Winner of awards for Best Actor and Best Cinematography at the 2023 Durban International Film Festival, this psychological Hindi thriller from Devashish Makhija follows Dasru and Vaano who move from the tribal interior of East India to a back- breaking construction site in Mumbai to bring up their daughter, Joram. A web of intrigue and corruption follow a chance meeting with a political leader, and Dasru is forced to flee with Joram for his life. One man’s survival story becomes a tense sociopolitical drama.

India 2023 (134 minutes)