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:
- Beyond the tropes, Spotlighting Bold New Directions in South Asian Storytelling.
- The New Content Economy, Examinating the Evolving Landscape of Creators, Media, and Emerging Technologies.
- The Horror Blueprint, Unpacking Why Horror Continue to Be One of Film’s Most Innovative and Commercilant Powerful Genres.
Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Concordia Studio
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.
Tasoveer Film Center
Tasfer Film Festival and Market
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 20th 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)
Rita Meher, Executive Director of Tasveer Film Festival & Market
Tasveer
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.
