
Filmi 23!
Filmi Toronto’s South Asian Film Festival – 23 Years!
December 6th – 7th, 2025
Stay tuned for some great films!
21st Filmi: Toronto’s South Asian film festival
Harbourfront Centre
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Synopsis:
In the mid 1960s a young girl who has never seen anything but rural Trinidad has her eyes opened to the world when her adventurous Auntie from India comes to visit.
Director: Faisal Lutchmedial

Director’s Filmography:
Faisal’s work has explored the themes of identity, the immigrant experience, and loss. He’s directed numerous short films like the short “Useless Things” (2009) which won the Writers Guild of Canada English Script Prize at the Festival Nouveau Cinema Montreal, and the short Caribbean flavoured drama “Mr. Crab” which aired nationally on CBC’s Short Film Face Off. In documentary he directed the the labour rights themed feature doc “My
Cultural Divide” (2006). As a screenwriter Faisal worked on Ransom (Global/CBS), and Endlings (Hulu/CBC), and is an alum of the TIFF Writers Studio, the WarnerMedia Access x Canadian Academy Writers Program, and a winner of the WGC Bell Diverse
Screenwriters Program. Faisal’s is an alum of the TIFF Writers Studio, the WarnerMedia Access Writers Program, and a winner of the WGC Bell Diverse Screenwriters Program.
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