VISAFF 2018 OPENING GALA

Join us for the opening of VISAFF 2018, with a red carpet affair, cocktails and canapes, and inspired conversation. The gala includes dinner and the North American premiere of "Mehsampur", Kabir Singh Choudhry's meta-fiction film based on the life of Amar Singh Chamkila, which recently won the Grand Jury Prize for India Gold at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.

PRE-RECEPTION AND RED CARPET: 6pm

FILM SCREENING OF MEHSAMPUR (MOCUMENTARY): 8 - 9:45pm (followed by Q&A with Kabir Chowdhry)

A desperate filmmaker drives a neurotic actress and an aging musician to a village of trauma in this 'mocumentary', based on the life and death of legendary Punjabi singer Amar Singh Chamkila.With some of Chamkila and Amarjot’s associates playing versions of themselves, this provocative and sexually explicit film blurs the line between fiction and reality.

Producer: Kabir Singh Chowdhry, Akshay Singh | Director: Kabir Singh Chowdhry | Country of Origin: India | Language: Punjabi

LIGHT DINNER AND COCKTAILS: 9:45-10:30pm

Director, Kabir Chowdhry and Creative Producer, Sapna Moti Bhavnani will be in attendance.

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