Indrayanee performing traditional dance

Vin mixing up a mean Mango Mojito!

Good food + great movie = happy punters!

Decor gave a warm welcome to Cafe Crema

DESTINASIAN: PICTUREHOUSE
Friday 7 -- Sunday 9 November 2008
Greenwich Picturehouse, London se10
A weekend of rich pickings from the world of
South Asian independent documentary feature films
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Friday 7 November, 8.30pm  
Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears 
(Main Feature Presentation)
Dir. Simon Chambers, 62 mins, UK, 2006
(English & Bengali with subtitles)
A lively and surprisingly funny film about a feisty Bangladeshi girl and her East London family. This is a intimate portrait of a melodramatic family as they prepare for two weddings. (Contains explicit language.)
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Saturday 8 November, 9pm
I for India
Dir. Sandhya Suri, 70 mins, UK, 2007
(English & Hindi with subtitles)  
This award-winning film reveals a bitter-sweet time capsule of alienation, discovery, racism and belonging, I for India is a chronicle of immigration in sixties Britain and beyond, seen through the eyes of one Asian family and their movie camera.
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Sunday 9 November, 2pm (Matinee)
Hors Jeu (The Cricketers)
Dir. Jacqueline Farmer, 54 mins, France, 2008
(English, Tamil, French & Sinhalese with subtitles)
Eleven Sri Lankans escape the civil war, are refused entry into Britain and find themselves living in France. The players escape the conditions of their lives in exile by forming a cricket team and decide to take part in the National Championships.
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Sunday 9 November, 8.30pm
Between The Lines: India's Third Gender
Dir. Thomas Wartman, 92 mins, Germany & India , 2005
(English & Hindi with subtitles)
A fascinating documentary that follows photographer Anita Khemka as she explores the hidden hijra (eunuch) subculture of Bombay. Khemka is fascinated by the ornate femininity and captivating spiritual powers of these biological men who dress as women but reject identification with either gender. (Contains explicit language.)

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DESTINASIAN: MARITIME
Saturday 1 November 2008,
7.00 -- 10.30pm
National Maritime Museum,
London se10
The 2008 DestinAsians festival launched with a sumptuous mix of South Asian film, music and performance. Beginning with a performance choreographed by Amina Khayyam, titled EshtiAgh (Longing) – set against the stunning backdrop of the 17th century Great Hall of the Queen’s House. The piece combined the splendour of Persian poetry with the haunting melodies and hypnotic rhythms of traditional Indian kathak and tarana dance. Followed by a rich selection of South Asian independent short films from around the world, including documentaries, animation, drama and comedy (plus introductions from some of the filmmakers).

Short Film Programme

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BOMBAY MIX BITESIZE
Thursday 28 June 2008
Greenwich Picturehouse, London se10
A selection of award winning short films -- documentary, drama, comedy and more...

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BOMBAY MIX BITESIZE
Thursday 24 April 2008
Greenwich Picturehouse, London se10
A rich and eclectic selection of independent contemporary short films -- documentary, drama, comedy and more...plus introductions from three filmakers, and another sold-out success!

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BOMBAY MIX SUMMER FESTIVAL 2007
Celebrating 60 Years of Indian Independence
Friday 17 — Sunday 19 August 2007
Greenwich Picturehouse, London se10
Our first major three-day festival included screenings
of epic Bollywood and independent features, short films,
live performances, DJs, art installations, food and drink.
It was a great success, with our main event selling out, and got good media coverage from BBC TV & Radio (click here).

Features Programme
Rang De Basanti Earth Mother India	Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, 2006 Deepa Mehta, 1998 Mehboob Khan, 1957
Shorts Programme
The Sky Below Where’s Sandra? Boot Polish A New Way Home Holly Bolly Open Your Eyes Call to Prayer Forgotten But Not Gone Ilford Back to Bombay Blank Verse When the Storm Came Varanasi Bang	Sarah Singh, India Paromita Vohra, India Aneel Ahmad, UK Anita Shukla, Japan Dishad Husain, UK Rashika Singh, India Heena Bukhari, UK Pete Pattisson, UK Sadia & Shazia Ur-Rehman, UK Rosa Rogers, UK Indrayanee Mukherjee, India Shilpi Gupta, USA Filippo Papini, Italy
Other Desi Delights
Art Installations Live Music Live Dance Cocktails & Food Introductory Speaker	Deepa Chudasama Jatanil Banerjee & Simon Yorke Indrayanee Mukherjee Vinesh Khatwa Dheeraj Akolkar

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BOMBAY MIX Presents ‘MONSOON WEDDING’
Sunday 13 May 2007
Cafe Crema, New Cross Road, London se14
We launched Bombay Mix in the spring of 2007 as a
response to the lack of good South Asian film screenings in
our local area. We kicked off with Mira Nair’s 2001 hit film Monsoon Wedding at Cafe Crema -- a great local venue
in New Cross. We transformed the space with colourful decorations and also provided delicious traditional Indian
food for our audience !