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The Curfew



This Shaking Keeps Me Steady



Dog Island


Paper for a Cloud


Dimensions of a Fish


Landing Music


Winter Sodium Self


24.8°, 66.8° -- 41.3°, -72.9°


Floaters


Night Projections, Day Wall


Color Wheel for the City


If You Imagine Yourself as a Rock,All Your Troubles Will Fall Away


The Birds Only Come Down to
the City When There is a Death


HOVER / HUM


A Minimum of 200 Rainbows from 100 Prisms in the Next Week


Rasmalai


Bio + Contact









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19 mins &#124; Digital &#124; Color &#124; 1.44: 1 &#124; 2025

Synopsis
When Ayaan becomes a temporary caregiver for his grandmother, they find themselves adrift in the gulf of a language barrier. In the silence, specters of a colonial past shift how he sees strangers and himself.




Festivals
Venice International Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 2025
Hamptons International Film Festival, Hamptons, NY, 2025
New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, 2025


Awards
Special Jury Prize for Directing, Hamptons International Film Festival


Press

Interview, Dawn (Images) 

Interview, Boston Hassle 

Review, Sunshine State Cineplex, The Curfew  – A Brilliant Portrait of Generational Divides Between Culture and Colonialism" by Alan French

Interview, The New Current 

Review, Unseen Films 


Cast
Sathya Sridharan – Ayaan
Balinder Johal – Nayyer
Sara Haider – Zaynab
Rajesh Bose – Concierge/Fruit Seller
Chris Thorn – Neighbor
Salwa Khan – Speech Therapist

Crew
Writer and Director – Shehrezad Maher
Cinematographer – Dustin Lane
Producers – Lindsay Blair Goeldner, Meetra Javed
EPs – Fawzia Mirza, Andria Wilson Mirza, Shant Joshi
Line Producer – Ameer Kazmi
AD – Brandon Brumm
Costume designer – Katharina Windemuth
Sound Recording – Boris Krichevsky 
AD – Brandon Brumm
HMU – Frances Bromley
Script Supervisor – Yajing Wu
Colorist - Sofya Lifanova
Composer – Zubin Hensler
VFX – Michael Hearty
Post-production producer – Lindsay Blair Goelder
Color and finishing – Picture House
Post production sound – Formosa Group
Sound mixers – John Dykstra, Eli Cohn
DCP mastering – RCO Color and Finishing


Made with the support of
The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Islamic Scholarship Fund
Davey Foundation 
Pano Network
Philadelphia Independent Media Fund


Production Company
Fae Pictures in association with Baby Daal Productions

Poster Design
Caspar Newbolt, Version Industries



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