With support from CA Arts Council, 3rd i’s 18th Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival will take place in November 2020 at the New People’s Cinema and Castro Theater in San Francisco and at Cine Arts in Palo Alto. The Festival will screen approximately 20 narrative, documentary, feature and short films about the lives and experiences of South Asian communities. CAC funds will partially underwrite fees of participating California artists and the Festival’s marketing costs.
In addition to the annually presented San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, 3rd i conducts year-round programs. These include:
• On-going screenings, performances, and mini-festivals (3rd i’s Green Eye and 3rd i’s Queer Eye),
• Co-presentations with other Bay Area cultural organizations and film festivals, and
• Educational programs (3rd i’s Speaker Series) on various issues related to South Asian cinema.