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Celebrate 20 years of bold storytelling at the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival & Market, October 8–12 in Seattle. Enjoy over 100 films from around the world and a global market spotlighting South Asian voices at the Only Oscar®-Qualifying South Asian Film Festival in the World, with an AARP member discount.
WHAT: Tasveer Film Festival
WHEN: October 8–12, 2025
WHERE: Tasveer Film Center, 4816 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, WA 98118
Use code SILVERSCREEN25 at checkout for your AARP member discount.
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While you are there, check out the special film block sponsored by AARP.
Aging, Care, and Defiance
October 11, 2025
11am
Take in this special collection of movie shorts that highlight how South Asians navigate aging, cultural duty, and the radical act of love and inheritance, often against the weight of history and patriarchy. It explores themes of intergenerational care, inheritance, and resistance within South Asian communities.
From a granddaughter taking her nani on one last adventure, to elderly women discovering love in defiance of patriarchy, to families navigating the cultural obligations of caregiving—each story reflects how tradition, memory, and expectation shape personal choices.
Sponsored by AARP, this program is part of the 20th Tasveer Film Festival & Market—the only Oscar-qualifying South Asian film festival in the world. Taking place October 8–12, 2025, at the newly acquired Tasveer Film Center, the festival will spotlight 116 films from around the globe alongside a pioneering South Asian-focused global film market.
SHORTS:
Nani, 10min
Caught between cultures and generations, a young woman takes her nani on a final, defiant adventure.
Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn, 15min
Love blossoms secretly between two elderly women at a senior care home while the specter of patriarchy looms large overhead.
The Caregiving Connection, 11min
Focusing on the cultural obligations and traditions of caregiving in the South Asian community, this short documentary explores the perspectives of three separate South Asian families who have become caregivers for one or more of their elders.
Mirrors, 20min
33 years after surviving the Sikh Genocide, a hospice nurse takes care of a Vietnam War Veteran.
Paswaar (Carress Me), 40min
Dr. Homi, one of the few surviving Zoroastrians in the world, must soon decide whom to pass on his inheritance. Should it be to his estranged nephew, Jamshed, or to his long-time caregiver, Lali?
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