THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE

Directed by  Shehrezade Mian | Drama | 15 Minutes

Sixteen year old Saima is excited to attend her cousins multi-day South Asian wedding with her family. While attending the dholki at her cousin’s house, Saima experiences a sudden, traumatic event, and she turns to the women in her life for guidance before the wedding the next day. What follows is the realization of what it means to be a woman in her world.

Writer: Shehrezade Mian
Producer: Shehrezade Mian
Executive Producer: Seemal Zaman
DOP: Nikolay Michaylov
Editor: Shehrezade Mian
Production Designer: Amir Kiani
Music: Spencer Creaghan

Cast: Pooja Bhandari, Harleen Uppal, Ishtiaq Seestani, Shalaka Sardesai, Maynuka Sarwar, Shobha Hatte, Adeela Hossenbux, Sara Lake, Raghuram Sitaram, Sara Jaffri, Saira Nurali, Ramesh Sangani, Hanan Sameed

This short film is preceding the feature film BYSTANDERS