Childhood is a crucial phase in life that plays a very powerful role in shaping the mind. It is the experiences and the learnings from this period that a person retains all life long, often shaping his destiny. This is the time to sow the right seeds that will in time provide the fruits for a meaningful life. But, this is also the time that the weeds invade the fertile soil that is the young…
What is home? Is it a place or is it a feeling? How far will you go to find your home? Will you travel halfway around the world to find a home? These are some of the questions that a trans man asks in his journey to find his true calling. He listens to himself and the whispers of his heart, winning the battles with loneliness and depression. He accepts the fact that change is…
Two young boys strike up a friendship while they were playing together. Strangers till they met, the boys explore their common fascination for each other’s toys, just as little children do. One of them shows the other, the picture of a lion he had drawn, while the other talks about the wooden sword made by his father. Suddenly, the parent of one of the boys calls him away, leaving the other child behind. ‘Wooden sword’…
Riley lives with her friends and attends school in Sweden. When her friend Vanessa who has a problem with alcohol does not listen to her to avoid a party and ends up with a very bad hang-over she is upset that no one listens to her. Meanwhile, her sister Skye is grappling with relationship problems of her own. Skye feels that her boyfriend is spending much less time with her and she feels lonely. When…
Five members of an all-girls band relive the moments when they had challenged society to follow their passion. In 1979, a group of young women, Anjali Mahanta, Nazma Ahmed, Sewali Lekharu, Kabita Nath and Arati Mahanta form a music band called ‘Sur Samoloya’ in Assam, India. It was a time when the patriarchal society of the day looked down on women who performed on stage. Even their parents were not always supportive of their aspirations….