If the Folsom Street Fair is not your thing and you're looking for something to do this weekend, consider checking out
3rd i's Tenth Annual South Asian Film Festival. This year's festival brings over 20 films from 9 different countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, The Maldives, Canada, South Africa, UK and USA. Shorts are aplenty this year, and music moves to the foreground in many films. Women and California filmmakers make a strong showing in the documentary and shorts category, and ecology bookends the festival on opening and closing nights.
The film festival starts tomorrow at the Roxie Theatre and makes it's Castro Theatre debut on Saturday with a
reception and five films including:
Alms for a Blind Horse (Anhey Ghodey Da Daan),
The World Before Her,
Lucky,
Decoding Deepak, and
Cocktail. Enjoy food and drinks at the reception where they will be featuring a meet and greet with the filmmakers and a live DJ spinning for your dancing pleasure.
Get your "Castro Pass" which includes tickets to all five films
and the reception.
