'Shakti': A Survival Guide
Shakti’ is a survival guide for women all over the world.

On a short trip to Donostia, Spain, Anna struggles with the recent loss of her mother and the quiet unraveling of her long-term relationship. Sleepless and emotionally adrift, she begins wandering the city at night, where she meets a mysterious woman who challenges her to confront the life she's been avoiding. As reality blurs, Anna must choose between holding on to comfort or stepping into the unknown.
Shakti’ is a survival guide for women all over the world.
This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.
Taika Waititi writes, directs and co-stars in 'Boy', set in 1984 New Zealand. The film does just what Waititi dreamed of — it gave a great coming-of-age story to Māori people without making a story of the Māori people as an exotic other.
'Uprooted' is a short film on what's happening in Ukraine as of today. This captures the emotions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Hours before their line-up of screenings for Trans Awareness Week began, the filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men' chatted with me about the film's personal exploration of masculinity.