Silent River Film Festival
The Silent River Film Festival held annually, is a non-profit organization based in Irvine, California, USA, south of Hollywood. In its third year, it is a program of the Silent River film and Literary Society, focussed on promoting the art of cinema and literature.
Background
Founded in 2011 by filmmaker, actor and poet Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, SRFF is Irvine's first international film festival, dedicated to global independent filmmakers. Since its beginning in 2011, the festival has showcased over 160 films from 30 countries, premiering some of the highly acclaimed films and documentaries such as I Am Kalam by Nila Madhab Panda, The Highest Pass by Jon Fitzgerald, Oscar nominated short Raju by Max Zahle, No God No Master by Terry Green, Unbowed by Chung ji-young, English Vinglish by Gauri Shinde, How I Became An Elephant by Tim Gorski and studio films from Walt Disney, UTV and Eros International. SRFF is established with the vision to bring East and West together to share their best work of films and Cinema for Causes on one platform to raise awareness about the issues that matters.Cinema for Causes
Cinema for Causes platform is known for introducing Cinecause a film festival founded by Jon Fitzgerald, one of the co-founders of Slamdance Film Festival and documentaries like When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun and How I Became an Elephant both winning the best documentary award at the festival's first year.Official Selections
2012 Film Screenings
''Narrative Features''
| Title | Director | Cast |
| Unbowed | Chung Ji-Yeong | Ahn Sung-ki, Park Won-sang |
| No God, No Master | Terry Green | David Strathairn, Sam Witwer, Alessandro Mario, Mike Bacarella, Scott Annala |
| Nila Madhab Panda | Lehar Khan, Parvin Dabas, Harsh Mayar, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Rahul Singh, Krishang Trivedi | |
| 186 Dollars to Freedom | Camilo Vila | John Robinson, Michael DeLorenzo, Alex Meraz, Johnny Lewis, Grant Bowler, Paul Ramirez |
| Lessons in Forgetting | Unni Vijayan | Adil Hussain, Roshni Achreja, Maya Tideman, Raaghav Chanana |
| Bloom | Diane Kern | Marcie Price, Randy Alvarado, Antonio R. Munoz, Louis Pierone, Mark Adam Goff |
| A Gran Plan | Sangeeta Nambiar | Farida Jalal, Oliver Kennett, Tania Mukherjee, Neil Shaabi, Pavan J Singh |
''Documentary Features''
''Feature Animations''
| Title | Director | Cast |
| Anrab Chaudhuri | A Walt Disney / UTV film | |
| The King of Pigs | Yeon Sang-ho |
2011 Film Screenings
''Narrative Features''
| Title | Director | Cast |
| I am Kalam | Nila Madhab Panda | Gulshan Grover, Pitobash |
| Meherjaan | Rubaiyat Hoosain | Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan, Victor Banerjee, Humayun Faridi |
| The Kindness of Strangers | Deborah Hadfield | David Prowse |
| Fairview St. | Michael McCallum | Michael McCallum, William C. McCallum, Elizabeth Moore |
| Life! Camera Action... | Rohit Gupta | Dipti Mehta, Shaheed Woods, Noor Naghmi, John Crann |
| Dark Resonance | Mithu Mahmood Khalid | Masum Aziz, Mamnun Hasan Emon |
| Mausams | Shilpa Krishnan Shulka | Shweta Sharma, Naren Kolary, Poorna Prasad, Shivanu Shukla |
| Finding Jenua | Alison Mason | Leigh Rose, Gayle James |
| A. Hitler Non Competition | Barry Hershey | Joel Grey, Norman Rodway |
| Goodbye My Friend | Kalpna Singh-Chitnis | Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Carlo Astuti, Reef Karim, Dwight Hicks, Monique La Barr |
''Documentary features''
Awards
Each year, awards are presented to recognize filmmakers for their work and contribution to the world of cinema. The Silent River Film Festival award winner's list includes:Oscar-nominated actor David Strathairn, CSI star Jorja Fox, Ahn Sung-ki, Toby Kebbell from , The Sorcerer's Apprentice, War Horse; Jon Fitzgerald, Arjan Lulla, Babu Subramaniam of ER, Outsourced fame, Jaya Bachchan from Meherjaan, Chung ji-young and many others.