Sana Jafri

Pakistan, 2071. There have been no reported instances of terrorism or violent crime in over 30 years. The cost: the systemic subjugation of all human emotion.

A teenage boy who has a passion for drumming, but lives in a family that does not support his ambitions. He feels suppressed and afraid to express his true self because of the pressures of his family, leading him to mockingly play the drums in secret in the bathroom, which is his only safe space within the house.

An allegorical day-in-the-life adventure lived through the eyes of a naive, determined Yasmeen in search of her missing homework assignment, while the pressures of the adult world threaten her and her rural mountain village in Pakistan.

An allegorical day-in-the-life adventure lived through the eyes of a naive, determined Yasmeen in search of her missing homework assignment, while the pressures of the adult world threaten her and her rural mountain village in Pakistan.

In Lahore, 26-year-old Fatin and her mother Yasmeen prepare for a neighborhood wedding when Yasmeen’s 70-year-old brother-in-law, Shabeer, unexpectedly arrives for the wedding and medical tests. Fatin, uncomfortable due to past abuse, faces pressure to care for him, including driving him to his appointments, forcing her to confront unresolved trauma while balancing family obligations.

In Lahore, 26-year-old Fatin and her mother Yasmeen prepare for a neighborhood wedding when Yasmeen’s 70-year-old brother-in-law, Shabeer, unexpectedly arrives for the wedding and medical tests. Fatin, uncomfortable due to past abuse, faces pressure to care for him, including driving him to his appointments, forcing her to confront unresolved trauma while balancing family obligations.

In Lahore, 26-year-old Fatin and her mother Yasmeen prepare for a neighborhood wedding when Yasmeen’s 70-year-old brother-in-law, Shabeer, unexpectedly arrives for the wedding and medical tests. Fatin, uncomfortable due to past abuse, faces pressure to care for him, including driving him to his appointments, forcing her to confront unresolved trauma while balancing family obligations.

The relationship between a responsible boy and his precocious younger sister becomes strained when an unspoken truth dares to surface.

A transgender woman encourages her long-term boyfriend to marry a woman of his family’s choosing.