The ASIAN Festival Streams for 48 hours starting at 10pm EST on September 6th (to Sept. 8th). Then shut down forever. You can stream it on the WILDsound streaming service on the web, and download on your IPhone, or FireStick (search WILDsound on your APPS). Go to https://www.wildsound.ca/browse
NOTE: You can download for FREE for 7 days and then it’s only $3.99 per month. There is original content online, including the best short films in the world today. Plus, there will be brand NEW film festival every single day of the year.
Watch the full lineup of films on the streaming cycle when you sign on. Or, watch each film using the individual link.
ROCKY THE SEA KID, 5min., Bangladesh, Documentary
Directed by Jaganmoy Paul
Rocky, a the six years old boy, lived in Cox’sbazar, one of the longest sea beaches in the world. He spends his time collecting oysters, and snails from the sea. Catching fish with small hands & Surfing with the wood board makes him confident or prepared for the future Surfer, who knows? Through this play, wishes to go into the deep sea with a big boat to catch fish as his father or grandfather may be!
jp.bdproductions@gmail.com
Watch the Film Directly:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/rocky-the-sea-kid-asian-festival
CRACK, 29min., India, Drama
Directed by Allabhya Ghosh
It is a political drama film that explores the so-called development of an elected government in a democratic system. A crack is not just on the bridge; it is all over the country. The crack is getting wider, so here it is being written; the manifesto of development.
Watch the Film Directly:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/crack-asian-festival
TALIBAN, 3min., India, Animation
Directed by Allabhya Ghosh
A film about the situation in Islamic Afghanistan. Women have no rights, children have no rights, men have no rights; Human rights are being violated.
Watch the Film Directly:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/taliban-asian-festival
MAKSHA, 7min., India, Animation
Directed by Allabhya Ghosh
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recognized as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law by the United Nations. Many countries have constitutional law that protects free speech. Terms like free speech, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression are used interchangeably in political discourse. However, in a legal sense, freedom of expression includes any activity of seeking, receiving, and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
Watch the Film Directly:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/maksha-asian-film-festival
THE RIDER, 6min., India, Crime/Drama
Directed by NEEL CHOUDHURY
A rider responds to a young thief with an unexpected gesture. Even he offers him an avenue that can lead the thief to the unthinkable.
Watch the Film Directly:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-rider-asian-festival
THE MISSING GIRL, 6min., India, Experimental
Directed by Nilip Deb
Heartbreaking love story of two unborn kids and their sentimental journey in a surrealistic world. The boy wants to build a home with the girl, but the girl vanishes without any trace. Years pass, the boy becomes a man, yet keeps waiting for the girl to return.
Watch the Film Directly:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-missing-girl-asian-festival
BHEIN PATATA, 5min., India, Animation
Directed by Tanvi Prabhakar
Putli Kewalramani is making her granddaughter’s favourite dish. However, she starts getting flashbacks from her time in Nawabshah, Sindh, during the partition of 1947.
Watch the Film Directly:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/bhein-patata-asian-festival
SEE THE FULL INFO FOR EACH FILM:
ROCKY THE SEA KID, 5min., Bangladesh, Documentary
Directed by Jaganmoy Paul
Rocky, a the six years old boy, lived in Cox’sbazar, one of the longest sea beaches in the world. He spends his time collecting oysters, and snails from the sea. Catching fish with small hands & Surfing with the wood board makes him confident or prepared for the future Surfer, who knows? Through this play, wishes to go into the deep sea with a big boat to catch fish as his father or grandfather may be!
CRACK, 29min., India, Drama
Directed by Allabhya Ghosh
It is a political drama film that explores the so-called development of an elected government in a democratic system. A crack is not just on the bridge; it is all over the country. The crack is getting wider, so here it is being written; the manifesto of development.
TALIBAN, 3min., India, Animation
Directed by Allabhya Ghosh
A film about the situation in Islamic Afghanistan. Women have no rights, children have no rights, men have no rights; Human rights are being violated.
MAKSHA, 7min., India, Animation
Directed by Allabhya Ghosh
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recognized as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law by the United Nations. Many countries have constitutional law that protects free speech. Terms like free speech, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression are used interchangeably in political discourse. However, in a legal sense, freedom of expression includes any activity of seeking, receiving, and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
THE RIDER, 6min., India, Crime/Drama
Directed by NEEL CHOUDHURY
A rider responds to a young thief with an unexpected gesture. Even he offers him an avenue that can lead the thief to the unthinkable.
THE MISSING GIRL, 6min., India, Experimental
Directed by Nilip Deb
Heartbreaking love story of two unborn kids and their sentimental journey in a surrealistic world. The boy wants to build a home with the girl, but the girl vanishes without any trace. Years pass, the boy becomes a man, yet keeps waiting for the girl to return.
http://www.blueyachtfilms.in/https://www.facebook.com/TMG2022
BHEIN PATATA, 5min., India, Animation
Directed by Tanvi Prabhakar
Putli Kewalramani is making her granddaughter’s favourite dish. However, she starts getting flashbacks from her time in Nawabshah, Sindh, during the partition of 1947.tanviprabhakar25@gmail.com
https://readymag.website/TanviPrabhakar/4653504/
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