GIACC AIFF 2022 Movie Screening Schedule
Friday September 23, 2022 – Opening Night Presentation
1) 7 PM ET - ‘Shiv Shastri Balboa’ (2022), Directed by Ajayan Venugopalan, 2hrs 6 minutes. Cast: Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Jugal Hansraj, Nargis Fakhri, Sharib Hashmi.
Synopsis - Shiv Shastri, a retiree from India, and a big Rocky movie fan moves to USA and ends up on an unexpected road trip through the American heartland which teaches that it's never too old to reinvent yourself.
Saturday September 24, 2022
2) 2 PM ET – ‘Mabrook’ (2021), 14 minutes (SHORT FILM), Directed by Asad Farooqui, Cast: Asad Farooqui, Nasim, Manahar Kumar, Naveen Gurnany
Synopsis - It's Eid. At a chaotic party, where the men talk politics and the women gossip, two acquaintances share a secret.
3) 2:14 PM – ‘The Salon’, 13 minutes (SHORT FILM), Directed by Nitya Misra, Cast: Sudha Belawadi, B. Suresha, and Eric Leivang
Synopsis - Often, a haircut is not just a haircut. Women get haircuts for various reasons – maybe for a change of style; or for a noble cause; or sometimes it could simply be because of boredom. In “The Salon”, Nimmi, a middle-aged woman, strikes up a conversation with her hairstylist, and works through a loss while getting her haircut. Through the course of a haircut, this short film explores both the conversations we have with others and with ourselves.
4) 3 PM – ‘The Umbra’, 1hr 45 minutes, Directed by Karthik, Cast: Karthik & Team
Synopsis - Shot extensively in Atlanta GA, the movie explores the dark past of a promising young man who wants to be an actor. The movie cast is predominantly based in Atlanta.
5) 5:15 PM – ‘Gray’, 30 minutes (SHORT FILM), Directed by Sakshi Gurnani, Cast: Shreya Dhanwanthary, Diya Mirza, Chatanya Sharma
Synopsis - Gray’ is a story about Naina (Shreya Dhanwanthary), a 20-something girl whose best friend violates the boundaries of her consent. With the help of her therapist, Dr Noorani (Dia Mirza), Naina takes a journey between past and present, to learn how to deal with her feelings and her trauma, and clearly define for herself the meaning of ‘consent’.
6) 5:45 PM – ‘Bad Egg’, 28 minutes (SHORT FILM), Directed by Mehak Jamal, Cast: Sheeba Chaddha, Zoya Hussain, Akshay Oberoi, Jim Sarbh
Synopsis - Zoya receives a disturbing call from her mother – her sister Zara has gone missing during the pandemic. Surprisingly, Zoya isn’t rattled enough. She’s hiding something, all of which leads back to the fateful night of a party. Throughout the film, Zoya interacts with her surroundings as if she’s re-calibrating to them. As the plot unravels, so does she. In this story, appearances can be very deceiving.
Closing Night Presentation (Sat 09/24)
7) 6:50 PM – ‘Lost’, 2hrs 7 minutes, Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Cast: Yami Gautam Pankaj Kapoor Rahul Khanna
Synopsis - Lost is an emotional social thriller that represents a higher quest, a search for lost values of empathy and integrity. Inspired by true events, Lost is a story of a bright young woman crime reporter in her relentless search for truth behind the sudden disappearance of a young theatre activist.
Note: there will be a Q&A session with Director and Cast after each screening. Stay back and participate in the discussions.
