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Prof. Shanti Thakur’s films screen this weekend at the Philip K Dick Film Festival

Shanti Thakur’s films Red Tulips, A Story About Forgetting and Sky People, will screen at the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival at IndieScreen in Williamsburg. The festival was listed in Time Out New York’s Critic’s Picks for the five best events this week.

Red Tulips will screen Friday, December 7th at 10:00pm.
Sky People will screen Saturday, December 8th at 1:35pm.
IndieScreen is at 289 Kent Street and South 2nd Street.

Please see http://www.thephilipkdickfilmfestival.com/ for further information.

Professor Shanti Thakur Wins Best Narrative Film Award

Professor Shanti Thakur has won the Best Narrative Film Award at the 60th Columbus International Film Festival
for her short film Red Tulips, A Story About Forgetting, which won over both short and feature length narrative films.

Red Tulips is currently on the festival circuit. Other screenings include: Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival and the Athens International FIlm Festival.

Red Tulips is about a magical world where memory lasts only a few hours. James meets his wife and daughter for the first time, every day. The film was partially funded by a PSC-CUNY Research Award, the George N. Shuster Fellowship and the President’s Fund for Faculty Advancement.