London Indian Film Festival 2023 programme line-up announced
The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) and Birmingham Indian Film Festival has announced a selected season of films and shorts premieres in June, with a larger programme returning in September across the UK.
The June season, supported in London by the Bagri Foundation, includes the European premiere of multi-starrer ‘The Storyteller’ directed by Ananth Mahadevan on 22nd June at BFI Southbank and 23rd June at MAC Birmingham. This sumptuous film is based on the writings of Satyajit Ray and includes charming performances from Indian arthouse stalwarts Paresh Rawal as a struggling writer with Adil Hussain and Tannistha Chatterjee amongst the glittering cast.
Winning awards at Toronto International Film Festival and Palm Springs International Film Festival high-impact documentary ‘To Kill A Tiger’ comes to the UK, with the harrowing, but ultimately hopeful story of a village teenager and her loving father, who fearlessly take on their society, demanding justice, when the young woman is attacked by a group of men.
A special showcase at the festival are new British Asian movies including a special preview of comedy drama ‘The Effects of Lying’ prior to its ITVX release, with an all-star British cast including Laila Rouass, Mark Williams, Navin Chowdhry, Ace Bhatti and Bhasker Patel.
The festival is to present a classic showcase at Barbican of two award-winning features of director Deepa Mehta and starring actor Nandita Das, ‘Fire and Earth’.
Completing the June in-cinema season is the festival’s most popular annual shorts programme ‘Too Desi Too Queer’, which will include the world premiere of documentary ‘Discovering Kali – 25 years of the Legendary Club’.
Alongside the cinema season the festival are presenting a range of shorts packages online on BFI Player from 22nd June.
The main film festival in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds will take place between 7- 14 September and is expected to showcase premieres of features, documentaries and shorts, as well as new South Asian series, gaming and XR.
