Next Event:

THE FAMILY LAUNCH
Tuesday 17 November 2009, 6.15 pm
Royal Society of Arts, London wc2

This free event will include: 

Screenings of short films 
From Bombay Mix regulars Sadia & Shazia Ur-Rehman and Harjinder Grewal. PL4TE5 documents the stories behind Ilford's Asian number plate collectors and explores the roots of their fixations. Portraits shows a personal perspective on being second generation British Asian; and Suburbia Blues reveals a dreamy portrait of Southall through black and white photography and urban soundscape.

Preview of Channel 4 series The Family
This BAFTA-nominated series returns this year with the Punjabi Grewal family from Windsor. A funny and revealing fly-on-the-wall documentary, which is the first of its kind to show British Asian life in such detail, and starts broadcasting on 4 November. We will be showing the third episode prior to its broadcast (click here for more).

Panel Discussion
With Channel 4's Head of Diversity, Oona King; Commissioning Editor Aysha Rafaele; and filmmakers Sadia & Shazia Ur-Rehman (+ British Asian celebrity TBC) -- on how the portrayal of South Asians in the British media is changing.

-- followed by a drinks reception.

Please note: THIS IS AN INVITATION-ONLY EVENT.
If you would like to attend, please email: info@bombaymix.org.

BOMBAY MIX SPRING FESTIVAL
Thursday 25 -- Sunday 28 February 2010
Cine Lumiere, Institute Francais, London sw7

Programme outline (TBC):
1. Best of Bombay Mix Short Films
2. New Short Films
3. Satyajit Ray Retrospective
4. Independent Feature Films

More details to follow soon -- watch this space!

We hope to be offering a series of further events later in 2010. These will include a selection of shorts and features screened at various venues across London such as the BFI Southbank, The Deptford Project; and the Greenwich, Brixton Ritzy and Stratford East Picturehouses (TBC).

We also hope to collaborate with Vayu Naidu Company, who specialise in storytelling theatre.

Watch this space for further updates coming soon!