Festival Highlight 'Cross Cultural 'When Kiran Met Karen'' - German Premiere at
Berlin!
NEW YORK, Mar. 17 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
THEY told THEM not to work or invest in this film. (2007)
THEY told US not to make this film. (2008)
THEY will tell YOU it's about 'Forbidden Love'. (2009)
"Unusual and groundbreaking, WKMK is a refreshing change from all those
American movies where saner and more rational societies are portrayed as
weird and abnormal and the plethora of lazily confused
Arab/Indian/Hindu/Moslem stereotyping that infests all post 9-11 U.S.
culture. And you get a Sapphic love story thrown in for free." - Philadelphia
Weekly
Kinotermine Deutschland:
24.03.2009, 20.00 Uhr , Kulturbrauerei/Berlin
29.03.2009, 19.30 Uhr , Metropolis/Frankfurt
29.03.2009, 19.45 Uhr , Cinedom/Koln
05.04.2009, 19.45 Uhr , Atelier/Munchen
WKMK will have 4 screenings in Germany - Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, and
Munich.
The controversial film, When Kiran Met Karen, ("WKMK"), will debut in
Germany at the 18th Annual Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival
the film explores the theme of lesbianism and bravely pushes the boundaries
of a taboo romance within the South Asian culture.
When Kiran Met Karen, the Festival Highlight
Berlin Screening - March 24, 2009.
18th Annual Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival.
Chakrabarti, Chriselle Almeida, Kelli Holsopple, Sonny Suri, Manish Dayal,
Shetal Shah, Iggy Ignatius, and Emmy-nominated Tirlok Malik. Members of the
distinguished crew include Production Managers Ammara Ali and Hiral Shah,
internationally acclaimed award-winning Production Designer Tushar Unadkat,
acclaimed editor Matt Thomas and Producer/Cinematographer Punit Chhabra.
Executive Producers - Iggy Ignatius and Mano Kesavan.
Verzaubert takes place from March 18 - April 8 and travels to 4 cities (
Munich , Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin ). It is Germany's biggest film
festival serving the gay and lesbian community and one of the largest annual
genre events in Europe. Some of the best state-of-the-art German film
theatres are chosen to be the platform for VERZAUBERT. The festival selects
about 75 films - features, shorts, and documentaries.
WKMK - 14 screenings in 7 months
USA 12/13 July 2008 (Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film
Festival) 2 screenings
Canada 14 August 2008 (Filmi South Asian International Film Festival)
Opening Night Film
India 17 August 2008 (The Nigah QueerFest) Closing Night Film
USA 19 October 2008 (Reel Affirmations)
USA 24 October 2008 (Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival)
USA 25 October 2008 (Utopia Film Festival)
Switzerland 7/8 November 2008 (Queersicht Gay and Lesbian Film Festival)
2 screenings
USA 15 November 2008 (Reeling Chicago Gay Lesbian Film Festival)
Germany March-April 2009 (Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival) 4
screenings
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