The 21st edition of the New York Indian Film Festival will take place online from 4–13 June 2021. The festival will open with Prithvi Konnanura's Pinki Elli? (Where Is Pinki?, 2020) and close with Ajitpal Singh's Fire In The Mountains (2021).
Pinki Elli? follows the story of a young couple in Bengaluru in search of their eight-month-old daughter who goes missing from their house in a slum. The film was premiered at the International Film Festival of Kerala earlier this year. The film was also screened in the Global Vision segment at the 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival in April.
Times are tough and there is a lot of suffering. But we @nyindianff made a commitment to our audience in the US and elsewhere. The show must go on. Here are highlights of @nyindianff 21st edition, powered by @MovieSaints. Opening/ closing films #WheresPinky & #FireInTheMountains. pic.twitter.com/77Laitsu5min the
— Aseem Chhabra (@chhabs) May 5, 2021
Fire In The Mountains was premiered at the Sundance International Film Festival earlier this year.
This edition of the NYIFF will also see two documentaries, Ahimsa – Gandhi: The Power Of The Powerless and Women Of My Billions find space as centrepiece shows.
And we are showing two powerful documentaries as centerpiece #AhimaGandhiThePowerOfThePowerless and #WOMBWomenOfMyBillions. pic.twitter.com/cGVEbRpnEx
— Aseem Chhabra (@chhabs) May 5, 2021
The documentary Ahimsa is part of the festival's theme to celebrate the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
Sponsored by MovieSaints.com, the festival will take place virtually from 4–13 June.