EXCLUSIVE: The London Indian Film Festival is expanding. With its 2023 edition, running October 25 to November 4, the festival will, for the first time, run simultaneously across five cities: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds.
The festival will open with the European Premiere of Berlin. From writer-director Atul Sabharwal, this spy thriller stars Aparshakti Khurana (Jubilee) as a young sign language teacher lured into the dark world of espionage, as he is coerced by undercover security forces to interrogate a young deaf man, played by Ishwak Singh, (Rocket Boys) who has been accused of spying.
Veteran actor Kabir Bedi also stars. With support from the BFI Audience Projects Fund, the festival is also moving into the world of online gaming and XR.
In collaboration with Tulsea and FORMAT, Manchester’s gaming and nightlife festival, the fest will showcase new computer games developed by South Asian creatives.
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