Tia Virdi's Choice - Highlights FILMI South Asian Film Festival



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Nindy



Toronto, Ontario - The 11th Annual FILMI South Asian Film Festival (FSAFF) will be presenting world premieres of “Akhian” by bhangra superstars Nindy Kaur & RDB ; “Obsession” by JUNO nominated R&B artist Deesha ; “Take Your Picture” by rap artist Blitzkrieg ; and “Tera Nasha” by The Bilz & Kashif, off their latest chart-topping album “Breaking Barriers”.The 3rd annual music video segment at the FILMI South Asian Film Festival is programmed by Canadian music personality Raoul Juneja (a.k.a. Deejay Ra). The festival is currently the longest running South Asian film festival in North America, and the first to introduce a music video segment to celebrate South Asian artists from across Canada and around the world.



FILMI 2008 featured a world premiere of the “Singh Is Kinng” director’s cut starring rap legend Snoop Dogg in his Bollywood music video debut, while FILMI 2009 saw #1 Billboard artist Jay Sean receive the inaugural FILMI Music Video Award.



A special South Asian themed remix of the hit single “So Much” by Calgary R&B artist Raghav and Konvict recording artist Kardinal Offishall will also be premiering at FILMI 2010, now featuring UK bhangra star H-Dhami.





Raoul & Raghav

FILMI 2010 will also be featuring Canadian premieres of “Nach Le” by Philadelphia bhangra artist G-Deep alongside Wu-Tang Clan rapper Cappadonna ; “Teri Aankhon” by MTV Award-Winning Montreal group JoSH ; the Streetsville inspired “My Hometown” by rock artist Zameer ; and “Hypnotize” by Canadian actress/singer Karen David (of BBC’s “Waterloo Road” series fame).

Vancouver bhangra band En Karma, as well as UK singers Navin Kundra and Kazz Kumar, round out the line-up of artists with music videos premiering in Canada at FILMI 2010.

The vision of the FILMI South Asian Film Festival is to promote, discover, introduce and celebrate cinematic endeavours by talented South Asian filmmakers, actors and musicians, and to highlight works with South Asian themes that can be brought to a mainstream audience.

Please see the complete schedule here

- StarBuzz weekly, Toronto