THE CURFEW

2025 · 19m · Drama · Urdu, English

a film by SHEHREZAD MEHER
starring SATHYA SRIDHARAN and BALINDER JOHAL

When Ayaan becomes a temporary caregiver for his grandmother, they find themselves adrift in the gulf of a language barrier. In the silence, spectres of a colonial past shift how he sees strangers and himself.

Official Selection
82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia
Orizzonti Short Films International Competition

a FAE PICTURES production
in association with BABY DAAL productions

made with the support of
THE PEW CENTER FOR ARTS & HERITAGE ISLAMIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND
THE DAVID ROSS FETZER FOUNDATION FOR EMERGING ARTISTS SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER PANO

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