Tasveer South Asian Film Festival comes to Renton

The events set for Renton will begin at noon on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Carco Theatre.

The 12th annual Tasveer South Asian Film Festival runs from today, Friday, Oct. 6 until Sunday, Oct. 15 throughout Seattle including Renton.

The following films will be shown throughout the day:

• Maple, 47 minutes from Canada

• Our Time, 10 minutes from the US

• From The Land of Gandhi, 49 minutes from India

• Himalayan Refugee, 28 minutes from Nepal

• Code-Switched, 15 minutes from the US

• Five o’Clock Shadow, seven minutes from the US

• Ladies and Gentlewoman, 46 minutes from India

• Naked Wheels, 30 minutes from India

• Is It Too Much To Ask?, 30 minutes from India

• The Eldest Son, 30 minutes from Nepal

• Cotton Fields from the Ivory Tower, 17 minutes from Pakistan

• Sambalpuri Weavers, 20 minutes from India

• Saawan, 138 minutes from Pakistan

On Sunday, Oct. 15 at Carco more showings will begin at 11:30 a.m.

Those films include:

• The Joyous Farmer, 15 minutes from Sri Lanka

• The Shame, 20 minutes from Nepal

• Sisak, 15 minutes from India

• Ghraan, 30 minutes from Bangladesh

• Chhora, 25 minutes from Nepal

• Sahaski Chori (Brave Girl), 20 minutes from Nepal

• Dobara Phir Se, 126 minutes from Pakistan

• COLA, 13 minutes from India

• Yeh Ballet, 15 minutes from India

The festival wraps up with a closing awards and reception scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 16.

A full schedule of screenings and events for the festival is online at http://tsaff.tasveer.org/. Single tickets are $10 to $12 for general admission. Passes for the entire festival, first weekend and second weekend are available for $100 to $150.