Tasveer Film Market Offers $150K Grants to South Asian Filmmakers
Twelve late-stage feature projects compete for funding as Netflix and Aamir Khan Pictures join the Seattle market.
Shortfundly Desk · Seattle ·
The third Tasveer Film Market will award $150,000 in grants to South Asian filmmakers during its run from October 13 to 18 in Seattle. The market operates alongside the 21st Tasveer Film Festival and has selected twelve fiction and documentary features in late-stage development for its Tasveer Market Selects program.
Industry attendees include representatives from Netflix and Aamir Khan Pictures, signaling strong distribution interest in the selected projects. The market aims to connect South Asian storytellers with global buyers and financing partners.
Filmmakers from across the diaspora will pitch their projects to decision-makers throughout the six-day event. The grants provide crucial development funding for features that highlight underrepresented South Asian narratives.
This brief draws on reporting from Variety.
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