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London Indian Film Festival Celebrates 15th Year With Nationwide Outreach, Expanded, Music, XR and Gaming Strands (EXCLUSIVE)


The London Indian Film Festival celebrates its 15th edition with wider outreach across the U.K., thematic expansion that covers music, XR and gaming.

The 15th anniversary edition of the London Indian Film Festival will open on June 26 with the European Premiere of U.S. indie, tear-jerker drama “Paper Flowers,” directed by Mahesh Pailoor (“Brahmin Bulls”), starring “Deadpool’s” Karan Soni. It’s also personally exciting to have such a talented team and innovative partners, as we push ahead to explore new frontiers of South Asian gaming and XR scenes and continue our mission to showcase and celebrate emerging and established filmmakers, diversifying our offer to U.K. audiences,” said CEO and programming director Cary Rajinder Sawhney. The features programme incudes “Ennennum,” a Kerala-based relationship drama, dressed as a compelling sci-fi tale; Kannada-language award winner “Mithya” and Gujarati-language “Shunya,” both coming-of-age stories following child protagonists as they navigate a rapidly changing society.

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