Rotterdam Winner ‘Bad Girl,’ Venice Selection ‘Little Jaffna’ Bookend IFFLA 2025 as Fest Expands Industry Programming (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) has unveiled the lineup for its 23rd edition. The five-day festival will open with the North American premiere of Varsha Bharath’s “Bad Girl,” a Tamil-language drama that took home the Netpac award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam earlier this year.
Produced by acclaimed filmmaker Vetrimaaran (“Asuran”) and presented by auteur Anurag Kashyap (“Gangs of Wasseypur”), the coming-of-age story follows a young woman’s unapologetic journey of self-discovery.
Lawrence Valin’s directorial debut “Little Jaffna,” which premiered at Venice last year, will serve as the closing night selection.
Set in Paris’s La Chapelle district, the film offers a portrait of the Tamil diaspora and examines the challenges immigrants face in balancing cultural heritage with integration into French society.
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