Dear Jassi - NYIFF 2024

• Pre Event Reception starts one hour before the screening at 4:30pm.
• Post screening Q&A with film festival director Aseem Chhabra and film director Tarsem Singh.
• Followed by after party.
• After party entry only for people who hold the ticket for the after party.

DEAR JASSI

Director: Tarsem Singh

Cast: Pavia Sidhu, Yugam Sood

Language: Punjabi and English

Length: 130 minutes

Synopsis:

In 1996 Punjab, India, Canadian-born Indian girl Jassi falls in love with Mithu, a rickshaw driver who is beneath her social status. Their attraction is pure and unconditional, but is it strong enough to fight the dictates imposed by Jassi’s family and Punjabi society? From visionary director Tarsem Singh comes a modern-day Romeo and Juliet inspired by true events and told in a punjabi folk style.

Director: Tarsem Singh

Born in Jalandhar, India, TARSEM SINGH is the award-winning director of “The Cell”, "The Fall", “Immortals", "Mirror Mirror" and "Self/Less". He also directed legendary music videos and commercials. His groundbreaking video for R.E.M.’s "Losing My Religion" won six MTV Video Music Awards, including ‘Video of the Year’. He has created videos for artists including Lady Gaga, Suzanne Vega, and En Vogue. Among his most well-known television commercials is the Pepsi “We Will Rock You” campaign, featuring Britney Spears, Pink and Beyoncé. Singh studied Film at the Art Center College of Design in California.

Awards received:

Toronto Film Festival 2023 - Winner of the Platform Prize as Best Film

Red Sea Film Festival 2023 - Winner of the Silver Yusr Award for Best Film

Dublin Film Festival 2024 - Winner of the Michael Dwyer Discovery Award to Lead Actors (Pavia Sidhu and Yugam Sood) by the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle