'Choti Choti Khushiyan' (The Little Joys) - A Short Film, by Neha Lalani │ Award-Winning

Описание: SFSU School of Cinema presents,
In association with Vortex Productions...

CHOTI CHOTI KHUSHIYAN (THE LITTLE JOYS)

A film by Neha Lalani.


A young Pakistani woman, caught between cultures and silenced by self-doubt, spirals into a surreal identity crisis when her struggle with Urdu threatens her dreams, and her sense of belonging.

This film is inspired by a poem I wrote in middle school about my inability to speak Urdu - the same poem Inaya recites in the film. Finding it years later in my archives felt strangely charming, but also heavy with a kind of melancholic nostalgia.

"Lost in silence, khud se door."

S T A R R I N G
~ Nitasha Syed, as 'INAYA'
~ Sana Fatima, as 'MISS AMINA'
~ Parth Agarwala, as 'IMRAN'
~ Sonia Gambhir, as 'SAMREEN'


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IMDb ► https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37429506...
FilmFreeway ► https://filmfreeway.com/TheLittleJoys


"Best Experimental Movie" at IIFA 2025 (Iconic Indie Film Awards)
"Best Female Filmmaker" at PIFF 2025 (Peshawar Intl. Film Festival)
"Best Use of Lighting" at 'SWAN Perth Intl. Women in Film Festival' 2025
"Best Female Director" at 'Rio Cine Award' 2025
"Best Student Film" at CAP Awards 2025 (Cinematography & Photography Awards)


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