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The 15th LAFF Opens on the eve of Intl Womens Day

BFI Southbank was buzzing last night at the opening night gala event for the London Asian Film Festival. The press conference was attended by the festival’s international guests, all representing South Asian cinema in one way or another. British Asian director Nirpal Bhogal “Festivals such as the London Asian Film Festival give us directors a valuable platform to showcase our work and an opportunity to get the audience’s feedback”. Nirpal will be conducting a director’s lab with a screening of his gritty feature film Sket on Friday 15th March. Director Bill Bowles who had just flown in from Los Angeles is thrilled to be part of the festival programme. “I am really excited about holding our UK premiere at this festival. Tongues on Fire London Asian Film Festival has been on my personal wish list of festivals for two years now.” Bill has directed Big in Bollywood, a documentary charting the success of his university mate Omi Vaidya in his role in acclaimed Bollywood blockbuster the 3 Idiots. This event will be at BFI on Saturday 9th March. LAFF is focusing on the journey of women in film this, with women in front of and behind the camera with an exciting mix of great new independent films, some old classics and recent thought provoking films you may have missed. The festival kicked off with Listen…Amaya, a contemporary drama about a mother and daughter relationship, written, directed and produced by husband and wife team Avinash Kumar and Geeta Singh. The film was very well received and Avinash and Geeta were delighted with the response. “Films are difficult to get made, but it’s even harder to get distribution and theatrical release. Having this sort of opportunity is great because it brings our film to international audiences.” Festival director Pushpinder Chowdhry “Listen…Amaya deals with a subject matter we rarely see treated in cinema, even though it’s a very universal theme. The camera work is beautiful and the acting from Deepti Naval and Farouque Shaikh is exceptional. If you missed the opening night there is a chance to catch Listen…Amaya at Watermans on 16 March. We have a fantastic festival this year and hope audiences out there come and enjoy what we have programmed.”

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