Filmi 21! Virtual Edition
Filmi Toronto’s South Asian Film Festival Celebrating 21 Years!
December 27th, 2020
21st Filmi: Toronto’s South Asian film festival
![]() |
Click here to Reply or Forward
|
Toronto Premiere
Director: Payal Sethi
Duration: 20 Minutes
Synopsis: In the Old City of Hyderabad, Raisa hatches a dangerous plan to save her younger sister from becoming a one-day bride when she finds an archaic remedy that could restore a girl’s virginity.
AWARDS:
Brussels Short Film Festival 2016 – Best Short Film
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2016 – Honorable Mention – Best Performance in a Short Film
Indian Film Festival, Stuttgart 2016
International Women’s Film Festival Seoul 2016 – Audience Award
Zanzibar International Film Festival 2016 – Best Dhow Film
Director: Ryan Kayet
Duration: 19:00 Minutes
Synopsis:
An eager applicant walks into the pivotal interview of his career. When the employer rejects him before it begins, the young man shows him just how tenacious he can be.
Director
͟
Spunkle
Canadian Premiere
Director: Lisa Donato
Duration: 11 Minutes
Synopsis:
A brother contemplates fatherhood when his older sister and her free-spirited wife ask him to be their sperm donor.
Director: Lisa Donato
Saturday, September 28th, 2013 @ 6:30
“CALCUTTA TAXI”
Directed and Written by Vikram Dasgupta
Length: 20 Minutes
Country: Canada/India
Year: 2013
Cast: Anand Rajaram, Vipin Sharma, Sunnie D’souza
Calcutta Taxi is set in the grimy backdrop of a city going
through a political crisis, unraveling the story of three
lives that coincide and affect each other. Each one having
lost and found some things in this chance encounter of
life.
AWARDS
Aspen Winner/Best Drama “Oscar Qualifier”
Winner Rhode Island International Film Festival
Official Selection Clermont Ferrand
Winner Audience Choice Award River to River Florence
Winner Best Short/Runner Up Anchorage Internation Film Festival
Offical Selection Austin Film Festival
Synopsis:
A young Art College student Aditya Chaterji finds his
backpack and belongings stolen on the day of a political
strike called by the infamous political party of Calcutta.
Meanwhile Bakul Bihari faces the opportunity of a lifetime
to win big for his glorious though covetous efforts to help
a poor boy in distress.
Cab driver Rasul Ahmed discovers a bomb in his backseat at
a congested traffic signal in an extremely unpredictable
and sensitive slum area of Calcutta.
Set in the grimy backdrop of a city going through a
political crisis, Calcutta Taxi unravels the story of three
lives that coincide and affect each other. Each one having
lost and found some things in this chance encounter of
life.
Director’s Biography: Vikram Dasgupta was born in New Delhi, India in 1977 into a
family of artists and musicians. After finishing his high school in New Delhi, he got
accepted into one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges of it’s kind-The
Government College of Arts, Calcutta (est.1864). He graduated from his five year Fine
Arts Degree with honors scholarship and was awarded the Gold Medal for outstanding
achievement in the field of art and design. While still in Art School he made a short
docudrama ‘inSANITY’ about a homeless artist on the streets of Calcutta. Submitting this
short film as a portfolio enabled him to get accepted into The Advanced Film and
Television program at Sheridan College, Canada in 2001. He has been living in Canada
ever since and has been working in Film and TV at various creative capacities, including
having worked for Indian musical genius AR Rahman of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ fame on
multiple occasions
TORONTO PREMIERE
Simple Superstar
Written and Stars Wilbur Sargunaraj
Length: 92 Minutes
Country: Canada/India
Year: 2013
Synopsis:
“A champion for the common person” Wilbur Sargunaraj, the simple man known for his Eastern Latrine educational video and popular Love Marriage Music Video, has been called “India’s First YouTube Star” by The Times of India. He is now coming to the big screen with a semi-biographical story of Wilbur Sargunaraj in the musical “Simple Superstar” – a comical, philosophical look at the man who has encouraged people to climb down the ladder and celebrate the common!
Made entirely by the support of Wilbur Sargunaraj’s fan base and the wilbur world wide community, this movie was created using the help of social media. Cast and crew were hand picked by Wilbur Sargunaraj from the fan base on Facebook and Twitter. The Film will be released in various cities around the world through the 2013 film festival circuit. We are looking for you to help us make the common extraordinary! Spread the word!