THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE (2022)
Sixteen year old Saima is excited to attend her cousins multi-day South Asian wedding with her family. While attending the dholki at her cousins house, Saima experiences a sudden, traumatic event, and she turns to the women in her life for guidance before the wedding the next day. What follows is the realization of what it means to be a woman in her world.
CREDITS
15 min | Colour | Urdu, English | 1:33:1
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Shehrezade Mian
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Seemal Zaman
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Bertha Lee, Natalia Orasanin
AWARDS
Audience Choice Award, WIFT Showcase (2023)
Best of the Showcase, WIFT Showcase (2023)
Finalist, Lindalee Tracey Award at Hot Docs (2023)
Best Editing, Gandhara Independent Film Festival (2023)
SCREENINGS
Cinefest Sudbury (2022)
Reelworld Film Festival (2022)
Vancouver Asian Film Festival (2022)
Canadian Film Fest (2023)
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (2023)
Gandhara Independent Film Festival (2023)
WIFT Showcase (2023)
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