Sour Candy + Girls Will Be Girls + Talkback

Girls Will Be Girls + Sour Candy

Dec 1 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm
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Location: Ada Slaight Hall in Daniels Spectrum | 585 Dundas St E.

Girls Will Be Girls

Year: 2024
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Language: In Hindi and English with English subtitles
Length: 118 m
Advisory: Mature themes, scenes of sex and nudity, coarse language
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In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance, but her rebellious sexual awakening is disrupted by her mother, who never got to come of age herself.

Directed by

Shuchi Talati is a filmmaker from India whose work challenges dominant narratives around gender, sexuality, and South Asian identity. She is a graduate of the American Film Institute and is a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, the Bitchitra Collective and the Freelance Solidarity Project.

Sour Candy

Year: 2024
Country: India
Language: In Hindi with English subtitles
Length: 20m

Guddal, a free-spirited five-year-old, lives in her ancestral home with her younger brother Laddoo and older sister Chinu. While the children usually spend their time playing and getting up to mischief, a sudden change disrupts the normal atmosphere in their home.

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Directed by

Nishi Dugar

Nishi Dugar is a filmmaker and cinematographer from Jaipur, India. She studied Cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia from Saint Xavier’s College, Kolkata. She is also a part of the Indian Women Cinematographer’s Collective.

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