The LINK is giving away two pairs of tickets to the feature, Noor,and for the short films program that includes Vancouver-basedfilmmaker Meghna Halder’s film Newcomers Swim. They’re bothscreening on Friday, March 7, and 4:30 and 6 pm. Please write usa short review of your favourite film and email it to us at editor@thelinkpaper.ca.
VANCOUVER – South Asianfilms are being featured at thisyear’s At VancouverInternational Women in FilmFestival which takes place inVancouver from March 6-9.The LINK is giving away two The LINK is giving away twopairs of tickets to the feature,Noor, and for the short filmsprogram that includesVancouver-based filmmakerMeghna Halder’s filmNewcomers Swim. They’re bothscreening on Friday, March 7,and 4:30 and 6 pm. Please writeus a short review of yourfavourite film and email it to usat [email protected], who was born and raisedin India, completed her filmstudies in Texas before immigratingto Vancouver. While inTexas, her dramatic short filmRevival won multiple awardsincluding Best Short atWorldFest Houston, Best Actorand Audience Award at CinemaTexas, and Honorary Mentionfor Best Ensemble Acting at theDamah Film Festival.The film screened on public television,museums and theDirector’s Guild of America.Meghna made the award winningfeature documentary Dirt whichwon multiple Leo awards forBest Screenwriting, Editing,Sound and Best Documentary atthe Female Eye Film Festival.Meghna has won grants andawards from NFB, Telefilm, BCArts Council, Canada Councilamongst others. She is an alumniof the prestigious Women in theDirector’s Chair-Banff Centre,Melting Silos and NationalScreen Institute Features FirstProgram. “Newcomers Swim,Every Friday” her latest shorthad its world premiere at St.John’s Women’s InternationalFilm Festival and screens atVancouver International Womenin Film Festival on March 7th.She is presently working on afeature drama to be shot in Indiaand Canada.
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