VFS - Short Series 7 (Mehndi, Decoding Dark Matter, Fighters Canvas + Lovel...
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Mehndi: (Short - North America)
On the threshold of womanhood, amidst the bright colorful flurry of an Indian bridal shower, two young girls pass a secret designed to alter their lives forever.
Producer: Nesib Shamah
Director: Sudeshna Sen
Country of Origin: USA
Language: English
Run Time: 4:00
Shunyata: (Short Film)
A hitman with regrets finds a ray of hope in an unusual friendship.
Director: Chintan Sarda
Producer: Sunil Khedakar & Chintan Sarda
Country of Origin: India
Language: Hindi
Run Time: 22:10
5 O'Clock Shadow: (Short Film - North America)
This is the story of an Indian-American mother who is the victim of racial abuse. Her worst fear rises to the surface and for the first time ever, she asks the question: Do we really belong here?
Director: Sangeeta Agrawal
Producer: Sangeeta Agrawal
Country of Origin: USA
Language: English
Run Time: 7:14
Decoding DarkMatter: (Short Film - North America)
A short documentary film about two Asian transgender poetry performance artists: Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian. It documents their journey from Stanford University, where they began performing together as DarkMatter, to their first large theater production, It Gets Bitter, at Joe’s Pub in New York City.
Producer: Crystal Waterton
Director: Crystal Waterton
Country of Origin: USA
Language: English
Run Time: 21:00
Fighters Canvas: (Short Film - North America) -
“Fighters Canvas” is a short film touching on the similarities between the martial arts, and what most consider “traditional” art. By delving into the mind of decorated mixed martial artist Gurdarshan “Saint Lion” Mangat we see how the octagon is his canvas, and as he paints the cage with his techniques witness the similarities to other disciplines of art
Director: Gary Chutai & Manvinder Dhak
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English
Run Time: 10:31
Lovely Mummers: (Short Film) -
A family in rural Newfoundland are tormented by costumed people they know, in a misty place where fairies love to prey on children.
Director: Bhaveek N Makan
Producer: Rendering Glint Films
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English
Run Time: 20:00
