Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Announces 2013 Dates and Call for Entries

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Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Announces 2013 Dates and Call for Entries
HOLLYWOOD, CA (September 10, 2012) - The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
 (IFFLA) announced its 2013 dates and call for entries today. The 11th edition of the
 festival will be held April 9-14, 2013, at ArcLight Hollywood, located in the heart of Los
 Angeles.

The early deadline with reduced fees for all film submissions is November 16, 2012. The
 final deadline is January 11, 2013. IFFLA 2013 seeks narrative, documentary, music
 videos, experimental, children's and animated films of any length and format. Jury and
 Audience Choice prizes are awarded for Best Feature, Best Documentary and Best Short
 films.

IFFLA 2012, the film fest’s 10th anniversary edition, had over 7,500 attendees, screened
 33 films and hosted 45 filmmakers from India and around the world. In addition to the
 state-of-the-art exhibition of their work, through the festival, filmmakers in attendance
 gained access to prominent executives in the Hollywood film industry.

The 10th anniversary celebrations launched with the Opening Night Gala world
 premiere presentation of Bedabrata Pain’s CHITTAGONG, and concluded with the Los
 Angeles premiere of Prashant Bhargava’s PATANG starring Seema Biswas who was in
 attendance.

Other highlights included the presentation of the 2012 IFFLA Industry Leadership
 Awards to Kishore Lulla, Group Executive Chairman of Eros International, Michelle
 Satter, founding director of the Sundance Institute's Feature Film Program, and Alesia
 Weston, head of the international division of Sundance Institute's year-round Feature
 Film Program; seminars with rising Indian-American executives in mainstream American
 film and television as panelists; Special Family Day featuring enacted story-time and
 other children’s activities; and nightly musical performances in the IFFLA Rhythm
 Village presented by Rukus Avenue.

Previous IFFLA screenings include: UDAAN (Vikramaditya Motwane), MUMBAI
 DIARIES (Kiran Rao), 3 IDIOTS (Rajkumar Hirani), AMELIA (Mira Nair), SLUMDOG
 MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle), FIRAAQ (Nandita Das), SITA SINGS THE BLUES
 (Nina Paley), THE WAITING CITY (Claire McCarthy), QUICK GUN MURUGUN
 (Shashank Ghosh), WATER (Deepa Mehta), LOINS OF PUNJAB PRESENTS (Manish
 Acharya), DOMBIVLI FAST (Nishikant Kamat), VANAJA (Rajnesh Domalpalli), and
 BLACK FRIDAY (Anurag Kashyap) among others.

For more information on the Festival, including submission form and guidelines, please
 visit www.indianfilmfestival.org.

ABOUT IFFLA

The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) is a nonprofit organization devoted
 to a greater appreciation of Indian cinema and culture by showcasing films, honoring
 entertainment industry performers and business executives and promoting the diverse
 perspectives of the Indian Diaspora. For more information about the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, please visit www.indianfilmfestival.org.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contact for IFFLA:
 Preeti Chandan
 Tel: 951.415.8908
 pchandan@indianfilmfestival.org