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SAIFF 2017

All Films & Events

  1. Long Live Brij Mohan (Opening Night World Premiere)

    Nikhil Nagesh Bhat / India / 2017 / 105 mins
    Brij Mohan fakes his own death to escape his humdrum life. He gets the money and the girl, until the inevitable hand of Karma gets him sentenced to death for his own murder.
    Opening Night : Long Live Brij Mohan (FEATURE) preceded by Please Don’t Call the Cops (SHORT)

    Landmark Sunshine Cinema
    Wednesday, December 13, 2017 7:30 pm DOOR ONLY


  2. Please Don’t Call the Cops (World Premiere)

    Kartikye Gupta / United States / 2017 / 15 mins
    Nikhil is an exemplary Indian middle-class boy who has done everything by the book - top-class engineering, a job in America, and now, an arranged marriage with a beautiful Indian girl, Maya. This foolproof NRI life is jeopardized when he suddenly receives an unexpected call that threatens to turn his life upside down. How will he tackle this problem that has no legal solutions? Will he give up or will he rewrite his perfect book to salvage his marriage?
    Opening Night : Long Live Brij Mohan (FEATURE) preceded by Please Don’t Call the Cops (SHORT)

    Landmark Sunshine Cinema
    Wednesday, December 13, 2017 7:30 pm DOOR ONLY


  3. Wed Afterparty: Railway

    90 West Houston New York, NY 10012
    Wed Afterparty: Railway

    Railway NYC
    Wednesday, December 13, 2017 10:00 pm Entrance Free with Wed Film Screening Purchase


  4. Mona Darling (International Premiere)

    Shashi Sudigala / India / 2017 / 111 mins
    A contemporary who-dunnit, with a splash of supernatural, set in a college campus somewhere in India (a la Indian Institute Of Technology) where a few mysterious deaths occur and the only common link between the victims is that, seconds before their deaths, they all accepted a 'facebook friend request' from a certain profile page of Mona_Darling. The person behind the said page, Mona happens to be missing. Her friend, and a fellow student, Sarah recruits the help of a classmate, Wiki – a borderline sociopathic genius. This odd-couple of amateur sleuths carry on their investigation as the story leads them into unexpected corners and terrifying revelations. It's a pacy thriller, confined to limited locations on one single campus, populated by fresh, sexy, young characters. More importantly it captures the present zeitgeist of young India and its obsession with social networking
    Mona Darling (FEATURE) preceded by Safeword (SHORT)

    Landmark Sunshine Cinema
    Thursday, December 14, 2017 7:30 pm Available At The Door


  5. Safeword (World Premiere)

    Mukesh Vidyasagar / United States / 2017 / 3 mins
    A girl and her boyfriend try S&M for the first time when they are interrupted by trick or treaters. Luckily they have a safe word
    Mona Darling (FEATURE) preceded by Safeword (SHORT)

    Landmark Sunshine Cinema
    Thursday, December 14, 2017 7:30 pm Available At the Door


  6. Thurs Afterparty: Ms. Yoo

    163 Allen St New York, NY 10002
    Thursday Afterparty: Ms Yoo

    Thursday, December 14, 2017 10:00 pm Entrance Free with Thurs Film Screening Purchase


  7. In English We Say // Angrezi Mein Kehte Hein (World Premiere)

    Harish Vyas / India / 2017 / 104 mins
    It’s the story about YASHWANT BATRA a 54 year old simple man; making an honest attempt to win the heart of his wife Kiran whom he never cared for (or she thought so) It is very unlike his character to do all the mushy romantic things that normally a young man is expected to do. It’s about the mismatched couple who got married due to family force. It’s about realization that living together is not enough and expressing that love is equally important. Yashwant learns it the hard way when his wife decides to separate. Yashwant finds it hard to live alone in the Banaras house that was once filled with his wife and daughter’s laughter, now the silence is very painful as it brings back the old memories of their smile and the echo of their laughter. After Kiran leaves him he becomes aware of how she nurtured his life and how he took her for granted The magical charms of Banaras along with his jolly hearted son-in-law JUGUNU and his own daughter PREETI makes him realize that even old lanes meet a new road someday! And like that even the old fashioned Yashwant tries to bring in the new romance in his married life that was missing from it – forever! It’s his journey through the old lanes of Banaras to discover his love for his wife and realizing that if it’s about saying ‘I Love You’ than it is never too late to say ‘I LOVE YOU’. It’s about this mismatched couple finding love, eventually in their hard ridden day to day lives.
    In English We Say (FEATURE) preceded by Cobbler’s Dream (SHORT)

    Landmark Sunshine Cinema
    Friday, December 15, 2017 7:30 pm Tickets at the Door


  8. Cobbler’s Dream (World Premiere)

    Sydney Chandrasekara / Sri Lanka / 2017 / 15.30 mins
    A poor, widowed cobbler in Sri Lanka tries to keep the memory of his wife alive under testing circumstances.
    In English We Say (FEATURE) preceded by Cobbler’s Dream (SHORT)

    Landmark Sunshine Cinema
    Friday, December 15, 2017 7:30 pm Tickets At the Door


  9. Azad (World Premiere)

    Rehan Sheikh / Pakistan / 2017 / 121 mins
    Azad is an offbeat comedy drama set in modern day Pakistan about a radio jockey who calls himself AZAD ( The free one)
    Azad(FEATURE)

    Landmark Sunshine Cinema
    Friday, December 15, 2017 10:00 pm Tickets At the Door


  10. Fri Afterparty: The DL

    95 Delancey St New York, NY 10002
    Friday Afterparty: The DL

    The DL
    Friday, December 15, 2017 10:00 pm Entrance Free with Fri Film Screening Purchase