New York's Desipina wins awards

In 2005, Desipina Productions produced the short film "Modern Day Arranged Marriage" written and directed by Rehana Mirza. This short film has recently won the NBC Audience Award (www.diversecitynbc.com). The short film is currently playing in film festivals nationwide.

Desipina is seeking new short scripts as well as directors and producers. If interested in this new initiative, please email desipina@desipina.org.

NYIT Awards!

Seven.11 Convenience Theatre (2006) was nominated for 3 of the 6 selections for Best Short Play at the NYIT Awards (www.nyitawards.com) on September 18, 2006. Rehana Mirza's Bombay Screams, Jackson Loo's Kung Fu Hustle and Vishakan Jeyakumar's Jaffna Mangoes were the nominees.

We are happy to announce that Vishakan's Jaffna Mangoes won the award! Rehana Mirza, Artistic Director of Desipina & Company accepted the award on his behalf. Desipina &Company is proud to have been able to foster and represent South Asian and Asian work and have it recognized. They have produced two of Vishakan's short plays and his full-length play Broke and they hope to continue producing quality South Asian and Asian work.