Sharayu Mahale

Happy Diwali from the Mahale family!

Honored to be Production Manager and Festival Coordinator for Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) this year! What a hardworking and passionate team of people we have working for the festival. It was my first time leading production and I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. Production Team was amazing ☺️🙏🏽

We had such a beautiful and eclectic array of films to showcase and congrats to all of the winners. A special shout out to the team of “Men in Blue” for best narrative shorts, this was one of my favorite pieces at the festival 🙏🏽

We are screening our feature film “Footnotes” again tomorrow at Miracle Makers International Film Festival!

Tuesday, 9/12
5:30PM
Regal NoHo West
6150 Laurel Canyon Blvd # 200,
North Hollywood, CA 91606

If you're based in Los Angeles, I'd love to see you there!

Ticket Link:
https://filmfreeway.com/MiracleMakersIFF/tickets?fbclid=PAAaYb9ML3HmuEL0b6NuQEc1mdvJ09dSc04OmOOUkhI1xasGAM6x1hke2PU20_aem_ASZm_RTre-pH9udJttqI-5HdN77sit0oLubuo0cjBVIKbIBHsEN5tBBNxF0VHpHxlT0

Harkening back to the apartment movies of the 1970s, "Footnotes" is the story of neighbors and near total strangers, Will and Apurna. When they begin spending lockdown together in the wake of the 2020 pandemic, what starts as a platonic convenience quickly develops into something deeper. But when a solo trip home to her small New England town puts a strain on their newfound connection, Will and Apurna are forced to reckon with what they mean to each other. Are they friends? Lovers? Or just more forgotten footnotes...

...and that's a wrap on closing night of Dances With Films! The whole "Footnotes" team is so grateful we got to premiere our pandemic romance film at this prestigious film festival. I had a lovely time attending all the panel discussions, screenings, networking opportunities, and more that the festival offered. Hope to be back soon ;)

Director: Chris Leary
Producer: Hunter Truman, Landon Kovalick, Chris Leary, Sharayu Mahale
Starring: Chris Leary, Sharayu Mahale, Vishal Patel, Hirkani Padhye, Avinash Padhye, Nicole Torres
Cinematography: Victor Ingles
Sound: Braulio Lin

Monday, June 26th was the premiere for our heartfelt film “Footnotes” that I got to act as the lead in and it was absolutely magical! This was an independent feature film we made during the pandemic about a heartfelt pandemic romance and I couldn’t be happier that we got to screen it at Dances With Films festival at the prestigious Chinese Theater in the heart of Hollywood.

This was such a labor of love. It was an absolute delight to watch it on the big screen and hear all of the audience reactions! The last 48 hours have been incredible between closing night of "Monsoon Wedding" the musical and the "Footnotes" premiere, what a lovely year this has been so far!

Director: Chris Leary
Producer: Hunter Truman, Landon Kovalick, Chris Leary, Sharayu Mahale
Starring: Chris Leary, Sharayu Mahale, Vishal Patel, Hirkani Padhye, Avinash Padhye, Nicole Torres
Cinematography: Victor Ingles
Sound: Braulio Lin
**Photography Credit: Lakpathy Wijesekara**