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Short Films


Movie : Across The Wall
Length : 10 min.
Director : Nayab Tahira
Country : Pakistan
Synopsis : There is a wall that divides the master and the servant class in this neighborhood of Lahore. Children must conform.
 
 
Movie : A God of Sinners
Length : 19.53 min.
Director : Tagore Almeida
Country : India
Synopsis : A boys night out goes horribly wrong. Age-old hatreds and prejudices rear their heads in the most unlikely of times making us question the fragility of human relationships and friendships.
 
 
Movie : BN (Buttfuck Nowhere)
Length : 9 min.
Director : Joel Salaysay
Country : Canada
Synopsis : How far will two friends go to get where they need to be? Dan and Stew find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere: no gas, no cell reception, but in a car that boasts an alternative fuel source. Stew has relied on Dan to get him to the most important event of his life, and the dilemma that faces them will be a true test of their friendship.
 
 
Movie : Confessions
Length : 12 min.
Director : Nadeem Izhar
Country : Canada
Synopsis : A film about how the media builds perceptions and prejudices.
 
 
Movie : Daughters of a Lesser God
Length : 11.47 min.
Director : Ammar Aziz
Country : Pakistan
Synopsis : Short documentary about the life and struggle of the home-based women bangle-makers of Hyderabad, Pakistan. The film reflects the exploitation that takes place at multiple levels during the complicated process of bangle making. Women of all ages make bangles for millions of other women of South Asia but can't themselves afford to wear what they create.
 
 
Movie : Little Miss Jihad
Length : 13.15 min.
Director : Stephanie Law and Jessica Wu
Country : Canada
Synopsis : A young girl in suburban Canada aspires to be a terrorist.
 
 
Movie : Night Life
Length : 10.00 min.
Director : Harune Massey
Country : Pakistan/USA
Synopsis : "Nightlife" is a glimpse into the life of male child sex-workers in Lahore, Pakistan. A subtle observation of a grave circumstance in their lives, and a self-critique, questioning exploitation and artistic work.
 
 
Movie : One Good Deed
Length : 11.36 min.
Director : Juliette McCawley
Country : Trinidad
Synopsis : 10 year old Johnny is a bright but naughty boy living in a small country village in Trinidad. Left alone to look after his brother one day, Johnny's true nature is revealed when he encounters some Douens - mischievous spirits of children that haunt the forest.
 
 
Movie : olive, almond & mustard
Director : Sarindar Dhaliwal
Country : Canada
Synopsis : An examination of childhood dissonance located in an immigrant experience and in a distant past. In Britain of the 1950's and 60's the mother's insistence on this grooming ritual, common in the country of her birth (India) was at odds with the children's desire to assimilate into the culture of their adopted homeland.
 
 
Movie : Pagal (Crazy)
Length : 17 min.
Director : Emad Khalid
Country : Pakistan
Synopsis : A mentally ill boy's creative imagination is interpreted in this film about a man who must face the wrath of a brutal and judgmental society.
 
 
Movie : Queen of My Dreams
Length : 3 min.
Director : Fawz Mirza
Country : USA
Synopsis : As a young girl, Fawzia Mirza fell under the spell of Bollywood heroines and their promise of love and feminine perfection. As an adult, she looks back and re-imagines the epic romance in the classic film Aradhana, in a new light.
 
 
Movie : Sati
Length : 5 min.
Director : Nilesh Desai
Country : India
Synopsis : An experimental meditation on the horrific practice of mandatory widow suicide.
 
 
Movie : Sita
Length : 20 min.
Director : Arpita Kumar
Country : India
Synopsis : Sita unfolds piecemeal onto a day when an Indian maid- servant's commercial surrogacy goes astray.
 
 
Movie : The Haircut
Length : 10.38 min.
Director : Cary Adelstein
Country : Canada
Synopsis : A poignant tale of a young Indian man's unexpected encounter in a Chinatown hair salon.
 
 
Movie : The Gift
Length : 11.57 min.
Director : Shafiq Ur Rehman
Country : Pakistan
Synopsis : A man gets an unexpected surprise from his boss.
 
 
Movie : The Girl and the Auto rickshaw
Length : 5.45 min.
Director : Sarvesh Mewara
Country : India
Synopsis : Karma bites the prejudiced rickshaw driver.
 
 
Movie : The Kalash and the Crescent
Length : 13 min.
Director : Iara Lee
Country : Pakistan
Synopsis : A lost tribe in Northern Pakistan struggles to keep its identity.
 
 
Movie : The Other Woman
Length : 12 min.
Director : Farzana Tipurita
Country : UK
Synopsis : What happens when your lover's wife turns up at your place of work?
 
 
Movie : There's A Stranger in My House
Length : 5 min.
Director : Kareem Khubchandani
Country : USA
Synopsis : This short revisits Amitabh Bachchan's misogynist but wildly popular song from Laawaris (1981) through a campy, queer, diasporic perspective. See more on Twitter [@KareemPuff], Tumblr [Diary Of An Item Girl], and YouTube [KKhubcha].
 
 
Movie : The Soup
Length : 12 min.
Director : Nishant Bahukhandi
Country : India
Synopsis : An animated film about a very hungry little boy.
 
 

Features


Movie : Aayna Ka Bayna
Length : 93 min.
Director : Samit Kakkad
Synopsis : Nine teenage boys with troubled childhoods spend their time dancing in a juvenile home run by a tyrant warden. Will they become masters of their destinies or end up going from one detention home to the next for the rest of their lives?
 
 
Movie : Chuppan Chuppai (Hide and Seek)
Length : 70 min.
Director : Saadat Muneer
Country : Denmark
Synopsis : A frolic in Pakistan's underground gay and transgender community, Chuppan Chuppai features four individuals and focuses on their internal conflicts and their constant play of 'hide and seek' from the mainstream population in the urban areas of Pakistan. We follow Jenny, a transgender college student who recently underwent castration. Kami, a fearless cross-dressing gay dancer, who openly lives with his boyfriend, Waseem, an effeminate wedding entertainer and a veteran dancing boy, and Neeli who played a huge part when the supreme court in Pakistan changed the constitution in favor of the 'third gender'.
 
 
Movie : Dal Puri Diaspora
Length : 81 min.
Director : Richard Fung
Country : Canada
Synopsis : Richard Fung explores the roots of his beloved Dal Puri that his mother used to make.
 
 
Movie : Listen Amaya
Length : 108 min.
Director : Avinash Singh
Country : India
Synopsis : Listen Amaya is a modern, young, contemporary film about relationships, family dynamics, about pre-conceptions and about priorities. It encapsulates a simple thought that, one does not stop living for the future, because of memories one has of the past.
 
 
Movie : These Birds Walk
Length : 71 min.
Director : Omar Mullick
Country : USA
Synopsis : In Karachi, Pakistan, a runaway boy's life hands on one critical question: Where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place? Simultaneously heart-wrenching and life-affirming, 'These Birds Walk' documents the struggles of these wayward street children and the Samaritans looking out for them in this ethereal and inspirational story of resilience.
 
 
Movie : The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Ticket : $8 Buy Now
Length : 130 min.
Director : Mira Nair
Country : USA
Synopsis : Mira Nair's masterful interpretation of a best selling novel by Mohsin Hamid about the innocent victims of the war on terror.
 
 
Movie : Zinda Bhaag
Ticket : $12 Buy Now
Length : 120 min.
Director : Meenu and Farjad
Country : Pakistan
Synopsis : Three best friends obsessed with dreams of life in the West find the reality much harder than the fantasy.
 
 

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