Festival Highlight 'cross Cultural 'when Kiran Met Karen' - German Premiere

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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


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    Kinotermine Deutschland:

    Verzaubert-Filmfest (http://www.verzaubertfilmfest.com/)

    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.

    http://indienimkino.blogspot.com/2008/09/when-kiran-met-karen-2008.html


    The controversial film, When Kiran Met Karen, ("WKMK"), will debut in

Germany at the 18th Annual Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival

http://www.verzaubertfilmfest.com/ . Written, produced and directed by Manan

Singh Katohora (http://site.themotelfilm.com/ )( Currently raising funds for

'THE MOTEL' http://www.themotelfilm.com/ Romantic Thriller IN Virginia ) ,

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

    - SOURCE: http://www.verzaubertfilmfest.com/media/V09_FFlyer.pdf

    Berlin Screening - March 24, 2009.

    18th Annual Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival.


    WKMK (http://www.thestar.com/DesiLife/article/550355) stars Samrat

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 'FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION' - http://www.verzaubertfilmfest.com/

Verzaubert takes place from March 18 - April 8 and travels to 4 cities (

Munich , Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin ). It is Germany's biggest film

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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




    For more information about "THE MOTEL" - A Romantic Thriller IN Virginia,



    ((c)) When Kiran Met Karen LLC. Copyright 2008


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    CONTACT: Vaishali Chaudhuri, When Kiran Met Karen, PR , +1-646-621-6608,

vaishali.chaudhuri@gmail.com

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