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Fund for South Asian Filmmakers Launches
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variety.comBy Shalini Dore Features News Editor A Seattle fund aiming to fill a gap in financing for South Asian filmmakers is launching today.
The Tasveer Film Fund will bestow $5,000, in a first for that community, to South Asian shorts filmmakers to tell their stories, according to the organizers.
Rita Meher, executive director of Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, and Pulkit Dutta, artistic director, said they had been discussing such a fund before the coronavirus crisis began. “After a lot of discussion — the COVID crisis has heavily impacted the film industry, many are out of work and funding [has] pulled out — we decided this is the best time,” Dutta said. “If it helps one filmmaker, we should do it.” Since the festival’s mission is social
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