Short Film: Shit One Carries

Shuchi Kothari | 14min | 2019 | India/ New Zealand

Avi, 45, returns home to India from California to care for his father. Unlike the warmth his father shares with his caregivers, the father and son’s relationship is prickly. One afternoon when the attendant is unavailable, Avi must deal with his father’s diarrhea. A desperate Avi realizes that he must let go of his own crap before he can deal with his father’s shit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filmmakers: Shuchi Kothari

Shuchi Kothari is a Kiwi-Indian filmmaker based in New Zealand. She has written and produced award-winning films (Firaaq, Apron Strings, Coffee & Allah, Fleeting Beauty) that have screened at over 100 international festivals including Venice, Toronto, BFI, Telluride, Cannes and Busan. She teaches Screen Production at the University of Auckland. Among other projects, she’s currently writing an animated feature screenplay set in USA and Japan. 

Shit One Carries is Shuchi’s fictional directorial debut.

 

 

 

 

 

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Film: Coral Woman

Priya Thuvassery | 52min | 2019 | India

Coral Woman is a filmmaker’s journey with Uma, a certified scuba diver, exploring the underwater world and the threat to coral reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, India. Born in a traditional family in Tamil Nadu, 53 year-old homemaker Uma has been trying to bring attention to this alarming environmental issue through her paintings. It is, in fact, these corals that inspired Uma to learn how to swim, dive, and paint in her 50s.

 

 

 

Short Film: Soch

Varundeep Singh Chawla | 3min | 2019 | Canada

This Public Service Announcement is a narrative short about a single Indian mother who does the best she can to take care of her daughter despite her anxiety attacks. One day after school, at the daughter’s request, they go to an upscale ice-cream store where the mother has a panic attack while ordering. The daughter picks up on her mother not feeling well. Later at home, she approaches her mother and asks her if she’s feeling okay. The film ends with: “Take care of your mental health like you take care of your children.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Film: The Seal
Richa Rudola | 16min | 2019 | United States

The Seal is a psychological thriller about a woman’s journey of healing from trauma. It’s about the battle between the mind that wants to forget, and the body that remembers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Film: Cul De Sac
Cara Lawson | 13min | 2019 | United States

On the morning of her annual Memorial Day barbecue, a young mother, Jiya, is threatened by tormenting symptoms of postpartum psychosis. Overwhelmed, she tries to suppress the sense of dread as her mental state worsens, but her sense of reality begins to deteriorate when the final guest arrives–her mother.