Shahzaib Raza

When his PI brother-in-law goes missing, soft-boiled sleuth Perry "Pears" Matthews is put on the case by his very pregnant sister and now will have to fill the gumshoes he never thought he had.

Told through the eyes of Wenzle, an unsung hero tortured by a life of neglect and abuse, we are drawn into a hauntingly abstract dystopian world. Resigned to his daily torment, Wenzle drifts through existence, until a stranger enters his life, igniting hope and revealing a glimpse of a world that might hold beauty after all. Could this be his chance to escape, or is it just another illusion?

Ice Cream Parlor is a short film adaptation of a short story written by Delaney Aby Saalman. It tells the story of Aby, a young girl working in an ice cream shop, and her interaction with a vagabond bible salesman.