2025 AIFF Movie Screening Schedule
Tara Theater, 2345 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30324
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| September 27th 2025 | |||
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| Schedule | Movie (Director) | Category / Language | Summary |
| 12.30 – 12.50 p.m (19.55 min) | The Great Giant Wheel of Life (Mohammed Ali Rukadikar) |
Short / Hindi | A pick-pocket at a local fair is in for a shock, when one of the stolen wallets contains a suicide note. Now, he needs to find the owner of the wallet and save her before it’s too late. |
| 12.50 – 1.20 p.m (30 min) | Mera School (Ganesh Chowgule) |
Short / Hindi | Mera School is the inspiring journey of Vijay Sawant, a bright and determined boy from a poor rural family who dares to dream beyond his hardships. |
| 1.20 – 1.50 p.m (30 min) | Ru Ba Ru (Kapil Tanwar) |
Short / Rajasthani | Two sisters—one a rudali (professional mourner), the other a nachaniya (dancer)—navigate survival, dignity, and womanhood in rural Rajasthan. |
| 1.50 – 2.01 p.m (10.37 min) | TT (Charles Leo Panadan) |
Short | A man suffering from memory loss encounters a furious stranger who shares his face — their meeting unfolding at the edge of a cliff. |
| 2.01 – 2.30 p.m (19 min) INTERVIEWS | |||
| 2.30 – 3.00 p.m (30 min) BREAK | |||
| 3.00 – 3.29 p.m (28.42 min) | Ek Wajah (The Reason) (Sushank Verma) |
Short / Hindi | The film captures the struggle of two souls torn between their love for each other and the harsh realities imposed by the world around them, questioning whether love can transcend barriers of community and prejudice. |
| 3.29 – 3.45 p.m (15.41 min) | Badlav Republic (Manahar Kumar) |
Short / Hindi | Women leaders inculcate the pursuit of knowledge and growth to kids and men in a local community in India. - Badalav (Change) Republic |
| 3.45 – 4.22 p.m (37 min) | 2 Khet (Jagat Joon) |
Short / Hindi | Manni and his brother’s peaceful life takes a dramatic turn when a wealthy property dealer visits their home with a lucrative offer. |
| 4.22 – 4.44 p.m (21.57 min) | The Daily Bread (GIRRD) (Anil Kumar Anand) |
Short / Kashmiri | In a Kashmiri village, Mainnuna (30) and her husband Ziya run a bakery, struggling to survive. Mocked for his torn pheran, Ziya asks Mainnuna for a new one after securing a bread order for her friend’s engagement. |
| 4.44 – 5.15 p.m (31 min) INTERVIEWS | |||
| 5.15 – 5.45 p.m (30 min) BREAK | |||
| 5.45 – 7.13 p.m (88 min) | Omlo (Sonu Randeep Chowdhary) |
Feature / Rajasthani | Omlo’s narrative unfolds around the co-relation between a 7-year-old child, Omlo and a camel. The tale delves into the profound impact of how one treats family members compared to animals, creating an atmosphere of confinement, suppression, and fear within the family dynamic. |
| 7.13 – 7.45 p.m (30 min) INTERVIEWS | |||
| September 28th 2025 | |||
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| Schedule | Movie (Director) | Category / Language | Summary |
| 12.30 – 12.40 p.m (19.40 min) | Louis (Akshay Shirke) |
Short / English | "Louis" is a short film that explores how grief is experienced in Indian immigrant communities, focusing on a father and son. |
| 12.40 – 1.00 p.m (20min) | Vyarth(in vain) (Pankaj Dayani) |
Short / Hindi | Tired of being typecast, underrated actress Bhumi is crushed when she's offered the role of a 'mother.' But when her younger flatmate, Meenakshi, asks for help with the same audition, Bhumi wonders if it's time to let go of her dreams. |
| 1.00 – 1.15 p.m (15.2 min) | The cycle (Arpita Mukahrjee) |
Short / Hindi | The cycle is a story of a 24, overweght and demure daughter in law trying to balance her health with her family responsibilities |
| 1.15 p.m – 1.50 p.m (10.37 min) | The Last Riot (Darshan Dave) |
Short | A film on the co existence of two communities in the city of Jaipur, the tussle and an unthinkable, unconventional, out of the box solution, it's a satire with a very unpredictable and jolting end. |
| 1.50 – 2.20p.m (20 min) INTERVIEWS | |||
| 2.20 – 2.45 p.m (25 min) BREAK | |||
| 2.45 – 3.07 p.m (21.33 min) | Silent Cycle (Smahi Anand) |
Short / Hindi | In a modest Indian household, 12-year-old Vrinda gets her first period during a Navratri puja, facing the stigma of menstruation and outdated traditions Her grandmother Lata insists on using unsanitary cloth rags, while her mother Aruna offers conflicted support. |
| 3.07 – 3.29 p.m (21.34 min) | Fragments of Us (Sushanth Nallapareddy) |
Short / Telugu | A journey of a South Asian couple in Texas as they navigate the complexities of love, marriage, and personal growth, while their relationship stands on the edge of change. |
| 3.29 p.m– 3.42 p.m (12.34 min) | Analog (Sanjeev Kumar) |
Short / English | This short thriller delves into the complexities of one South Asian immigrant - Aditya, whose relentless pursuit of success strains his family ties. |
| 3.42 p.m – 3.50 p.m (7.31min) | Jahan-The Last Gift (Rahul Dayanand Shetty) |
Short / Hindi | Tiger Shroff comes home after a long day, tossing a used plastic water bottle aside and relaxing on his sofa. Suddenly, he awakens to a dystopian future where the Earth is ravaged by pollution and destruction. |
| 3.50 p.m – 4.20 p.m (30 min) INTERVIEWS | |||
| 4.20 p.m – 4.50 p.m (30 min) BREAK | |||
| 4.50 p.m – 7.02 p.m (88 min) | Rasa (Angith and Preetish Jayaraj) |
Feature / Hindi | The story follows an aspiring chef who apprentices with a celebrated kitchen head whose dishes are said to evoke specific emotions in diners |
| 7.02 p.m– 7.30 p.m (28min) INTERVIEW WITH SHISHIR SHARMA | |||
| 7.02 p.m onwards – AWARDS | |||
Please silence your smartphone. No texting or talking during screenings. Enjoy a variety of snacks prepared by Akash Patel at concessions.
