A teenage boy must cope with the loss of his mother as he eats her final plate of home cooked pasta.
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Holy Rights
Safia, a devout Muslim woman from Bhopal joins a program for training women as Qazis (judges of Sharia court) . We follow the lived experience of Safia Apa and several other women who fight against the instant triple talaq practice – a divorce in classical Islamic law.
Nolan: Here Nor There
Nolan: Here Nor There is the coming-of-age tale of a young man growing up on a reserve in the throes of a suicide epidemic. His mother, fearing for his life, sends him to live with family in Ft. Qu’Appelle. He meets a quirky girl and a residential school survivor who become supports as he navigates his personal grief and finds his place in history and the treaty relationship.
Psychophonic
During a full moon night, a cat is walking on a roof when it listens to music coming from a house, it dares to enter the creepy home and ends trapped. While trying to escape, it will discover the secret that the gramophone hides.