wells
Ashish Shah
Sumathi Raghvan
Debadutta Dash
