Amazon, Film Companion backs Tasveer Film Festival Ahead of Cannes 2024 Launch

Ahead of the Cannes Film Festival 2024 that began on May 14, the Seattle based Tasveer Film Festival has unveiled its sponsors for the inaugural in the South Asian Market.

The sponsors include Amazon, NBCUniversal Launch, Film Companion, credit union BECU, civil liberties organization ACLUWA, University of Washington South Asia Center and Bully Media.

The Tasveer Film Festival will take place October 15-20. The best short film winner at the festival qualifies for the Oscars. It will launch at Cannes with a networking session and dinner at the American Pavilion on May 19. The event is co-hosted by the Pakistan Crescent Collective.

Tasveer co-founder Rita Meher said: “The goal of the Tasveer Film Market is to elevate South Asian filmmaking in the West and initiate a lucrative marketplace by tapping into the support of our creative community. Our aspiration is to be the Sundance of South Asian film festivals. We look forward to welcoming filmmakers, producers, distributors, financiers, sales agents, talent managers and others in an effort to inspire, equip and showcase the larger diasporic filmmaker community on a global stage.”