Wednesday, December 09 8PM
Village East Cinema
181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003

SAIFF Opening Night Film on December 9 is BEEBA BOYS, directed by Deepa Mehta.

Deepa Mehta is an Acclaimed Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, FIRE (1996), EARTH (1998), and WATER (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada’s official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the second non-French-language Canadian film to put forth for consideration in that category.

She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded a Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay of Bollywood/Hollywood. In May 2012, Mehta received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts

Schedule and Tickets available at: http://saiff.org/2015/