Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

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Mizaru

India, United States
2019 — 17' / Color

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Synopsis

In a suburb of Mumbai, India, a young couple tries to steal some private time in a very public place, when they're paid a visit by the moral police.

Directors' Biography

Sudarshan Suresh is an Indian screenwriter and director. His previous films, Absent, Memories of the Sea, and The Rabbit, have screened and won awards at numerous international film festivals, including Aspen, Palm Springs, Atlanta, and New Orleans. He was the recipient of the Directors Guild of America Student Filmmaker Award. His thesis film Mizaru received the Katharina Otto-Bernstein Production Grant.

Directors

Sudarshan Suresh

Producers

Ankur Singh

Cinematographers

Nikhil Arolkar

Editors

Sudarshan Suresh

Sound

Anish John