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The Seventh Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) seeks
narrative, documentary, music videos, experimental, children's and
animated films of any length and format.

IFFLA will run from April 21-26, 2009 at ArcLight Hollywood, a
state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Los Angeles. Jury
and Audience Choice Prizes will be awarded for Best Feature,
Documentary and Short film.

IFFLA 2008 had over 7,000 attendees and screened about 40 films from
India and around the world. In addition to the high-quality
presentation of their work, filmmakers in attendance gained access,
through the festival, to an eclectic mix of professionals from the Los
Angeles film industry.

Films previously premiered at the festival include AMAL (Richie
Mehta), FROZEN (Shivajee Chandrabhushan), WATER (Deepa Mehta), VANAJA
(Rajnesh Domalpalli), BLACK FRIDAY (Anurag Kashyap), A PECK ON THE
CHEEK (Mani Rathnam), HARI OM (Bharatbala), CHOKER BALI (Rituparno
Ghosh), A TALE OF A NAUGHTY GIRL (Buddhadeb Dasgupta), and MR. AND
MRS. IYER (Aparna Sen) among others.

Check out what our 2008 filmmakers had to say about their festival
experience here
http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/Filmmaker09_Videos/Filmmaker2009EPK_We....

Final submission deadline is January 9, 2009.

For further information on the Festival, as well as the submission
form and guidelines, please visit www.indianfilmfestival.org.

The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) is a nonprofit
organization devoted to promoting a greater appreciation of Indian
cinema by showcasing films about India and the diverse perspectives of
the Indian Diaspora.

from LA Culture net