For young Koko, it would be a sacred blessing to see the elusive tiger in the wild. As she nears adulthood in the glitzy and gluttonous metropolis of Bombay, Koko feels the call of the jungle in her heart. She runs off on a school safari trip, where she meets Raja, a weathered guide who promises to lead her to a tiger. As Koko nears her goal, she is betrayed and left to fend for herself in the mystic jungle.

And as the morning fog rolls in, dense with danger and primal dreams, a girl becomes a woman, a man becomes a beast, and an unforgettable tale unfolds...

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A native of Bombay, India, Aminta Goyel acquired a BA in Film and Theatre from Cornell University. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Film Production at the University of Southern California. Aminta has directed the short films Grandma’s Dead! (2004), Night (2003), Styx (2001) and the theatrical production of Agamemnon (Risley Theatre, 1999). She has also produced the short films Worms (2005 Slamdance Film Festival), the award-winning Hot Java (2004) and First and Last Month (2005). She hopes in her career as a director to make films that explore themes of identity in the multi-cultural fractures of modernity. The Morning Fog will be Aminta’s graduate thesis project.