Tasoveer Film Market to Welcome Reps from Major Production Companies

Exclusive: Representatives of some Major Production Companies Will Be Heading to Seattle Next Week for the Second Tasveer Film Market, “North America’s First Hub Connecting South Asian Stories with Global Executives.”

Monkepaw Productions, Atomic Monster, Waititi Productions, South Stack Studios, Marginal Media, Exit 44 Entertainment, Prototype Content, and Strand Entertainment Have All Confirmed Attendance at the Market, for Tasveer. The Market is Set for October 8-12, Running Concurrently with the 20th Tasveer Film Festival.

Seventheen Projects Will Be Showcad at the Market, Selected From Submissions that hail from India, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, and North America. In addition, the market announced 10 Tasveer film end finalists selected for this year’s event. Scroll for the full list of Those Projects.

“These Boundary-Pushing Projects Demonstrates the depth and diversity of South Asian Storytelling Through Both Open and the Festival’s Producers Program,” The Market Notes.

Set to debut this year is tasveer x he, “a groundbreaking program exploring the intersection of cinema and emerging technologies. This innovative lineup features led by runway’s jiri kilevnik. Preview with Runway, Where Audience Prompts Come to Life on Screen in Real Time. ”

The market will feature panels with industry leaders design “to share insights on conversations shaping global cinema. Among The Highlights:

Award-Winning Filmaker Mohammed Ali (Mo) Naqvi (The Accused: Damned or Devoted?, Among the Believers) recently joined the tasveer film market as artistic director after serving as chairman of the advisory board Last year. In a stateient, he said, “It is my honor and privilege to lead the first of its Kind South Asian & Diasporic Film Market Out of North America. That Focus – Diasporic Stories and Creators – USA and Opens Doors: Expander, Collaboration, and Direct Pitching to Leading Studios, and delegates. ”

The Tasoveer movie End Pitch Event, Sponsored by Netflix, Will Award Four Outstanding Projects with Production Grants of $ 35,000 Each, Totaling $ 140,000 in Funding. Bollywood Actor Babil Khan Will Serve As Chief Guest at the Tasveer Film End 2025 Premiere and Opening Night.

All Select Market Projects Will Pitch Live to Industry Executives at the Tasveer Film Center, The Festival’s Recently Acquired Century-Plus-Old Heritage Building in Seattle’s Columbia City Historic District. The Venue, Formerly Home to Ark Lodge Cinema, “Represents a Significant Milestone for South Asian Representation in the Film Industry,” Tasveer Observes.

2025 TASEER MARKET SELECTS (Alphabetical Order):

Be great | Liz Cardenas

Written by Karan Soni and Roshan Seti, Produced by Roshan Seti and Liz Cardenas

Beyond | Cigar

Written by Sumi Purohit and Saurav Dey, Produced by Chippy Babu & Abhishak Sharma (Traintripper Films) and Mario Stefan (Fieber.film)

Days with dandakar | Leena pensharkar

Written and Directed by Leena Penhaarkar, Produced by Jane Kelly Kosek and Rachna Khatau

Dusky fover | Kalainithan Kalaichelvan

Produced by Almeida Almeida

Friends and fascism | Sreenivasa MURTHY

Written by Shuchi Dwivedi, Produced by Aishwarya Sonar and Shuchi Dwivedi

I love you more than my life | Indira S. Somani

Produced by Erin Ploss-Campamor and Lily Qi

Mouna dryangam (a Silent wave) | Sachin and Mudigond

Written and Directed by Sachin and Mudigonda, Produced by Karan Shah and Janani Vijayanathan

On earth as it is in heaven | Kayla Abuda Galang

Produced by Alifya Ali, Samantha Skinner

Pahachi kissa | Marva M

Written and Directed by Marva M

Secrets of the Delta | Souid “jijo” datta

Written and Directed by Souid Datta, Produced by David Barbeschi and Vee Kumari

Silverfish | Rayrrh

Written by Raj Krishna and Sudhanshu Saria, Produced by Sudhanshu Saria

Dermo | Urvashi Pathania

Written and Directed by Urvashi Pathania, Produced by Liz Lian

Still here | Mragendra Singh

Written and Directed by Mragendra Singh, Produced by Aishwarya Sonar and Amanda Lenker Doyle

The Long Jazeera | Saleem Nasir Gondal

Written and Directed by Saleem Nasir Gondal, Produced by Rabia Sultana

The settler | Vinay umapathy

Written by Vinay Umapathy & Humza Sohail, Produced by Anesa Khan & Vinay Umapathy

The Vampire of Sheung Shui | Shreyom ghosh

Written by DFW Buckingham, Produced by Michael J. Werner, Neeraj Churi, and Peter Yam

Yatra | Gayatri Baypai

Written by David Barbeschi and Vee Kumari

Tasoveer Film Fund finalists:

A Tale of Roses | Rijaa Nadeem

Block Before Lexington Avenue | Amitabh Reza Chowhray

Color with out | Gurinder J Singh

Cutting Dead Wood | Saurabh saket

Mother Tongue | Parson

Petticoat | Priyanka Shailendra

Rising tide | Andrea drepaul

The Most Natural Way to Die | Sana Zahra Jafri

Threaded with love | Sabarees subramaniam

Wellness | Gayatri Evertt Baypai

Nor notd Above, The Tasveer Film Market Runs Alongside The 20^th Tasveer Film Festival, “The World’s Only Oscar-Qualifying South Asian Film Festival.”

Highlighted Films at this year’s 20th Edition of the Festival Include:

● Opening Night Feature: Little JaffnaDirected by Lawrence Valin (North America Premiere, France 2024) (Audience Award, Red Sea Film Festival)

● CLOING Night Feature: ZewelDirected by ‘Q’ (World Premiere, Bangladesh/India 2025)

Tasveer, founded in 2002 by Rita Meher and Farah Nousheen, is a “Seattle-Based nonprofit Social Change Through South Asian Cinema and Storytelling.” Meher Serves as Executive Director of the Tasveer Film Festival & Market.