South Asian Filmmakers to Vie for $150,000 at Tasveer Film Market as Netflix, Aamir Khan Pictures Attend

South Asian filmmakers from around the world will compete for $150,000 in grants at the third Tasveer Film Market, held in tandem with the 21st edition of the Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle from Oct. 13-18.

The market has picked 12 fiction and documentary features, all in late-stage development, for its Tasveer Market Selects strand. Nine short film projects have also made the shortlist for the Tasveer Film Fund.

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Most of the money will go to the shorts. At the Netflix-supported Tasveer Film Fund Pitch, the nine finalists will present their projects live to a jury of producers and filmmakers. That jury will award four production grants of $35,000 each. A separate jury will assess the Market Selects titles and choose two for $5,000 awards.

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All pitches will be held at the Tasveer Film Center. Filmmakers will also get one-on-one time with industry mentors over the course of the market.

This year also sees the debut of Tasveer EDU, which will run sessions throughout the year on development, financing, casting, rights and distribution. It sits alongside the Tasveer Producers Lab, a Los Angeles initiative that links South Asian producers with the industry.

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