Harune Massey, an award-winning writer and director working out of Pakistan and New York, presents his short film “Nightlife” as part of the New York Indian Film Festival. “Nightlife” provides a highly nuanced glimpse into the life of male sex workers of Lahore who often ply their trade as teenage masseurs clinking their oil bottles on the discreet but known-to-the-customer street corners waiting to be picked up by passing motorists. The

The Indo-American Arts Council’s 12th Annual New York Indian Film Festival kicks off next week – May 23 – 27. This year, the film festival will feature two Pakistani films – “Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret” and Oscar winner “Saving Face” by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid- Chinoy. “Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret” focuses on a segment of Karachi’s transgender community while “Saving Face”, Winner 2012 Oscar for Best Documentary Short, takes