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The '''India International Film Festival''' ('''IIFF''') '''of Tampa Bay''' takes place annually in [[Tampa, Florida]]. IIFF's mission is to provide "a platform for increased awareness of Indian cinema and culture to the community by promoting films and industry professionals representing the diversity of India."<ref>"About IIFF." ''India International Film Festival of Tampa Bay.'' 2010. Web. <http://iifftampa.com/2010/aboutiiff.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519163141/http://www.iifftampa.com/2010/aboutiiff.html |date=2011-05-19 }}>.</ref><ref>"India International Film Festival of Tampa Bay." ''Filmmakers, Withoutabox.'' Web. 3 January 2013. <https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=8604 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223002421/https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=8604 |date=2012-12-23 }}>.</ref> The films featured at the festival include feature films, short films, and documentaries that are produced by Indians, films with Indian actors or actresses, or films with Indian themes.<ref>"About IIFF," 2010.</ref> The festival takes place over the course of three days and includes a red carpet, Indian food, and various entertainment, including music and dance performances.<ref>George, Justin. "India International Film Festival Opens Feb. 17 in Tampa and Points to Growth of the South Asian Community. " ''Tampa Bay Times.'' 17 February 2012. Web. 2 January 2013. <https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/india-international-film-festival-opens-feb-17-in-tampa-and-points-to/1215569/>.</ref><ref>Priyanka, Vidisha. "Indian Film Fest Celebrates Human Spirit, Grit." ''TBO Extra.'' 16 February 2011. Web. 2 January 2013. <http://www2.tboextra.com/entertainment/tboextra-movies/2011/feb/16/indian-film-fest-celebrates-human-spirit-grit-ar-268237/{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}>.</ref>

The fourth annual festival took place February 15, 2013 to February 17, 2013.<ref>"India International Film Festival of Tampa Bay." ''Filmmakers, Withoutabox''.</ref>

== History ==
IIFF was founded by Francis Vayalumkal,<ref>Guzzo, Paul, and the Center for Understanding Modern Indian American Culture (CUMIAC). ''From Indians to Indian Americans: How Tampa Bay's Indian Community Was Built.'' Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2012. 79-84. Print.</ref> Rahul Korlipara, and Rachna Dinkar
in February, 2010. It was originally sponsored by the Indo-US Chamber of Commerce.<ref>Hutcheson, Nicole. "Tampa Bay Festivals, Theaters and Temples Indicate How Indian Community Has Grown and Flourished. " ''Tampa Bay Times.'' 21 February 2010. Web. 2 January 2013. <[https://archive.today/20130220140529/http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1074821.ece]>.</ref>

There were approximately 3,000 attendees in 2012,<ref>Cashill, Margaret. "India International Film Festival Develops Following." ''Tampa Bay Business Journal''. 27 February 2012. Web. 3 January 2013. <http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blog/morning-edition/2012/02/india-international-film-festival.html>.</ref> 2,500 attendees in 2011,<ref name="George">George, 2012.
</ref> and 1,000 attendees in 2010.<ref>Hutcheson, 2010.</ref>

== 2013 Film Screenings ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast
|-
| [[Listen Amaya]] || Avinash Kumar Singh ||
|-
| Yoga Is: A Transformational Journey || Suzanne Bryant ||
|-
| Indelible || Pavitra Chalam ||
|-
| Planes, Trains & Autorickshaws || Scott Sheppard ||
|-
| ''[[A Gran Plan]]'' || Sangeeta Nambiar ||
|-
| Jana Gana Mana || Vijay Das ||
|-
| Shaya || Amir Noorani ||
|-
| Larry Brought Lemon || Ujjwal Patel ||
|-
| Ehsaas || Sunil Nair ||
|-
| Daadi || David Stoler ||
|-
| Sidekick (3D Animation) || Amrinder Jassar ||
|-
| [[Gattu]] || [[Rajan Khosa]] ||
|-
| [[Vishwaroopam]] || [[Kamal Haasan]] ||
|-
| Leaving Home || Robert Richter ||
|-
| Sambhavna || Joseph Malone ||
|-
| Saari Raat || Parimal Aloke ||
|-
| Party || Santosh Davakhar ||
|-
| Do Pahar || Shazia Shrivastava & Sharifa Roy ||
|-
| Un.Kahi || Samrat DasGupta ||
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20121213162724/http://www.littleterrorsfilm.com/ Little Terrors] || Maninder Chana ||
|-
| [[Highway (2012 Nepali film)|Highway]] || Deepak Rauniyar ||
|-
| [[Paanch Adhyay]] || [[Pratim D. Gupta|Pratim DasGupta]] ||
|-
| [[Valley of Saints (film)|Valley of Saints]] || Musa Syeed ||
|}

== 2012 Film Screenings ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast
|-
| Love, Wrinkle - Free || Sandeep Mohan || [[Ash Chandler]], [[Shernaz Patel]], Seema Rahmani, Sohrab Ardeshir, [[Ashwin Mushran]], Arika Silaichia, Tensin Dasang
|-
| Adwait Sangeet || Makarand Brahme ||
|-
| [[Aadukalam]] (The Arena) || [[Vetrimaaran]] || [[Dhanush]], Velraj Rajamani, [[Tapsee Pannu]]
|-
| The Great Indian Marriage Bazaar || Ruchika Muchhala ||
|-
| [[Shuttlecock Boys]] || Hemant Gaba || Aakar Kaushik, Manish Nawani, Alok Kumar, Vijay Prateek
|-
| [[Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish]] || [[Deepti Naval]] || [[Manisha Koirala]], [[Rajit Kapur]], Sanaj Naval
|-
| [[Love You to Death (2012 film)|Love You to Death]] || Rafeeq Ellias || Yuki Ellias, Carl Sequeria, Leonid Kudryavtsev, [[Sheeba Chaddha]], [[Suhasini Mulay]], Sohrab Ardeshir
|-
| Porn Masala || Ken Kwek || Vadi PVSS, Adrian Pang
|-
| The Myth of Buddha's Birthplace || James Freeman ||
|-
| Paulwaat (The Pathway) || Aditya Ingale || Subodh Bhave, Jyoti Bhandekar
|-
| Patang (The Kite) || [[Prashant Bhargava]] || [[Seema Biswas]], [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], [[Sugandha Garg]]
|-
| [[Love, Lies and Seeta]] || [[Chandra Pemmaraju]] || [[Melanie Kannokada]], Arjun Gupta, Michael Derek, Lavrenti Lopes
|-
| A Little Revolution - A Story of Suicide & Dreams || Harpreet Kaur ||
|-
| Your Own is Your Own || Anjay Nagpal ||
|-
| Fire in Our Hearts || Jayshree Janu Kharpade ||
|-
| Letters Home || Neilesh Verma ||
|-
| Have I Shared Too Much? || Sameer Acharya ||
|-
| The 5 || [[Ravi Kapoor]] ||
|-
| According to Plan A || Anuj Nijhawan ||
|-
| Set in Stone || Divij Roopchand ||
|-
| Bureaucracy Sonata || Vinay Shukla ||
|-
| Maaya Getting Born || Anand Raghavan ||
|-
| Anoochcharito (Unuttered)|| Sourav Sarkar ||
|-
| Sati Shaves Her Head || [[Tejal Shah]]||
|-
| Wind || Manik Andan ||
|-
| Always There || Jayesh Pillai ||
|-
| The Ballad of Sandeep || [[Derek Frey]] || [[Deep Roy]]
|-
| [[Another Day Another Life (short film)|Another Day Another Life]] || [[Rohit Gupta]] || Benjamin Jacobs, Amneek Sandhu
|-
| Nu Me (New Me)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOaxJil7Y7k | Watch "Nu Me"</ref><ref>http://www.nukkad-usa.org | Nukkad-USA Productions</ref> || Anjani K Pandey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3671226/|title=Anjani Pandey|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> || John Von Trapp, Anjani K Pandey, Barbara Wilcox, Jay Cannon, Tamara Austin, Rebecca Ladd
|-
| Uncoupled || Monica Bassi ||
|-
| The Coffee || Hemant Dinkar ||
|}

== 2011 Film Screenings ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast
|-
| Ashes || [[Ajay Naidu]] || [[Heather Burns]], [[Ajay Naidu]], [[Piper Perabo]], [[Faran Tahir]], [[Samrat Chakrabarti]], Reena Shah
|-
| Huppa Huiyya || Anil Surve || Mohan Joshi, Ushna Nadkarni, Ganesh Yadav, Mangesh Desai, Maansi Mangikar, Vaibhav Mangale, Kushai Badrike, Nilesh Divekar, Poonam Jadhav
|-
| [[Prasthanam]] (The Rise and Fall of a Person) || [[Deva Katta]] || [[Sharwanand]], [[Ruby Parihar]], [[Sai Kumar (Telugu actor)|Sai Kumar]], [[Vennela Kishore]], [[Sundeep Kishan]]
|-
| I am... || Ramesh Devu || Scott Mccabe, Wendy Nguyen, Bert Van Aalsburg
|-
| Topi || Arjun Rihan || Sarah Zerina Usmen, Ludwig Goransson, Sunil Rihan, Mala Rihan, Gurushish Dhupar, Naila Azad, Subash Kundanmal
|-
| Fresh Arrangement || Monica Bassi || Monica Bassi, Amit Lamba, Jeremiah Jett, Sujatha Chetty
|-
| The Eclipse of Taregna || Rakesh Chaudhary || Surendra Rajan, Purav Bhandare, Geetika Tyagi, Saagar Kale, Ashutosh Warang, Jimmy Peters, Sachin Tawde
|-
| Fatakra || Soham Mehta || [[Samrat Chakrabarti]], Meena Serendib, Ritik Goyal, Raj Vats
|-
| Shakti Pirakkudhu (Shakti Rising) || Usha Rajeswari || [[Devadarshini]], Sashi, Sampatth, Vishalini, Soori, Manaswini, T.K. Kala, Malar, Satyasree, Dr. S. Raghuraman, Madurai Annakamatchi
|-
| I Met with an Accident || Trevord Ward || Benedict Das
|-
| [[Life! Camera Action...]] || [[Rohit Gupta]] || [[Dipti Mehta]], Shaheed K. Woods, Noor Naghmi, John Crann, Subodh Batra, Swati Kapila, Jyothi Singh, Nina Mehta, Chelsi Stahr
|-
| [[Udaan (2010 film)|Udaan]] || [[Vikramaditya Motwane]] || [[Anurag Kashyap]], [[Ronnie Screwvala]], Sanjay Singh
|-
| I am Kalam || Nila Madhab Panda || Harsh Mayar, Hussan Saad, Gulshan Grover, Beatrice Ordeix
|-
| Visible Bra Straps || Ajitesh Sharma || Petra Khruz, Reeth Mazumder
|-
| [[Dhobi Ghat (film)|Dhobi Ghat]] || [[Kiran Rao]] || [[Aamir Khan]], [[Prateik Babbar]], [[Monica Dogra]]
|-
| A Journey in My Mother's Footsteps || Dina Rosenmeier || Dina Rosenmeier, Jessie Rosenmeier, Joern Rosenmeier, Mohinder Singh, Nergis Udwadia, Shaila Samuel, Viji Iyengar
|-
| [[Cocktail (2010 film)|Cocktail]] || [[Arun Kumar Aravind|Arun Kumar]] || [[Jayasurya]], [[Anoop Menon]], [[Samvrutha Sunil]], [[Fahad Fazil]], Innocent [[Mamukkoya]]
|-
| [[Dams: The Lethal Water Bombs]] || [[Sohan Roy]] || Vijo Alex, Tony Kurian, Vipin Viswan, Saj Matthews, Rajesh Nair
|-
| Still Voices || Tamal Sen || [[Gaurav Dwivedi]], Paru Gambhir, Kaushik Ghosh, Shahidur Rahaman, Prasenjit Ghosh, Sudipto Shankar Roy
|-
| You Can't Curry Love || Reid Waterer || Ashwin Gore, Russell Reynolds, Rajan Velu, Rakshak Sahni, Upasana Beharee, William Vega, Frederic Chaignat
|-
| Nerd of the Ring || Gowtham Bachina || Charles Marina, Michael Kuya, Zuri Bella, John Phillips, Saladin Florence, Corey Richards, Madaline Berube, Tilly, Trevor Teichmann, Aaron Phillips, Kole
|-
| Soy Milk || Veeran Naran || Djon Alexander, Mark Silveira, Lisa Emmanuel, Stefan Duscio, Nathalie Resciniti, Michael Latham, Juliet Hill, David Balaban
|-
| Esha || [[Reza Dahya]] || Albina Nahar, Adam Sidawi, Ashton Bishop, Chantal Hazineh, Christopher Lee Grant, Adam Crosby
|-
| A Girl Like You with a Boy Like Me || Ruben Amar || James Rana, Frank X, Allison Carter Thomas, Joan Chemia, Rick Adamson, Ryan Samuel, Jennifer Lilly
|-
| [[Shukno Lanka]] (Dry Red Chillies) || [[Gaurav Pandey]] || [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Debashree Roy]], Sabyasachi Chakraborty [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]], [[Emma Brown Garett]], [[Angana Bose]], [[Saheb Chatterjee]], Nandinil Chaterjee, [[Arindam Sil]], Chattrapati Dutta, Suman De, Late Kunal Mitra
|-
| Blood & Curry || Atul Sharma || Atul Sharma, Angie Light, Raghu Bhagat, Dhara Mehta, Sathya Jesudason, Abhi Trivedi, [[Fagun Thakrar]], Ilona Maitra, Nicole Layson, Parminder Sidhu, Robbie Rosario, Robert P. Campbell
|-
| [[Life Goes On (2009 film)|Life Goes On]] || Sangeeta Datta || [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Girish Karnad]], [[Om Puri]], [[Soha Ali Khan]], Rez Kempton, Neerja Naik, Christopher Hatherall, Mukulika Banerjee, [[Misha Crosby]], Tom Reed
|}

== 2010 Film Screenings ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast
|-
| 7 Days in Slow Motion || Umakanth Thumrugotl || Teja, Kunai Sharma, Shiva Varma, [[Rajeshwari Sachdev]], Ayesha Jaleel
|-
| [[Amal (2007 film)|Amal]] || [[Richie Mehta]] || [[Rupinder Nagra]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Seema Biswas]], [[Koel Purie]], [[Roshan Seth]], [[Vik Sahay]]
|-
| Bombay Summer || Joseph Matthew Varghese || [[Tannishtha Chatterjee]], Jatin Goswami, [[Samrat Chakrabarti]], [[Gaurav Dwivedi]]
|-
| [[Little Zizou]] || [[Sooni Taraporevala]] || [[Boman Irani]], Sohrab Ardeshir, Zenobia Shroff, [[Shernaz Patel]], [[Imaad Shah]], [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]
|-
| [[Tahaan]] || [[Santosh Sivan]] || Purav Bhandare, [[Anupam Kher]], [[Sarika]], [[Rahul Bose]], [[Victor Banerjee]], Rahul Kanna [[Rahul Khanna]]
|-
| [[Gulabi Talkies]] || [[Girish Kasaravalli]] || [[Umashree]], K.G. Krishna Murthy, M.D. Pallavi, Poornima Mohan a/k/a [[Poornima Indrajith]], Ashok Sandip
|-
| [[Gabhricha Paus]] (The Damned Rain) || Satish Manwar || [[Girish Kulkarni]], [[Sonali Kulkarni]], [[Jyoti Subhash]], Veena Jamkar, Ammanul Attar
|-
| [[Kanchivaram]] || [[Priyadarshan]] || [[Prakash Raj]], Shriya Reddy [[Sriya Reddy]], [[Shammu]], [[Geetha Vijayan]]
|-
| [[Pazhassi Raja (2009 film)|Pazhassi Raja]] || [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]] || [[Mammootty]], Sarath Kumar [[R. Sarathkumar]], [[Thilakan]], [[Suresh Krishna (actor)|Suresh Krishna]], [[Manoj K. Jayan]], Kaniha a/k/a [[Kanika (actress)|Kanika]], Padmapriya a/k/a [[Padmapriya Janakiraman]]
|-
| The Salt Stories || Lalit Vachani || Mrinal Desal, Anita Kushwaha, Lalit Vachani, Menno Boerema
|-
| Anything for You || Anand Alagappan || Sam Ghosh, Julie Fine, [[Pooja Kumar]], Aaron Mathias
|-
| [[Chath: A Roof Without Walls]] || [[Hyder Bilgrami]] & Tirthankar Das || Sanjay Malhotra, Llyakat Khan, Charu Gupta, Sarah Tyler, Shayna Glassman
|-
| [[Wake Up Sid]] || [[Ayan Mukerji]] || [[Ranbir Kapoor]], [[Konkona Sen Sharma]], Namit Das, [[Rahul Khanna]], [[Anupam Kher]], [[Kainaz Motivala]], [[Supriya Pathak]], [[Kashmera Shah]]
|-
| Kissing Miss Jones || Chandra Pemmaraju || [[Lavrenti Lopes]], Khushboo Shah, Christopher Peuler, Meredith Dillard, Julie Donahue, Kyle Donahue, Collin James, Aaron Katter, Nadia Rahman, Aditi P. Solanki
|-
| Sukrit's Sundays || Vasant Nath ||
|-
| Ismael || Ambarish Manepalli ||
|-
| Kavi || Gregg Helvey || Sagar Salunke, Ulhas Tayade, Rajesh Kumar, Madhavi Juvekar, Debu Bhattacharya, Rishi Raj Singh, Mukesh Barahti
|}

== Film School ==
IIFF was the first South Asian Film Festival in the United States to hold an independent film school for aspiring filmmakers. It was started in 2012.<ref name="George" /><ref>"India International Film Festival of Tampa Bay." ''Filmmakers, Withoutabox.''</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* India International Film Festival http://iifftampa.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605045725/http://iifftampa.com/ |date=2013-06-05 }}
* Indo-US Chamber of Commerce http://www.indo-us.org



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Abhishek Mandal at 13:16, 28 October 2025