'Honor Roll Boys' (MiamisFF Review): A Bit of Harmless Fun
Initially feeling like a passionate group having a bit of harmless fun with filmmaking, it leads to something sinister enough to leave a mark.

Anna, 17, and Dante, 19, meet at a party and decide to start a relationship without commitments. However, everything changes when a surprise pregnancy threatens to alter the course of their lives. They seek the help of Milton, a medical student, who takes them to a neglected apartment in the suburbs of Durango to interrupt the process. From then on, both are immersed in a traumatic experience that will mark them forever.
Initially feeling like a passionate group having a bit of harmless fun with filmmaking, it leads to something sinister enough to leave a mark.
Zombie apocalypses have been metaphors for late-stage predatory capitalism, but never a system disrupter that brings about freedom.
Mala tripped over in a company Diwali party, which led to unexpected visits and realizations.
True crime media is notoriously obsessed with the “missing white woman” trope, and yet the vast majority of American murder victims are male, and well over half are people of color.
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.