• 29th Annual Asian American Showcase
    • 29th Annual Asian American Showcase
    • Modern Portraits
    • FORGE
    • HOT WATER
    • CORONER TO THE STARS
    • BEFORE THE MOON FALLS
    • SEAT AT THE TABLE
    • HOOP LIKE THIS
    • WORKSHOP - SCREENWRITING
    • SHORTS - Kapwa (Shared Identity)
    • SHORTS - Another Version of Me
    • SHORTS - The Other Side
    • SHORTS - Dissonance
    • SHORTS - Breaking Out
    • SHORTS - Sketches in Motion
    • JONATHAN LAXAMANA EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD
  • Past Showcase
    • 28th Annual Asian American Showcase
    • SLANTED
    • THIRD ACT
    • YEAR OF THE CAT
    • BEN & SUZANNE, A REUNION IN 4 PARTS
    • CAN I GET A WITNESS?
    • BITTERROOT
    • NEW WAVE
    • THE WEDDING BANQUET
    • ASIAN PERSUASION COMEDY VARIETY SHOW
    • SHORTS - One City, Many Perspectives
    • SHORTS - Marinig at Makita Ako [Hear & See Me]
    • SHORTS - Finding Home
    • SHORTS - Far & Away - Docs
    • SHORTS - Choosing Ourselves
    • SHORTS - Roadblocks
    • FILMMAKERS WORKSHOP
    • JONATHAN LAXAMANA EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD
  • About
  • Contact Us
FAAIM
  • 29th Annual Asian American Showcase
    • 29th Annual Asian American Showcase
    • Modern Portraits
    • FORGE
    • HOT WATER
    • CORONER TO THE STARS
    • BEFORE THE MOON FALLS
    • SEAT AT THE TABLE
    • HOOP LIKE THIS
    • WORKSHOP - SCREENWRITING
    • SHORTS - Kapwa (Shared Identity)
    • SHORTS - Another Version of Me
    • SHORTS - The Other Side
    • SHORTS - Dissonance
    • SHORTS - Breaking Out
    • SHORTS - Sketches in Motion
    • JONATHAN LAXAMANA EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD
  • Past Showcase
    • 28th Annual Asian American Showcase
    • SLANTED
    • THIRD ACT
    • YEAR OF THE CAT
    • BEN & SUZANNE, A REUNION IN 4 PARTS
    • CAN I GET A WITNESS?
    • BITTERROOT
    • NEW WAVE
    • THE WEDDING BANQUET
    • ASIAN PERSUASION COMEDY VARIETY SHOW
    • SHORTS - One City, Many Perspectives
    • SHORTS - Marinig at Makita Ako [Hear & See Me]
    • SHORTS - Finding Home
    • SHORTS - Far & Away - Docs
    • SHORTS - Choosing Ourselves
    • SHORTS - Roadblocks
    • FILMMAKERS WORKSHOP
    • JONATHAN LAXAMANA EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD
  • About
  • Contact Us
Back to All Events

The Tiger Hunter

  • Friday, March 31, 2017
  • 8:00 PM 9:45 PM 20:00 21:45
  • Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street Chicago, IL, 60601 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

<<< BACK TO MAIN PAGE

Directed by Lena Khan (Starring Actor Danny Pudi to appear via Skype!)
2016 | Narrative, Comedy | USA | 94 Min


"...the film consistently resonates with genuine affection and abundant authenticity."
- The Hollywood Reporter

BUY TICKETS

THE TIGER HUNTER is the story of Sami Malik, a young Indian who travels to 1970s America to become an engineer in order to impress his childhood crush and live up to the legacy of his father—a legendary tiger hunter back home. When Sami's job falls through, he takes a low-end job and joins with a gang of oddball friends in hopes of convincing his childhood sweetheart that he's far more successful than he truly is…or perhaps ever could be

still1_convert.png still2-ConvertImage.png still4_convert.png still5-ConvertImage.png
Later Event: April 1
Motherland