Shorts Program: STRONG FEMALE LEAD

Memorable female protagonists anchor these four short works of fiction, ranging across the globe from Jamaica to Mauritius to the United States.

Aniksha
Dir. Vincent Toi / 20 minutes / 2020 / Mauritius
Aniksha is a young Indo-Mauritian woman. After her arranged marriage, she finds a job at a call centre, a booming industry in Mauritius. There she encounters her enigmatic supervisor and discovers a new world of possibilities.

Citric Acid
Dir. Elenie Chung / 19 minutes / 2021 / United States
Aino and Yu Xing are best friends and working fine artists. Competition is as natural as intimacy between the two, but their relationship may be heading toward a breaking point.

Nymph
Dir. María del Mar Rosario / 17 minutes / 2020 / Puerto Rico, Cuba and United States
Pressured by her economic situation, a newly arrived immigrant in New York enters a world of embellished sex work.

Mada
Joseph Douglas-Elmhirst / 19 minutes / 2020 / Jamaica
Mada follows three days in the life of a young mother named Faith, her mother, Ethel, and Faith’s son, Luther, living in rural Jamaica, where isolation carries its own sound. As the narrative unfolds, a simmering conflict over Luther surfaces and we are offered insight into two mothers’ conflicting natures and notions about love and protection.

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