I’m Not An Actor by Aditya Kripalani and Loop Line by Renuka Shahane will open the DC South Asian Film Festival which will take place from September 5 – 7, 2025 and online from September 8 – 30, 2025.

Opening Ceremony:
September 5, 2025 | Friday | 10:30 pm | Regal Rockville Center

Loop Line by Renuka Shahane – India | 2024 – 8 minutes

In the heart of Mumbai, a middle- aged Maharashtrian housewife, endures her husband’s chauvinism and the tedium of her relentless chores. She finds solace in her rich fantasies.  (DCSAFF 2025)

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I’m Not An Actor (Main Actor Nahi Hoon) by Aditya Kripalani – india | 2025 – 120 minutes

Mouni is a puritanical actor who hates Mumbai. She hates the commerce that overshadows the art each day and life here in general. It is her deepest dream to move abroad to any part of Europe and do Shakespeare. She ends up at an online audition with Adnan, a 55 year old Kashmiri Muslim man, who’s now a retired banker living in Frankfurt, Germany. Adnan is depressed and having just retired he’s desperately seeking a new sense of self. After the audition in which Mouni improvises to make Adnan react genuinely, they’re both shortlisted. Shocked with the power of acting, he begs her to teach him. This sets off a day long acting class between two countries and two very different people over a long video call. It unravels their pasts, their fears, their pains and joys and leaves them changed. (DCSAFF 2025)

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For more information, please visit: https://dcsaff2025.eventive.org/welcome