Tasveer's 21st Edition: 136 Films, 16 Countries, Six Days

Seattle's Tasveer Film Festival & Market has unveiled its 21st edition lineup: 136 films from 16 countries screening Oct. 13–18, opening with Sarmad Sultan Khoosat's “Lali,” a Berlinale Panorama title, in its West Coast premiere. The programme spans more than 25 languages, with stories from across South Asia — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka among them. Twenty-one editions in, the opening slot goes to a film that has already travelled the European festival circuit.