Nominations

Chicago South Asian Film Festival is delighted to announce the Jury Award Nominations for this year’s festival. Each nominated film represents a unique artistic voice and a powerful vision, carefully selected by our esteemed jury for their outstanding contribution to cinema.

In addition to the Jury Awards, the Audience Choice Award, celebrating the film that resonated most with our audiences, will also be presented during the Closing Night Ceremony on September 21st, 2025. All films screened at the festival are part of the Audience Choice award. We look forward to honoring both jury-selected and audience-celebrated films as we close this remarkable edition of the festival.

Nominees BEST Feature Film

  • ⁠⁠Deeva: The Radiant Light

  • ⁠Paro

  • ⁠⁠Pinch

  • Humans in the Loop

  • ⁠⁠Village Rockstars 2

  • ⁠⁠Nukkad Naatak

  • ⁠⁠Little Jaffna

  • ⁠⁠Pyre

  • ⁠⁠The Shameless

  • ⁠⁠Tiger’s Pond

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Nominees Best Documentary Feature

  • Obsolete

  • ⁠Marching in the Dark

  • ⁠The Divine Hustle

  • ⁠Rhythm of a Flower

  • ⁠The Caste Rush

  • A Fly on the Wall