Inspired by the site of pilgrimage in India, Sangam is a film about the struggle to maintain faith in the reality of the American Dream.

Audience Award
SHORT SHORTS ASIA

Mention Du Jury International
CLERMONT FERRAND FILM FESTIVAL

Best Narrative Short
SAN DIEGO ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

Best Short Subject - Honorable Mention
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL

Best Director - Prashant Bhargava
AMERICAN THEATER OF HARLEM FILM FESTIVAL

Best Actor - Hesh Sarmalkar
ROME INT. FILM FESTIVAL (GEORGIA)

Best Short - Finalist
ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"Amid the myriad short film entries at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, 'Sangam' made itself felt with singular style. Prashant Bhargava emerges as a filmmaker with a poetic eye and a yearning soul."

"A bluesy, visually arresting meditation on urban isolation and the unshakeable tug of cultural identity."

— Jan Stuart, Newsday.

"The film was beautifully shot on super 16, super 8, and still photography, and the entire short was quite poetic and affecting... expect more great things from these filmmakers and actors."

— Wendy Mitchell, Indiewire.

" An elegant and poetic evocation of immigrant angst, memory and haunted spirituality."

— Greg Tate, Village Voice.

"Sangam beautifully written and directed by Prashant Bhargava and the lead role played so poignantly by Hesh Sarmalkar has left a powerful impression on me. The film creates an emotional journey that subtly draws the viewer into the experience of a new immigrant whose face tells us the whole story, nearly without words. From the bright lit neon dreams that shape shift into nightmarish reality; the garish artificial night to the natural warmth of morning sun, Sarmalkar's portrayal of the immigrant's life captures the spectrum of a lifetime in a mere thirty minutes."

— Rachel Cooper, Dir. of Performing Arts and Cultural Programs, Asia Society.

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Arte/ZDF Screening Schedule

Screening at Museum of Modern Art, New York upcoming October, 2006

PAST SCREENINGS:

NEW YORK PREMIERE at ASIA SOCIETY
Screened as dedicated event.
May 13, 2004
New York, NY

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
March 4-9, 2004
San Francisco, CA

INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES
April 14-18, 2004
Los Angeles, CA

NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL
April 16-22, 2004
Newport Beach, CA

NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
April 26-May 1, 2004
Nashville, TN

AMHERST COLLEGE
April, 2004
Amherst, MA

VC FILM FEST
May 3, 2004
Los Angeles, CA

ARTWALLAH
July 8-11, 2004
Los Angeles, CA

ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
July 18-21, 2004
New York, NY

ROME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
September 9-12, 2004
Rome, GA

FATAL LOVE - QUEENS MUSEUM
Presented by 3RD I NEW YORK
August 15, 2004
Queens, NY

SAO PAULO FILM INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
August 26 - September 4, 2004
Sao Paulo, Brazil

SALENTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
September 18-26,2004
Salento, Italy

DKNY GQ SOHO SHORTS
September 30 - October 4, 2004
New York, NY

DC APA FILM FESTIVAL
October 7 - October 12, 2004
Washington, DC
Opening Film

WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
October 13 - October 17, 2004
Woodstock, NY

SAN DIEGO ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
October 21 - October 24, 2004
San Diego, CA

INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL FILM FESTIVAL
November 4 - November 7, 2004
New York, NY

CHICAGO PREMIERE at GENE SISKEL CENTER
Screened as dedicated event.
November 21, 2004
Chicago, IL

3RD I INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Presented by 3rd I Chicago
December 7, 2004
Chicago, IL

RIVER TO RIVER INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
December 8 - December 12, 2004
Florence, Italy

CLERMONT FERRAND FILM FESTIVAL
January 28 - February 5, 2005
Clermont Ferrand, France

AMERICAN THEATER OF HARLEM FILM FESTIVAL
February 22 - February 27, 2005
Brooklyn, NY

WAVES FILM FESTIVAL
University of Iowa
http://www.uiowa.edu/~waves/schedule.html
March 31-April 3, 2005 Iowa City, Iowa

CORNELL UNIVERSITY
April 8, 2005
Ithaca, New York

SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
Syracuse, New York
April 28-May 1, 2005

TORONTO ALUCINE FILM FESTIVAL April 29-May 7, 2005
Toronto, Cananda

BUSAN ASIAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
May 4-May 8, 2005
Busan, Korea

NAATAK'S SHORT SIGHTINGS
May 21-22, 2005
San Francisco, CA

WORLDWIDE SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com
June 14-19,2005
Toronto, Cananda

SHORT SHORTS ASIA
July 1-July 4
Tokyo, Japan

BANGLA SAMMELAN FILM FESTIVAL
July 1-July 3
New York, New York

FILMI
August 5-13, 2005
Toronto, Canada

BEST OF CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
September 20, 2005
Los Angeles, California

KRITI
Northwestern University
November 10-13, 2005
Chicago, IL

SEVA CAFE
Ahmedabad, India
January 12, 2006

IDS SHORT FILM SCREENING
February 26, 2006
Chicago, IL

MANCHESTER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Manchester, UK
March 1, 2006

AMHERST COLLEGE
Amherst, MA
April 18, 2006

TELLURIDE MOUNTAINFILM FILM FESTIVAL Telluride, Colorado
May 25-28, 2006