The bright colors and complex themes of life are seen on screen at the 11th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. The event runs this week through Sunday, April 14 at the flagship Arclight multiplex in Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard. Featuring diverse movies from Indian filmmakers, the festival showcases feature films, shorts, and documentaries.
Tuesday’s opening night red carpet event featured the first half of the 5-½-hour epic Gangs of Wasseypur (shown over two nights). The second night screened Part II of the Gangs of Wasseypur and the powerful environmental documentary Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey, narrated by Darryl Hannah. This weekend’s highlights include The Reluctant Fundamentalist, about a Pakistani chasing corporate success on Wall Street from Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) with Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children serving as the closing-night film.
“Our slate of films this year showcases path-breaking works of emerging and established Indian filmmakers that are making waves at top-tier film festivals around the world,” says Christina Marouda, IFFLA’s founder and chair of the board. “This is a rare opportunity for Los Angeles audiences to not only catch films that are very hard to find outside the film-festival circuit, but also to engage with these talented filmmakers who are coming to Los Angeles to present their films.”
Individual film tickets are $14, and festival passes are $100.
Review the schedule at: Indianfilmfestival.org
Karen Henry is an Associate Editor at LA YOGA who volunteers in a variety of capacities for nonprofit organizations and artists around Los Angeles. She practices yoga as a counterbalance to her daily impact sports and is a mother of four grown children who also practice yoga . Now, she’s working on teaching yoga and joy of life to the grandkids!