A Diwali Dilemma: A Direct Inner Conversation about Minority Struggles
Mala tripped over in a company Diwali party, which led to unexpected visits and realizations.

Tied to a chair within a basement, Courtney is confronted with Sid - the local serial killer, also known as; “The Mutton Murderer.” With tools at the ready to perform Sid’s signature mutilation, Courtney’s fate rests on the balance of the next 10 pivotal minutes.
Mala tripped over in a company Diwali party, which led to unexpected visits and realizations.
The “gay best friend”, an age-old trope, has been done in countless films and television series. Ranging from one-note (Sex and the City's Stanford and Mario) to nuanced (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss), the gay best friend exists to support and advise the main protagonist, with their conflicts swept to the side.
This Comedy-Drama set in Nazi Germany, shows a young boy, Jojo who wants to be Hitler's personal guard and even conjures up Hitler to be his imaginary friend. His nationalism and prejudices of Jews change when he discovers a Jewish girl hiding in his attic.
Hope has great characters, inventive ideas, an incredible imagination, a palpable intensity, and numerous other aspects that make it one of the best of the year.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
“It's not ghosts. It's not supernatural. It's... It's America. And it's everywhere.”