Screen Asia: The Indian Film Festival of Houston’s Special Screening of “Waiting”
VIEW EVENT DETAILSIn partnership with the Indian Film Festival of Houston, Asia Society Texas Center presents a special screening of the film Waiting, directed by Anu Menon.
Schedule
6:00 pm | Cocktail reception and entertainment by Moodafaruka
7:00 pm | Opening remarks by dignitaries
7:15 pm | Film screening
8:50 pm | Q&A with Anu Menon, director of Waiting
About the Film
Waiting
Director: Anu Menon, 2015, 1 hour 32 minutes
A retired professor whose wife has been in a coma for eight months meets a terrified young wife whose husband has slipped into coma after a sudden accident. Will grief drive them both insane, or can two lonely strangers support each other? Waiting is a film about a special relationship between two people who befriend each other unexpectedly in a hospital while nursing their individual spouses in a coma. It is a film about grief and how people confront it. Tenderly and humorously, the film besets you with its central query—what does it really mean to love someone? Is it to let go of your beloved in spite of your emotional need for them or is it to unconditionally accept them in whichever shape or form they are?
Related Link
The National: Anu Menon’s new film Waiting explores the anatomy of grief
About the Director, Anu Menon
After a decade of strategic planning in advertising agencies in India and Singapore, Anu Menon decided to give it all up to chase her filmmaking dream. She graduated from the London Film School with an MA in Filmmaking. Her short films Ravi Goes to School, Fock Helen, and Harry and Baby have been screened at various prestigious film festivals like Tribeca, Edinburgh International Film Festival etc. Her first feature film London Paris New York, a 20th Century Fox presentation, was released in March 2012 to critical acclaim.
Waiting is her second feature film. Anu lives in London and works between India and the West. In her work, she tries to reflect the worldview that she has gained from her experiences of different cultures across the world. Even as she delves specifically into a character rooted in a culture, the issues she raises are universal.
About The Indian Film Festival of Houston
The Indian Film Festival of Houston (IFFH) Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to education in the fields of film and television. IFFH is also devoted to creating a greater appreciation of Indian cinema and culture by showcasing quality films that honor entertainment industry performers and film makers while promoting the diverse perspectives of the Indian Diaspora through an annual event. For more information, visit www.iffhinc.org.
Bank of America is the presenting sponsor of performing arts and cultural programs, with generous support from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, the Hearst Foundations, and Mickey Rosenau & Dr. Ellen Gritz. Lead support is provided by the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, The Clayton Fund, the Favrot Fund, and the Wortham Foundation. Support is also provided by Friends of Performing Arts & Culture, a premier group of individuals and organizations committed to bringing the best in public programming to Houston. This program is presented in collaboration with the Indian Film Festival of Houston.
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