Indie Meme Film Festival @ Austin 2017 Schedule

 **Please note: schedule subject to change**
All screenings are at REGAL ARBOR, Great Hills
All Films have ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Promo Credit: Askadinya Designs inc.       |      Music credit Parth Acharya
The winner of the "AUDIENCE AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM" at IMFF2017 is...
MUKTI BHAWAN
THURSDAY APRIL 20th
Meme-er Night (open to Badge Holders & INDIE MEME Members)
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
​Informal MEMBER MIXER at theater
7:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Shor se Shuruat (An Anthology)  (FEATURE - India/Anthology/Fiction/ Hindi & English)
Shor Se Shuruaat" is an omnibus feature of mentored short films, around the central theme of "Shor"- noise. These films have been made by budding directors, mentored by some of India's leading filmmakers. ​
9:20 pm - 9:40 pm
Q/A (Producer Raghavan Bhardwaj in attendance)​​
FRIDAY APRIL 21st
Opening Night & After-party
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
Red Carpet at the theatre
​7:15 pm- 9:00 pm
An Insignificant Man (India / Documentary / Hindi & English)
At the heart of An Insignificant Man is the most polarising man in India today – Arvind Kejriwal
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Q/A (Filmmakers Vinay Shukla & Khushboo Ranka in attendance)
9:30 pm- 11:00 pm
OPENING NIGHT PARTY at Manuel's Great Hills - for All Access Badge holders
SATURDAY APRIL 22nd
​11:00 am- 1:00 pm
Leeches (SHORT - India/Fiction/ Urdu & Dakhani) 
​Parting (FEATURE - Iran/Afghanistan / Fiction / Farsi & Dari)  
“Parting” follows young Afghans in love and on the move. Years after the woman leaves the country with her parents to seek refuge in Iran, her admirer seeks her out for a journey to Turkey, Europe and a better life.
1:45 pm- 3:45 pm
The New Machine (SHORT - US/ Fiction /English) 
The Cinema Travellers (FEATURE - India / Documentary/ Hindi & Marathi)
​A benevolent showman, a shrewd exhibitor and a maverick projector mechanic bear a beautiful burden - to keep the last traveling cinemas of the world running.
4:15 pm - 6:30 pm
 Chronicles of Hari (FEATURE - India / Fiction /Kannada)
​“Harikatha Prasanga” (Chronicles of Hari) is set in a coastal town of southern India. It narrates the story of a Yakshagana artist Hari who has gained extreme popularity portraying female roles.
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​(Q&A post screening with Filmmaker Ananya Kasaravalli in attendance)
7:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Sameer & the Giant Samosa (SHORT - US /Fiction /English )
Phobia (FEATURE - India / Fiction /Hindi)
​A psychological thriller, the film stars Radhika Apte in the leading role as Mehak, an artist suffering from severe agoraphobia.
​SUNDAY APRIL 23rd​​
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Robe (SHORT - Myanmar /Fiction / Burmese )
​White sun  (FEATURE - Nepal / Fiction / Nepalese)​
​A portrait of post-civil war Nepal during the fragile deadlocked peace process as Anti-regime partisan Chandra confronts physical, social and political obstacles for his father's funeral.
2:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Me, Chabbar & Abu Chachu (SHORT - Pakistan/Documentary / Punjabi, Urdu, English )
​Hotel Salvation (Mukti Bhawan)  (FEATURE - India / Fiction / Hindi)
​Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey.
5:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Foren (SHORT - US / Fiction / Gujrati)
Lipstick Under my Burkha  (FEATURE - India / Fiction / Hindi)
​Set in the small town of Bhopal the film chronicles the secret lives of four women in search of a little freedom. Though stifled and trapped in their worlds, these four women claim their desires through small acts of courage and stealthy rebellion.