In 2025, Matwaala celebrates a milestone—its tenth anniversary—marking a decade of amplifying South Asian diaspora voices and building community through poetry. To honor this journey, we are proud to launch the first-ever South Asian Poetry Film Fest, a curated exhibit of poetry films, on October 4, 2025, at the South Asia Institute in Chicago.

Participating poets include Usha Akella, Yahya Ashour, Ignatius V. Aloysius, Lopa Banerjee, Ibtisam Barakat, Ravi Chandra, Meena Chopra, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Kavita Jindal, Kirun Kapur, Meenakshi Mohan, Faisal Mohyuddin, Anita Nahal, Sophia Naz, Yogesh Patel, Sangeeta Sharma, Sunil Sharma, Yuyutsu Sharma, Kashiana Singh, Pramila Venkateswaran.