San Diego is home to the largest Asian Film Festival on the West Coast and features more than 130 films from 15 different countries at five different venues in San Diego. Experience national and international films, get up close and personal with filmmakers and cast with Q&A and photo opportunities.
Tonight's Film:
Miss India America
Cast and Crew Scheduled to Attend!
Lily Prasad (Tiya Sircar) is a winner, and don?t let anybody tell you otherwise. Fresh off her valedictorian speech, Lily intends to continue living her storybook life according to ?The Plan,? her meticulously-crafted scrapbook that ropes in her less-than-willing high school boyfriend Karim (Kunal Sharma). But when Karim is caught flirting with the reigning Miss India National, Lily is livid and takes aim at the crown to win Karim back, restore ?The Plan? forever, and reaffirm her endless magnificence. Lily is appalled though when she finds that the path to glory is challenged by not just a drop-dead beauty of a nemesis (played by New Girl?s Hannah Simone), but also the internal nausea of having to win despite all consequences.
From beginning to end, Miss India America combines the hilarious fever of competition with overflowing heart. Behind Tiya Sircar?s madcap lead performance and Kosha Patel?s hilarious turn as Seema, ?stylist to the stars,? the film battles ?playing by the rules? and ?playing to win? with utmost charm. First-time feature director Ravi Kapoor, best known as an actor on ABC?s Gideon?s Crossing and NBC?s Crossing Jordan, evokes Legally Blonde and Miss Congeniality but never shies away from the youthful Indian American verve that makes MISS INDIA AMERICA an original gut-busting comedy about never questioning one?s own ambition.
Admission/Cost:
Thursday, November 5 - 7:00 PM
For more information, please visit www.sdaff.org
Tonight's Film:
Miss India America
Cast and Crew Scheduled to Attend!
Lily Prasad (Tiya Sircar) is a winner, and don?t let anybody tell you otherwise. Fresh off her valedictorian speech, Lily intends to continue living her storybook life according to ?The Plan,? her meticulously-crafted scrapbook that ropes in her less-than-willing high school boyfriend Karim (Kunal Sharma). But when Karim is caught flirting with the reigning Miss India National, Lily is livid and takes aim at the crown to win Karim back, restore ?The Plan? forever, and reaffirm her endless magnificence. Lily is appalled though when she finds that the path to glory is challenged by not just a drop-dead beauty of a nemesis (played by New Girl?s Hannah Simone), but also the internal nausea of having to win despite all consequences.
From beginning to end, Miss India America combines the hilarious fever of competition with overflowing heart. Behind Tiya Sircar?s madcap lead performance and Kosha Patel?s hilarious turn as Seema, ?stylist to the stars,? the film battles ?playing by the rules? and ?playing to win? with utmost charm. First-time feature director Ravi Kapoor, best known as an actor on ABC?s Gideon?s Crossing and NBC?s Crossing Jordan, evokes Legally Blonde and Miss Congeniality but never shies away from the youthful Indian American verve that makes MISS INDIA AMERICA an original gut-busting comedy about never questioning one?s own ambition.
Admission/Cost:
Thursday, November 5 - 7:00 PM
For more information, please visit www.sdaff.org
