film festival 2015

BEYOND BOLLYWOOD
21st ANNUAL
ENZIAN & THE ASIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION PRESENT
FILM FESTIVAL 2015
OCT 3RD-5TH
DH A NAK (R AIN B OW)
EAST COAST PREMIERE!
INDIA, 2015, 103 MIN, DIRECTED BY
NAGESH KUKUNOOR, NOT RATED
(BUT COMPARABLE TO PG), IN HINDI
WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 11 AM
“Wonderfully uplifting…
an incredibly moving and
inspiring story.”
William Brownridge,
TORONTO FILM SCENE
Winner of two awards at the 2015 Berlin
Film Festival and fresh from its US
Premiere as the Closing Night Gala of
the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles,
Nagesh
Kukunoor’s
(HYDERABAD
BLUES) enchanting fable is the stunning
tale of orphaned siblings who embark on a
journey across Rajasthan in an attempt to
meet the great Shah Rukh Khan. 10-yearold Pari is the responsible older sister to
Chotu, her high-spirited blind brother on
the brink of his 9th birthday. When the
two learn the actor is filming only a few
hundred kilometers from their village, they
sneak away from their aunt and uncle’s
home and set out to meet the superstar.
What follows is a colorful, touching, and
humorous trek filled with magic and music
that perfectly captures the innocence and
adventure of childhood.
1 3 0 0 S O U T H O R L A N D O AV E . M A I T L A N D , F L 3 2 7 5 1
AMONG THE
BELIEVERS
USA/PAKISTAN, 2015, 84 MIN,
DIRECTED BY HEMAL TRIVEDI &
MOHAMMED ALI NAQVI, NOT RATED
(BUT COMPARABLE TO PG-13),
IN ENGLISH AND URDU WITH
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 1:45 PM
Filmmaker In Attendance!
Southeast Premiere!
“Riveting and beautifully
balanced.”
Liz Whittemore, REEL NEWS DAILY
Intimate and unsettling, AMONG THE
BELIEVERS charts the personal crusade
of firebrand Pakistani cleric Abdul Aziz
Ghazi, an ISIS supporter and Taliban
ally, and The Red Mosque organization,
whose schools (madrassas) are training
thousands of young children to take part
in jihad (holy war). With unprecedented
access, the filmmakers follow Aziz, his
longtime opponent, education reformer
Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, and school children
Talha and Zarina—two teenagers on
entirely different educational paths in
the religious and secular systems. This
eye-opening doc, by turns terrifying and
heartbreaking, offers a rare insight into
the ideological battle between moderate
and fundamentalist forces that is shaping
modern Pakistan and the Muslim world.
1000 RUPEE NOTE
( E K H A Z A R AC H I
NOTE)
“When the goddess of wealth comes, she brings
INDIA, 2014, 89 MIN, DIRECTED
BY SHRIHARI SATHE, NOT RATED
in the face of endemic corruption.
Lonely
widow
farmer
(BUT COMPARABLE TO PG),
IN MARATHI WITH ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
son, drowning in debt, took his own life—has
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 11 AM
Filmmaker In Attendance!
Southeast Premiere!
as she is, but unfailingly generous with whatever
“A must watch for Usha
Naik’s effortless acting and
mind-blowing performance.
Shrihari (Sathe) has struck
gold with his first film.”
Mihir Bhanage, THE TIMES
OF INDIA
trouble with her, too.”
And so it unfolds in
M A R G A R I TA ,
W I T H A S T R AW
Phulambri, a village in Maharashtra struggling
to maintain its gentle rhythms and traditions
Budhi—distraught
since
her
nonetheless found comfort and balance among
her fellow villagers. Most of them are as poor
they have, be it goat’s milk for tea or freshly
baked bread. That delicate balance is upended
the moment a politician shoves a few 1000-rupee
notes into Budhi’s hands at a campaign rally,
setting off a chain of events that will take her to
the brink of despair and back again. This deeply
humanistic morality tale won the Silver Peacock
for Best Feature Film at the 2014 International
Film Festival of India.
Laila (the sensational Kalki Koechlin) is a
young romantic, a secret rebel in a wheelchair.
Undeterred by cerebral palsy, the University of
INDIA, 2014, 100 MIN, DIRECTED
BY SHONALI BOSE, NOT RATED
(BUT COMPARABLE TO R FOR
MATURE CONTENT), IN ENGLISH
AND HINDI WITH ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 1:45 PM
Delhi college student embarks on a journey of
sexual discovery and accepts a full scholarship
to New York University.
Her exhilarating
adventures cause a rift within herself and with
those she is closest to. Ultimately, it is in the
intensity of these bonds that she finds the
strength to truly be herself. Filmed with a light,
elegant touch, Shonali Bose’s (AMU) second
“An unexpected delight of
charm and substance.”
feature is an emotionally direct, accessible, and
Dennis Harvey, VARIETY
won numerous festival awards including the
sweet study of disability and sexuality that has
NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 2014
Toronto International Film Festival.
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USA/INDIA, 2014, 88 MIN,
DIRECTED BY GEETA V. PATEL &
RAVI V. PATEL, RATED PG, IN
ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI
WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 6:30 PM
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“One of the funniest
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At the cusp of 30 and devastated by the breakup
of a long-term relationship, Indian-American
actor Ravi Patel has reached the breaking point
with Western-style courtship. A despondent
Ravi and his filmmaking sister Geeta fly to India
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Ravi decides to give his parents’ method a try
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The festival is produced by Enzian Theater as part of the Cultural
Festival Circuit and is co-presented by Enzian and the Asian
Cultural Association. This program is funded in part by local
corporations and is supported by United Arts of Central Florida
with funds from the United Arts Campaign and by the State of
Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the
Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.