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3 Day Festival Pass ($50.00)

Admit one for the entire film festival for all three days. Includes Screening & After Party on Friday.

[Excludes VIP Reception on Friday and After Party on Saturday]

PLEASE NOTE THAT SEATS ARE NOT GUARANTEED WITH A FESTIVAL PASS. PLEASE BE IN YOUR SEAT 10 MINS BEFORE THE SCREENING.

VIP OPENING RECEPTION & SCREENING ($50.00)
Walk the red carpet with film-makers, industry professionals and local leaders and join us at the VIP reception, the opening feature screening and the After-Party. 1 drink ticket per pass. Pass admits one.
Dress Code: Dressy/Black tie optional

Opening Feature & After Party - Friday ($15.00)

Admit one for the Opening Feature Screening, Q&A session with film makers and the After Party.
Dress Code: Dressy/Black tie optional

Day Pass - Saturday ($25.00)

Admit one to all films and events on Saturday.

[Excludes After Party on Saturday]

PLEASE NOTE THAT SEATS ARE NOT GUARANTEED WITH A DAY PASS. PLEASE BE IN YOUR SEAT 10 MINS BEFORE THE SCREENING.

Day Pass - Sunday ($15.00)

Admit one to all films and events on Sunday.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SEATS ARE NOT GUARANTEED WITH A DAY PASS. PLEASE BE IN YOUR SEAT 10 MINS BEFORE THE SCREENING.

Individual Films ($10.00)

Please click on "Buy Tickets" to purchase tickets for individual shows.

Depending on availability, tickets for individual films will also be sold at Channelside Cinemas before the screening.

Student & Military Discounts
Discounted passes and tickets will be available at the gate.

All films will be screened at Channelside Cinemas, Tampa.

[Map]

Parking at the Channelside Garage available for 50c(upto 4hrs). Please have your Chip Coin validated at Channelside Cinemas.

Please note that this schedule may be subject to changes. The latest information will be available on this page.

22nd January 2010, Friday

06:00 pm - 07:00 pm

Red Carpet. VIP Reception. Film festival opens with Film makers & Guests.

07:00 pm - 07:30 pm

Formal inauguration and remarks at VIP Reception.
Introduction of "7 Days in Slow Motion" by Film makers.

07:30 pm - 09:15 pm

7 Days in Slow Motion [opening feature]

Director:

Umakanth Thumrugoti

Cast:

Teja, Kunal Sharma, Shiva Varma, Rajeshwari Sacdev, Ayesha Jaleel, etc

Language:

English.

Running Time:

100 mins.

09:15 pm - 09:40 pm

Question & Answer session with the makers of "7 Days in Slow Motion".

10:00 pm - 12:00 am

After Party and Reception at Dolce Vita Lounge at Channelside Cinemas
Live Performance by Melody Makers of Tampa Bay and DJ.

23rd January 2010, Saturday

10:45 am

Pazhassi Raja

Director:

T. Hariharan

Cast:

Mammootty, Sarath Kumar, Thilakan, Suresh Krishna, Manoj K Jayan, Kaniha, Padmapriya, etc

Language:

Malayalam (NO SUBTITLES).

Running Time:

195 mins.

12:00 pm

Singing performance by Bhavna Jadonath & Group.

12:30 pm

7 Days in Slow Motion [opening feature]

Director:

Umakanth Thumrugoti

Cast:

Teja, Kunal Sharma, Shiva Varma, Rajeshwari Sacdev, Ayesha Jaleel, etc

Language:

English.

Running Time:

100 mins.

Ismael [short film precedes feature]

Director:

Ambarish Manepalli

Running Time:

9 mins.

Language:

English/Hindi (Subtitled).

01:00 pm

Singing performance by Bhavna Jadonath & Group.

02:00 pm

Bhangra Performance.

02:30 pm

Anything For You
Director Anand Alagappan attending.

Director:

Anand Alagappan

Cast:

Sam Ghosh, Julie Fine, Pooja Kumar, Aaron Mathias, etc

Running Time:

90 mins.

Language:

English (Subtitled).

Kissing Miss Jones [short film precedes feature]
Director Chandra Pemmaraju and Actor Lavrenti Lopes attending.

Director:

Chandra Pemmaraju.

Cast:

Lavrenti Lopes, Khushboo Shah, Christopher Peuler, Meredith Dillard, Julie Donahue, Kyle Donahue, etc

Running Time:

23 mins.

Language:

English.

02:45 pm

Fusion Dance Program.

03:00 pm

Kanchivaram

Director:

Priyadarshan

Cast:

Prakash Raj, Shriya Reddy, Shammu, Geetha Vijayan, etc

Language:

Tamil (with subtitles).

Running Time:

117 mins.

04:00 pm

Fusion Dance by USF Student Group.

04:45 pm

Performance by Karan and Divya (Jai ho).

05:00 pm

Red, White & Brown
Presented by Russell Peters in person.

Recorded Performance of

Russell Peters

Language:

English.

Running Time:

78 mins.

FREE ENTRY FOR PASS HOLDERS ONLY
(Festival Pass or any Day Pass).

06:00 pm

When Art Meets Business
Filmmaking and Finance in the Global Market.

Panel:

Lindsey Guthrie, Lawrence Haber, Tom Garrett, Prashant Shah.

Location: Dolce Vita Lounge(Channelside Cinemas)

FREE ENTRY FOR ALL

06:00 pm

Little Zizou

Director:

Sooni Taraporevala

Cast:

Boman Irani, Sohrab Ardeshir, Zenobia Shroff, Shernaz Patel, Imaad Shah, John Abraham, etc

Running Time:

101 mins.

Language:

English, some Hindi/Gujarati (with subtitles).

Kavi [short film precedes feature]

Writer/Producer/Director:

Gregg Helvey

Cast:

Sagar Salunke, Ulhas Tayade, Rajesh Kumar, Madhavi Juvekar, Debu Bhattacharya, Rishi Raj Singh, Mukesh Barahti, etc

Running Time:

19 mins.

Language:

Hindi (with subtitles)

07:00 pm

Tahaan

Director:

Santosh Sivan

Cast:

Purav Bhandare, Anupam Kher, Sarika, Rahul Bose, Victor Banerjee, Rahul Khanna, etc

Language:

Hindi (with subtitles)

Running Time:

105 mins

09:00 pm

Amal
Producer David Miller attending.

Director:

Richie Mehta

Cast:

Rupinder Nagra, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Koel Purie, Roshan Seth, Vik Sahay, etc

Running Time:

101 mins.

Language:

Hindi (with subtitles).

Sukrit's Sundays [short film precedes feature]

Director:

Vasant Nath

Running Time:

8 mins.

Language:

Silent film.

09:15 pm

Music Video Segment

Programmed & Hosted by

Deejay Ra(Raoul Juneja)

Language:

English

Running Time:

60 mins

FREE ENTRY FOR ALL.

10:00 pm - 03:00 am

After party at Gallagher's Steak House at Channelside with a live performance by R&B songstress Prita Chhabra.

(Click here for tickets)

24th January 2010, Sunday

12:00 pm

Chath
Directors Hyder Bilgrami & Tirthankar Das attending.

Director:

Hyder Bilgrami & Tirthankar Das

Cast:

Sanjay Malhotra, Liyakat Khan, Charu Gupta, etc

Language:

Hindi (with subtitles).

Running Time:

97 mins

This film is intended for mature audiences only.

Kissing Miss Jones [short film precedes feature]
Director Chandra Pemmaraju and Actor Lavrenti Lopes attending.

Director:

Chandra Pemmaraju.

Cast:

Lavrenti Lopes, Khushboo Shah, Christopher Peuler, Meredith Dillard, Julie Donahue, Kyle Donahue, etc

Running Time:

23 mins.

Language:

English.

12:00 pm

Wake Up Sid [bollywood feature]

Director:

Ayan Mukherjee

Cast:

Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Namit Das, Rahul Khanna, Anupam Kher, Kainaz Motivala, Supriya Pathak, Kashmira Shah, etc

Language:

Hindi (with subtitles).

Running Time:

138 mins

02:30 pm

The Magic & Music of Bollywood
A special presentation by Kanniks Kannikeswaran from Center of India Studies, University of South Florida.

Location: Dolce Vita Lounge(Channelside Cinemas)

FREE ENTRY FOR ALL

02:30 pm

The Salt Stories [documentary]

Direction/Story/Producer:

Lalit Vachani

Crew:

Mrinal Desai, Anita Kushwaha, Lalit Vachani, Menno Boerema, etc

Running Time:

84 mins.

Language:

Hindi, Gujarati & English (with subtitles)

Ismael [short film precedes feature]

Director:

Ambarish Manepalli

Running Time:

9 mins.

Language:

English/Hindi (Subtitled).

FREE ENTRY FOR ALL

02:50 pm

Gulabi Talkies

Director:

Girish Kasaravalli

Cast:

Umashree, K.G. Krishna Murthy, M.D. Pallavi, Poornima Mohan, Ashok Sandip etc

Language:

Kannada (with subtitles)

Running Time:

122 mins

05:00 pm

Ghabricha Paus (The Damned Rain)

Director:

Satish Manwar

Cast:

Girish Kulkarni, Sonali Kulkarni, Jyoti Subhash, Veena Jamkar, Ammanul Attar, etc

Running Time:

100 mins.

Language:

Marathi (with subtitles).

Kavi [short film precedes feature]

Writer/Producer/Director:

Gregg Helvey

Cast:

Sagar Salunke, Ulhas Tayade, Rajesh Kumar, Madhavi Juvekar, Debu Bhattacharya, Rishi Raj Singh, Mukesh Barahti, etc

Running Time:

19 mins.

Language:

Hindi (with subtitles)

05:30 pm

Bombay Summer [closing feature]
Director Joseph Varghese attending.

Director:

Joseph Mathew Varghese

Cast:

Tannishtha Chatterjee, Jatin Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Gaurav Dwivedi, etc

Running Time:

105 mins.

Language:

English/Hindi (with subtitles)

07:15 pm

Question & Answer session with director Joseph Varghese.

07:30 pm

Film festival closes.


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