Indie Meme Film Festival Goes Virtual

Celebration of South Asian cinema comes to your living room

"...Austin is the home to more locally-curated film festivals than any other city, so the closure of..."

April 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Indie Meme Film Festival Goes Online

Celebration of South Asian cinema streaming for two weekends

"...Film festivals are a community, often bringing other cinema communities..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Indie Meme Film Festival Review: Ask the Sexpert

Bio-documentary of India's Dr. Ruth

"...role as the protagonist clear, and most of the film is a retrospective of his life and career. To..."

April 24, 2018 Screens Post by Tinu Thomas

Indie Meme Film Festival Review: Abu

Arshad Khan questions family links and the migrant experience

"...Abu, which means father in Urdu, is what filmmaker Arshad Khan called his own father. In the carefully..."

April 23, 2018 Screens Post by Tinu Thomas

Indie Meme Film Festival Goes Virtual

Celebration of South Asian cinema comes to your living room

April 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The 2017 Indie Meme Film Fest

Bringing in the best of South Asian films

"...Indie Meme cherishes Austin's receptive film audiences, and the schedule..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Indie Meme Highlights South Asian Cinema

Film festival brings outsider stories to the forefront

"...has always been one of the goals for the Indie Meme Film Festival. Now in its fourth year, the..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Feature by Savannah J Salazar

Indie Meme Festival Postponed

First of the smaller Austin film fests to respond to coronavirus

"...question. The first major cinematic gathering scheduled after SXSW, Indie Meme Film Festival, is now postponed...."

March 11, 2020 Screens Post by Gianni Zorrilla

Indie Meme Launches Online Screening Series Tonight

First film, Bombay Rose, comes with director Q&A

"...Austin's Indie Meme film festival may be one of those hit..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Goes Virtual

Shows goes on as hybrid IRL/online conference drops in-person part

"...Austin Film Festival, the annual celebration of cinema and script, has..."

July 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Films Not to Miss at Indie Meme 2022

The best of South Asian cinema, right here in Austin

"...South Asian cinema than Bollywood - but then, Austin's Indie Meme Film Festival has been proving that for years,..."

April 14, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Indie Meme Review: Last Film Show

Astounding paen to movies, childhood, and change

"...In the list of cinematic luminaries that prefaces Last Film Show, writer/director Pan Nalin should probably also give a..."

April 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Indie Meme Continues Pioneering Virtual Film Festival

Celebration of South Asian cinema heads into weekend two of virtual festival

"...With theatres closed, film festivals are finding new ways to bring audiences and..."

May 8, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Must-See Movies at Indie Meme

South Asian cinematic celebration returns with groundbreakers and crowd-pleasers

"...The Indie Meme Film Festival (April 12-16) is back for its..."

April 14, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Indie Meme, Day by Day

Two weekends of the best of South Asian Cinema

"...(D: Vijay Jayapal, 115 min., Texas Premiere) Psychological horror film following a resort caretaker as faces from his past..."

April 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Trace Sauveur

The Austin Film Festival Calendar

Plan out your 2018 Fest schedule

"...Film festival season is almost on us, and in Austin..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What’s Showing at the Indie Meme Festival

Highlighting the best of South Asian cinema

"...of innocence and the power of community. While the films at this week's Indie Meme Film Festival (April 19-22)..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s 2020 Film Festival Calendar

Your print-out-and-keep guide for movie lovers

"...19-23: OUTsider Film & Arts Festival Combining performance and projected works with..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Indie Meme Review: Leila's Brothers

Banned Iranian family drama reveals the damage of poverty

"...that each of the characters of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival awardee stems from poverty. The allocation of those..."

April 20, 2023 Screens Post by Katie Karp

Indie Meme Review: Midwives

Extraordinary documentary shows the unity of two women

"...Filmed by director Snow Hnin El Hlaing over the course..."

April 22, 2022 Screens Post by Ikram Mohamed

Indie Meme Review: Biriyaani

A subtle performance anchors this tale of a Muslim woman's struggle

"...One of the most powerful aspects of this film is how unchanging Khadeeja seems in the face of..."

April 22, 2022 Screens Post by Ikram Mohamed

Indie Meme Review: Goldfish

British drama picks over the ashes of a mother-daughter relationship

"...8th Annual Indie Meme Film Festival, April 12-16 in person, April 28-May..."

April 20, 2023 Screens Post by Jasmine Lane

Indie Meme Review: Tell It Like a Woman

Anthology by women directors takes a global view of womanhood

"...Helmed by an international roster of women filmmakers including Catherine Hardwicke and Taraji P. Henson, the collection..."

April 20, 2023 Screens Post by Jasmine Lane

Austin Jewish Film Festival Goes Longer For You

Fest now running through Friday, with free films

"...Film festivals this year have had to take the leap..."

Nov. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

18 is for Life at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

Fest returns online and at the drive-in

"...sorrow due to the pandemic, the 18th Austin Jewish Film Festival is becoming a celebration of life streaming into..."

Nov. 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Virtual Film Festival Pioneer Indie Meme Hits Its Stride

The celebration of South Asian cinema is still on your screens for year two

"...When the pandemic lockdown forced film festivals to cancel their in-person plans, Indie Meme –..."

April 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Shane Pfender

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...not have happened IRL this year, but today the film festival released the lineup of films that will be..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Meme Weaver

Local distributor Indie Meme brings independent film from India to the U.S.

"...the everyday struggles of average people as depicted in films. Average people outside of films, meanwhile, would much rather..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Matthew Irwin

Your 2019 Guide to Film Festivals in Austin

Mark your calendar for these celebrations of cinema

"...8-17: SXSW Austin's A-list festival, with screenings and filmmaker conversations, and mentor sessions. www.sxsw.com..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Goes From Small Screen to Big Screen to Small Screen Again

How the celebration of TV is leading the way in streaming fests as it becomes ATX TV ... From the Couch!

"...by heading straight to streaming – and the TV-centric festival is following suit with a special free weekend of..."

June 5, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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