Date: November 10th 2008

3rd i Films highly recommends --- Loins of Punjab Presents!

1. Loins of Punjab Presents - Opens in San Francisco/Bay Area on Friday, November 7- www.loinsofpunjab.com
2. 3rd i's San Francisco International Film Festival Nov 13-16 2008
check out our trailer: http://www.thirdi.org/festival/index.htm

1. Loins of Punjab Presents by Manish Acharya
Opens in San Francisco/Bay Area on Friday, November 7!!!

Loins of Punjab Presents was showcased in our film festival in 07 and was received with
a 5 minute standing / singing ovation and had the best audience award.
It's Really an incredible film and not to be missed.

Here are some of the press reviews:
''the Funniest Movie of the Year! -India Today,
""Witty musical comedy with a sharp Political Edge!" -The New York Times,
Utter Fun for my whole Family! -Mira Nair
A Barrel of Fun. don't Miss it! -CNN-IBN

Opens Friday Nov 7th San Francisco/Bay Area

Balboa Theater
3630 Balboa Street at 38st.
San Francisc 415 221 81 84
www.balboamovies.com

Camera 3 cinemas
288 S. 2nd Street
San Jose 408 998 3300
www.cameracinemas.com

Naz 8 Freemont
39160 Paseo Padre Pkw
Freemont 510 745 9340
www.naz8.com


Trailer :www.loinsofpunjab.com

www.loinsofpunjab.com
www.emergingpictures.com

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2. 3rd i's San Francisco International Film Festival Nov 13-16 2008

check out our trailer: http://www.thirdi.org/festival/index.htm

More info to follow about our Party and upcoming film festival.

Here's snap shot line up:

http://www.thirdi.org/festival/film/index_film.htm




From art-house classics to documentary films, from innovative and experimental visions to next-level Bollywood: 3rd I is committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through independent film. We showcase films from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, the Maldives and the global South Asian Diaspora. www.thirdi.org/festival, or call 415 835-4783


Nov 13 & 14 – Brava Theater
Nov 15 & 16 - Castro Theater


Brava Theater Thursday,Nov 13th--7:00pm

Kala Pul (Black Bridge), Dir: Saqib Mausoof, 2008, USA/Pakistan,40 mins

Local filmmaker Saqib Mausoof's ambitious film weaves a tale along the fault lines that separate Paskistan's urban modernity from its fundamentalism.
Preceded by the extraordinary short, Midnight Lost and Found (Dir: Amit Sabharwal, US, 19mins), about the lonely nights of a Mumbai pharmacy-worker.


Brava Theater Thursday,Nov 13th--8:30pm

Kissing Cousins, Dir: Amyn Kaderali2008, USA, 99mins

In this funny, sassy romantic comedy, a young man employed as a "relationship termination specialist" enjoys his single life in Los Angeles amidst his newly engaged friends. But when his gorgeous British cousin visits, she tells everyone that she's his girlfriend to help him fit in…until he falls for her.



Opening Night Pary: sponsored by CAAM & 3rd I @ Bollyhood Café 10:pm


Brava Theater Friday ,Nov 14th—7:30pm

The Sky Below, Dir: Sarah Singh, 2007, India/Pakistan, 75 mins

Armed with a video camera and a backpack, filmmaker Sara Singh traversed through dangerous territory in India and Pakistan to examine whether sixty years after the brutal partition of the subcontinent, recognition of a shared past and common culture can bring about peace between the two countries.


Brava Theater Friday ,Nov 14th – 9:30pm

Ramchand Pakistani,Dir: Mehreen Jabbar, 2008, Pakistan, 105 mins

When young Ramchand and his father chase a ball across the border into India, they are literally taken for spies. Mehreen Jabbar's film, based on a true-life incident, captures the stark desert landscape as a metaphor for the tragedy of separation. Nandita Das is heart-wrenching as the mother devastated by the disappearance of her family.





Castro Theater Saturday Nov 15th – 12:00pm (noon)

A Throw of Dice - Dir: Franz Osten, 1929, India/Germany/UK, 74 mins
This ravishing 1929 silent co-production between India, Germany, and Britain tells the epic story of two Indian kings who gamble for their lives and the love of a beautiful woman. Newly restored by the British Film Institute with a stirring score composed by Nitin Sawhney.


Castro Theater Saturday Nov 15th – 1:45pm

Lakshmi and Me - Dir: Nishtha Jain, 2007, India/USA/Denmark/Finland, 60 mins
"What sin did I commit to be born a woman?" asks Lakshmi. Jain's documentary sensitively explores the personal and the political: gender, class, and the ethics of representation become touch points between filmmaker and subject, mistress and maid.

(3:15pm – 4:15pm VIP reception)


Castro Theater Saturday Nov 15th – 4:15pm

Maqbool - Dir: Vishal Bharadwaj, 2003, India, 132 mins
Macbeth meets The Godfather in this inspired and nuanced adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, transposed to the mafia dens of contemporary Bombay. Irrfan Khan (Namesake) is masterful as the fickle Maqbool, while Tabu plays a sensuous Lady Macbeth to his treacherous ambitions. Naseeruddin Shah (Monsoon Wedding) and Om Puri

Castro Theater Saturday Nov 15th – 7:30pm
Om Shanti Om - Dir: Farah Khan, India, 2007, 162 mins
Romance, reincarnation and revenge! Shah Rukh Khan breaks out his disco moves (and flexes his 6-pack abs) in this spectacular, star-studded tribute to Bollywood, film-making and the swinging 70's. A must-see on the big screen. Bring out those Bell-bottom pants!

Castro Theater Saturday Nov 15th – 11:00pm
Hell's Ground - Dir: Omar Ali Khan,, Pakistan/UK, 2007, 78 mins
Five Pakistani teenagers pile into a van and head for a rock concert, only to run out of gas in the zombie-infested habitat of a mace-swinging, burkha-clad butcher. Gallons of gore and atmosphere make for an instant horror classic. Copresented with Midnight for Maniacs!



Castro Theater Saturday Nov 16th – 11:30am
Bioscope -Dir: K.M. Madhusudhanan, India, 2008, 94 mins
Fever dreams, memories, and moving pictures intertwine when a traveling bioscope show comes to the villages of Kerala. In his first feature, K.M. Madhusudhanan concocts a hallucinatory ode to the magic of early cinema and the power of superstition.

Castro Theater Saturday Nov 16th – 1:30pm
King Siri (Siri Raja Siri) -Dir: Somaratne Dissanayake, Sri Lanka, 2008, 88 mins
A gifted boy from a Sri Lankan village wins a scholarship to an elite school in Colombo where he must prove himself by drawing upon the strength of his rural traditions. This award-winning children’s film is inspired in part by director Somaratne Dissanayake’s own experiences.


Castro Theater Saturday Nov 16th – 3:30pm
Flow: For Love of Water - Dir: Irene Salina, USA, 2007, 93 mins
India, Bolivia, South Africa, United States -- different countries, same problem: the world's primary resource is being hijacked by corporate greed. In this inspiring and visually stunning doc, Salina travels across the world, documenting how dedicated activists (like Vandana Shiva) are challenging the Goliaths, and offering creative, sustainable solutions from the ground-up.


Castro Theater Saturday Nov 16th – 6:00pm
The Glow of White Women- Dir: Yunus Vally, South Africa, 2007, 78 mins
Bad-boy Indian raconteur Yunus Vally was convinced that the virgins of paradise would all be white. Vally's probing and provocative doc examines images of white women in the dark continent and playfully deconstructs his sexual politics in South Africa under apartheid.

Castro Theater Saturday Nov 16th – 7:45pm
Slumdog Millionaire - Dir: Danny Boyle, 2008, UK/USA, 120 mins
Feel the 'heat, sweat and street life of Mumbai' in Danny Boyle's (Trainspotting) sensational roller-coaster ride, which charts Jamal's rise from the slums of Bombay to TV game show millionaire. Audience Award, Toronto Film Fest.



http://www.thirdi.org/festival/film/index_film.htm