S.F. International South Asian Film Festival is celebrating its 20th season Sept. 23-25, in the Castro and Roxie theaters, and later streaming online. It is the oldest and largest such festival in the U.S.
3rd I, the S.F. International South Asian Film Festival, is celebrating its 20th season Sept. 23-25, in the Castro and Roxie theaters, and later streaming online. It is the oldest and largest such festival in the U.S.
There is more to the name than just a reference to the third eye symbolizing a state of enlightenment in Indian spiritual traditions, the ajna chakra. A curious dark comedy follows on Sept. 24 in the Castro Theatre,"Adieu Godard," paying homage to Jean-Luc Godard and his early 1960s French New wave films.
The festival which previously featured films about the prominent Tamil composer A.R. Rahman, offers two music films this year, both in the Castro Theatre on Sept. 24.