Bell presents the 7th Annual FILMI South Asian Film Festival (FSAFF)

Every year has seen FILMI South Asian Film Festival grown in some capacity and this year is no exception. In six years, audiences have grown to over 5,000 people and now FILMI, with the support of many of its generous sponsors, has expanded its ability to showcase and premiere many Canadian films by South Asian filmmakers as well as South Asian films from around the world by going national.

This year first time that FILMI South Asian Film Festival will showcase films in Vancouver for during the Summer MELA! 2006

In Toronto, this year's FILMI South Asian Film Festival 7 features a whole host of exciting and riveting films about South Asian Diaspora. Programming highlights include: Bombay Calling, by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, Sanjay Talreja's Cricket. and the Meaning of Life, and the eye opening documentary A Very British Bollywood by Anthony Wonke.

The 7th Annual FILMI South Asian Film Festival is also delighted to present the family orientated North American Premiere of Vishal Bharadwaj's Chatri Chor (The Blue Umbrella) as part of world youth day programming on Saturday August 12th, 2006 at the NFB mediatheque. Based on the novel of the same title by Ruskin Bond, the film blends the extremely colourful and gaudy images with Bollywood-style song and dance, stressing the old lesson that materialist desires lead to punishment.

About Filmi

FILMI South Asian Film Festival (FSAFF) was founded by Mohit Rajhans and Dinesh Sachdev in 1999, with the goal to ignite a movement among South Asians in North America. Within 7 years FILMI has grown in original content, festival length, audience reach and attendance to become largest of its kind in North America and aspires to become the largest outside of India.

Bell presents the 7th Annual FILMI South Asian Film Festival from August 9th to August 13th, 2006

A full festival schedule will be released on July 31st 2006, which will also mark the commencement of ticket sales to the general public.

For more information on FILMI, or to book interviews contact:
Ravi Panwar
Festival Manager
t: 416 575 2108
e: ravi@filmi.org