Indian Film Festival of Houston

About the Event

Schedule:

4:30 pm
Opening Remarks and Welcome Address

4:45 pm
Agent of Happiness - Documentary Film
Director: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbo
Duration: 94 minutes
Language: Dzongkha, Nepali (English subtitles). English
Synopsis: Primed to be the happiest country in the world, Bhutan invented the Gross National Happiness Index. As Amber embarks on a cross-country road trip with a colleague, Agent of Happiness reveals itself to be an ingenious, absorbing ethnographic portrait of a society reeling under the weight of its own loneliness.

6:20 pm
Free as a Bird - Short Film
Director: Aditya Khude
Duration: 16 minutes
Language: Hindi (English subtitles), English
Actors: Ashish Vidyarthi, Shrikant Yadav. Varsha Dandale, Parna Pethe, Siddharth Menon
Synopsis: Set in the bustling city of Mumbai, the story is about a lower-middle-class family living in a small one-room kitchen. Raj and Priya, who aspire to a more prosperous future, go through a humiliating incident on their anniversary at the beach, where they become entangled in a police raid.

6:40
Entertainment by Moodafaruka and Reception
Mixing Flamenco, Middle Eastern, Spanish and Western motifs, Moodafaruka creates a tapestry of sound that is both familiar and new. The Global community is burgeoning into a multicultural, multicolored, multilingual village. Moodafaruka seeks to remind people of the common values we share, to honor our differences, and promote the celebration of life through music.

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