Shuchi Kothari

When a recent widow moves to New Zealand from India, she's forced to confront her grief by completing an ordinary ritual in an extraordinary circumstance: quarantine.

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A series of digital stories showcasing the diversity of Muslim New Zealanders' experiences as they reveal what they love the most.

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A discontented wife is seduced by eels - the keepers of the land. The mystic encounter draws her into the eels’ realm.

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Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

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Celebrity Chef Anita hasn't seen her family for twenty years. That is until her son Michael decides to do some soul searching and track down his aunt.

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Ingeniously unfolding three tales in unison, Take 3 follows a trio of young asian-Kiwi actors on one horrifying day of auditions.

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When a cup of coffee is a gift from Allah.

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Caught between relentless expectations of perfection and her artistic desires, a young virtuoso pianist must choose to either uphold or shatter her family’s formidable musical legacy.

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A sexually frustrated young woman is desperate to persuade her vagina to open up when she bumps into an ex-boyfriend.

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