(TIFFNZ) Oceania

A Showcase of Oceania's own filmmaking talent, featuring:

Sister Mine: When fellow villagers of 24 year-old Amarjeet - the only son of a North Indian farming family - find out that his sister Manni (27) has married a Scheduled Caste man overseas, Amarjeet and his parents face being outcast. 

Graveyard Shift: Amid the quiet of Melbourne’s dawn hours, two immigrant women from different cultural backgrounds navigate parallel journeys of isolation and courage in Graveyard Shift. A young international student is haunted by loneliness and grief, unable to return home as she mourns a family tragedy from afar. Across the city, a wife endures a brutal, abusive marriage that has stripped her of identity and hope.

Sufne: Far from home, a young immigrant is his family's proof that dreams come true. But behind that image, he gives more than anyone sees. As the distance grows between who he is and who he's expected to be, he nears a question he can no longer avoid.

Champa: A young woman afraid to be thrown into marriage is recounted a story that changes her life forever.

Pantry of Memories: Arya, an experienced chef, has lost her drive & passion for food, struggling to find emotional balance. One day she stumbles upon an eccentric musician with whom she talks about music, food, and its connection with memories, inspiring her to see things in a new light. With this new perspective, Arya recollects and interacts with a memory of her father that has been haunting her for some time. 

Tasrufdaar: Two childhood friends, a Kashmiri Muslim and a Kashmiri Pandit: separated by the violence of 1990, meet only after death to have the conversation that could have saved them both.

Chaar Diwari: After landing a suspiciously perfect apartment through his broker, a man begins to sense something is wrong with the house. He soon realises that the walls are closing in. His attempts to convince others leave him increasingly isolated and frantic. The question that remains is what will happen first: will the house shrink down and trap him or will he be driven mad by his own loneliness?