Short Film: Forbidden

Vibha Gulati | 20min | 2018 | United States

Forbidden is an award-winning short dramatic thriller that follows a Sikh woman named Jasleen, who is running away with her Muslim lover, Fahwaz.

Jasleen’s culture and religion conscious family wants her to marry within the Sikh community, and are shocked when she suddenly disappears. After Jasleen and Fahwaz elope, they think they have found happiness—but Jasleen’s family tracks the couple down and commit horrific acts in defence of their family honour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filmmakers: Vibha Gulati

Vibha Gulati is a working film professional in the Indian motion picture industry. Forbidden marks her directorial debut. Vibha embarked on her journey in filmmaking by assisting renowned Indian Film Director Raj Kumar Hirani on the highly successful feature film ‘Laage Raho Munna Bhai.’ Soon after, she enrolled at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) and graduated with an MFA degree with a concentration in film direction. She also completed a screenwriting degree at NYU and attained certification in Script Supervision from UCLA. Since then, Vibha has worked on a number of Bollywood and independent feature films including Bedoprata Pain’s ‘Chittagong,’ Kapil Sharma’s ‘I, Me Aur Main,’ Rohan Sippy’s ‘Nautanki Saala,’ Prashant Nair’s ‘Umrika,’ Danis Tanovic’s ‘Tigers’ and several others. Vibha is now working towards a full-time career as a writer and director for feature films.

 

 

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Film: Dunkey Following European Dreams

Syed Muhammad Hassan Zaidi | 40min | 2019 | Pakistan

My film is an awareness-based documentary about financially struggling immigrants from Pakistan that cross through Iran and Turkey to enter the EU. My aim was to expose the actual scenario and the life-threatening risks they experience while trying to enter the EU, and I want to reveal the real hazards people face while trying to cross borders illegally. I also shed light upon the many issues they face, seeing to discourage them from attempting these life-threatening perils, as there are hundreds of people who died in the process of crossing these borders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Film: All That Perishes at the Edge of Land

Hira Nabi | 30min | 2019 | Pakistan

A ship berthed at Gadani and the shipbreakers coming from all over Pakistan to break it discover that they might have more in common than otherwise imagined when they enter into a conversation.