isaff (independent south asian film festival) is an annual film festival dedicated to showing independent films connected to south asia(afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, india, maldives, nepal, pakistan, sri lanka, tibet) and the south asian diaspora across the world. the film festival is celebrated annually in the month of october in seattle since its small beginning in 2002, it has grown in size and variety. it comprises two main sections- feature-length and short films covering drama and documentary films.