8th Annual MIAAC Film Festival

Venue: New York City
Deadline for Submissions: July 15, 2008
Eligibility: Films made by filmmakers of South Asian origin living in the Diaspora; or Projects by non-South Asians with South Asian content, cast or crew. Projects from the Indian Subcontinent with a uniquevoice/message and considered Independent by the industry

The Last festival was attended by over 7,000 film lovers and attracted unprecedented press attention. Some of our past festival projects have been/won awards at the Tribeca Film Festival, IFP Market, Mumbai International Film Festival, Breakthrough Human Rights Film Festival, MOMA Directors' Fortnight series and many more.

Previous festivals have showcased a wide range of South Asian film-makers from veterans like Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta & Gurinder Chadha, Nagesh Kukunoor to relatively new voices like Shonali Bose, Nisha Ganatra, Smriti Mundhra, Ali Kazimi, Ashwin Kumar and more.

Meet the media, film distributors festival programmers, industry insiders at screenings, panels, discussions and after-parties. 6 Achievement Awards in cash and trophies presented to outstanding talent at the Awards Ceremony immediately after the Closing night screening.