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🗽 New York City | Annual Film Festival
NYC · Aug 14th 2026 · SVA

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🎬✨ 88 Films. 18 Countries. One Awesome Beginning! 🌎

From a vision to reality, the inaugural Awesome International Film Festival 2026 brought together filmmakers, storytellers, and cinema lovers from around the world, including the premiere of Batwara 1947 at SVA Theatre in NYC.

Our Founder & Festival Director, @nycritesh, spoke with Rox about an unforgettable first year full of passion, challenges, and great memories.

🙏 A Special Thank You! Heartfelt gratitude to Jatin Grover of Suri Entertainment, our partners Sattie Persaud and MYWHCC, and our incredible advisors Sunil Hali, David Zucker, Tirlok Malik, and Sarba Das, along with Palak Patel, Kavi Ramachandran, DJ Himanshu, Narayan and all of our wonderful hosts Rox, Priya, Nikhita , Ruthika, who supported us throughout this journey. ❤️ To all of our sponsors and supporters: thank you, thank you, and thank you! 🙏

A special shout-out to the Desipina (Rohi, Samrat, Kavi, Sanjiv, Andrew) and team on their 25th anniversary special. We were honored to celebrate this milestone with you!

Thank you to our founder’s family for being the rock behind it all, to our teams in the US and India, especially Purvi, Aaryan, Sid, Aanchal, along with Mrunal and Astha, and to all of our volunteers and behind-the-scenes crew, whose dedication and hard work brought this vision to life.

Most of all, THANK YOU to the filmmakers and audiences! 🎥👏 Your stories and support are what this festival is all about.

Stay connected: @awesomeiff | @awesomeitv | @awesometv.tv | @awsm_times | @awsmfilms

#AwesomeIFF #NYCFilmFestival #SouthAsianCinema #AwesomeTV #Global

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A touch of India in the heart of New York City. 🇮🇳 🇺🇸🗽 Celebrating culture, connections, and timeless traditions. ✨ #entertain #inform #inspire #simplyawesome #global

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Some people work the red carpet. Rox owns it. 🎤🔥

Director of Marketing by day, red carpet host by night.
 Interviews, laughs, a little dancing, and a lot of heart ✨

#rox #awesometv #awesomeiff #awsmtimes #simplyawesome

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Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

#ganeshchaturthi #ganeshchaturthi2026

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Founder @awesomeiff. 🎬✨
Cinema Without Borders.

#AwesomeIFF #Founder #CinemaWithoutBorders #NYC #SimplyAwesome

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🎬 THE CYCLE OF LOVE — NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS. ❤️

The Cycle of Love is now playing at New York’s Angelika Film Center and opens in Los Angeles and more locations starting September 4.

Awesome TV caught up with Academy Award-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel, along with P. K. Mahanandia, Lotta Von Schedvin, Chirag Benedict Lobo and Mina Dale, at the NYC premiere to talk about the extraordinary true story, journey and love behind the film.

Executive produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Chris Albert, The Cycle of Love is a powerful reminder that some love stories are meant to be experienced on the big screen. ❤️

#TheCycleOfLove #PriyankaChopra #AwesomeTV #NYCPremiere #InTheaters

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‘Shree Vakratunda Mahakaaya, Suryakoti Samaprabha. Nirvighnam Kuru Mey Deva, Sarva Kaaryeshu Sarvada’.

Lord Ganesha has a curved trunk with a powerful body. He has the brilliance of a million suns. May the Lord, remove all the problems from the actions you aim to achieve 🙏

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A heartfelt thank you to beautiful @juhimehtadesai Juhi for your lovely words and appreciation! 💖✨ It was truly my pleasure creating your glamorous makeup and hairstyle. You looked absolutely stunning! 🌟

Makeup & Hair by @amisha_kiri_hitt Amisha Kiri Hitt 💄💇‍♀️

#Juhi #MakeupByAmishaKiriHitt #HairByAmishaKiriHitt #CelebrityMakeupArtist #ProfessionalMakeupArtist GlamMakeup MakeupAndHair BeautyTransformation MakeupReel Grateful

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A beautiful appreciation from the incredibly talented Shibani Kashyap! ❤️✨

It was truly an honour to do her makeup and hair for the FIA India Day Parade event in New York City. Thank you, Shibani, for your kind words, love, and trust—it means so much to me! 🙏💄🗽🇮🇳
@shibanikashyap
Makeup & Hair by Amisha Kiri Hitt

#ShibaniKashyap #AmishaKiriHitt #FIAIndiaDayParade #CelebrityMakeupArtist #NYCMakeupArtist IndiaDayNYC MakeupAndHair CelebrityGlam

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✨ Awesome TV’s Astha Tripathi on the BIG SCREEN in NYC! 🗽🎬

Catch Astha Tripathi bringing you the latest from Bollywood with Bollywood GupShup, celebrity exclusives, entertainment news and more, only on Awesome TV.

From Bollywood to New York City, we’re taking South Asian entertainment bigger. 🔥

📺 Watch. Follow. Stay Awesome.
@awesomeitv

#AsthaTripathi #BollywoodGupShup #AwesomeTV #Bollywood #NYC

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Inaugural AwesomeIFF Draws Global Filmmakers to New York

Ritesh Parikh, founder of Awesome TV, AwesomeIFF and AWSM Time, launched the inaugural Awesome International Film Festival on August 14 at the SVA Theatre in New York City. The event drew more than 700 attendees for a celebration of international cinema, music and culture.

https://southasianherald.com/inaugural-awesomeiff-draws-global-filmmakers-to-new-york/

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🎬🌍🇮🇳🇺🇸 IT HAPPENED AND NEW YORK CITY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME — AwesomeIFF made history launching in New York with 88 films from 18 countries and 700+ attendees and filmmakers from around the world all under one legendary roof at SVA Theatre! Founder Ritesh Parikh’s “Cinema Without Borders” vision became a breathtaking reality as the New York premiere of Batwara 1947 — Aamir Khan Productions’ most powerful story of love, loss and humanity set against the Partition of India — moved every single person in that theatre to their core! This is what happens when bold voices, borderless cinema and pure passion collide — and AWSM Times was there for every incredible moment! This week AWSM Times Weekly Magazine is historic, triumphant and absolutely unforgettable — read AWSM Times NOW! 📖🔥

#AWSMTimes #AwesomeIFF #Batwara1947 #CinemaWithoutBorders #RiteshParikh

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