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26 The Indian Eye| NORTH AmERIcAN Newsline | JUNE 12, 2020

taapsee pannu, Anupam kher, Anubhav Sinha &

neena Gupta headline eCSA Global Online film festival

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ndian film industry heavy-
weights Taapsee Pannu, An-
Iupam Kher, Anubhav Sinha
and Neena Gupta will ALL
make an “online” appearance
this month at ECSA: Escapist
Cinema of South Asia, a sev-
en-weekend-long virtual film
festival co-presented by sister
festivals DFW SAFF and NYC
SAFF. At its midway point, the
weekly online series has already
live-streamed 16 short films and
three feature films, attracted a
global audience of more than
1500 cinephiles and donated
hundreds of surgical masks to
TIPS (Texas Indo American
Physicians Society), as part of
its WATCH A FILM, SAVE A
LIFE charity initiative.
“We are proud to be the first
major South Asian Film Festi-
val in the U.S. to create a con-
tiguous, seven-weekend-long,
online film series,” said DFW
SAFF and NYC SAFF Found-
er and Festivals Director Jitin
Hingorani, also Principal/CEO
of producing sponsor JINGO
Media. “In the past month,
we have screened the Nation-
al Award-Winning Gujarati
film HELLARO, heard Gram-
my-nominated singer/song-
writer Falu Shah perform and
hosted the versatile television,
screen and stage actress Lillete
Dubey as a ‘virtual’ guest. Our
loyal audiences have been plan- icon, Rishi Kapoor. Each Saturday evening’s live june hiGhliGhtS inClude:
ning their Saturday evenings stream (7 to 10 p.m. CDT) will be followed by
around our programming, and a Zoom post-screening Q&A with actors and • june 13th - Funny Business: Comedienne Zarna
this is exactly the kind of escap- directors; audience members can engage by ask- Garg interviews comedian Tushar Singh, after
ism we wished to provide global ing questions through live chat. Each evening his docu-comedy AMERICAN HASI (trailer)
cinephiles who are either locked will end with a live or taped performance by an • june 20th - Indian film critic Rajeev Masand
down or choose to shelter-in- up-and-coming artist. Screenings are FREE for interviews actor Anupam Kher after his British
place during the pandemic.” lifetime members of DFW SAFF and will cost Sikh film THE BOY WITH THE TOPKNOT
The remaining three week- the general public $6 per block of programming (trailer)
ends in June will showcase (to commemorate six years of SAFF). Audience • june 27th - Producer & SAFF Board Member
unique, curated content, such members can log in to www.onlinefest.us from Viveck Vaswani moderates Q&A between di-
as comedy programming, anywhere in the world, create an account, pay for rector Anubhav Sinha and actors Neena Gupta
Sikh-centric films and a major their screenings in advance and receive remind- and Taapsee Pannu, after one of Rishi Kapoor’s
tribute to Indian Bollywood ers leading up the live event(s). last films MULK (trailer)

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