Canada’s premier festival of new South Asian, West Asian & North African cinema

Location

There are two festival venues this year:

Cineplex Cinema Mississauga. FREE parking. Wheelchair access. 309 Rathburn Rd W, Mississauga, ON L5B 4C1

The Living Arts Centre in Mississauga. FREE underground parking on weekends. Wheelchair access. Gender neutral bathrooms. 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga ON L5B 4B8. 905-306-6000.

History

The Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF) brings phenomenal Canadian and global cinema right to our backyard, giving audiences in the GTA, opportunity to experience powerful stories from around the world. MISAFF creates a unique platform where audiences can come face-to-face with producers, directors and writers whose films bring important global issues, diverse perspectives, and compelling human stories to life.

With its commitment to excellent and thought provoking programming, MISAFF has built a remarkable history of presenting award-winning, critically acclaimed films, Canadian premieres, and films with international recognition.

MISAFF showcased the long-form version of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar-winning documentary Saving Face . and Mira Nair’s acclaimed The Reluctant Fundamentalist drew a sold-out audience. MISAFF also made waves with the world premiere of the Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag (Run for Your Life), which went on to become Pakistan’s entry for the Academy Awards and received the Best Picture award at MISAFF.

The festival has highlighted important Canadian stories. Ali Kazimi’s critically acclaimed documentary Continuous Journey commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Komagata Maru, bringing an important chapter of Canadian history to audiences through the power of film.
MISAFF15 opened with India’s Oscar entry Court, while the festival also presented Canada’s Top Ten selection Monsoon, along with internationally acclaimed films such as Timbuktu, before closing with the Sundance-winning Umrika. MISAFF presented the Canadian premiere of Vashti Anderson’s Trinidadian film Moko Jumbie, as well as You Are My Sunday by Milind Dhaimade, which received the festival’s Best Director award.

The festival raises the curtain to reveal cultures, perspectives, and global issues; opening windows to shine stories from around the world on audiences through film.

World-class cinema. Global voices. Right here in our backyard.

That is the magic of MISAFF.