The organization includes voices of South Asian countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and their diasporas worldwide.
[3] The organization also hosts Tasveer TV, an online streaming platform that curates South Asian independent films.
[8] Tasveer's mission is “To inspire social change through thought-provoking South Asian films, art, and storytelling”.
The organization hosted their first screening at The Elliot Bay Book Company in 2002 and the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival was launched in 2004.
The TFM aims to provide a platform for South Asian filmmakers to find partnership and financing opportunities.
It features narrative films, documentaries, shorts, and panel discussions, promoting cultural diversity and social justice.
Some of the films included A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, Look But With Love, Sarmad Masud’s My Pure Land, and Ali Osman Bajwa’s Gorakh Dhandh.
[24] Screenings included The Round Lake, Elizabeth D. Costa's Bangla Surf Girls and Faraz Ali's Shoebox.