Movies: Shruti Ganguly

Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented....

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years....

Aspiring chef Lizzy sets off with her three best friends in tow to compete in the prestigious Saucy Food Festival. What begins as a calculated career move quickly turns into a madcap misadventure full of food, fun and female bonding, where the girls ...

In this retelling of the classic tale, Aladdin is an out of work indie-rock singer living in a video-game-world ruled by a perverted technology-obsessed Sultan....

Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry....

A lonely teenager runs away from home, bringing his abusive stepfather's girlfriend with him....

Two women, each named Helen, live out their mirrored lives in the town of Troy, NY. The first Helen is in her 60s, is married, and takes care of a small, extremely lifelike baby doll, which she treats as a living baby. The second Helen is in her 30...

An aging, Argentine, Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles to deal with a career he can't seem to get on track, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit....

It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community....

Birth of a Poet is a dramatic short film that captures the moment Stephen Dobyns transitions from a disillusioned journalist to an emerging poet. It is adapted from autobiographical poems....

Zeynep arrives from New York to a small town on the coast of Turkey with her American husband. She returns to a family that is broken- parents who are divorced and a younger sister who has become estranged. The troubled family embarks on a week-long ...

Spark is set in a future where fire is banned, clean air is precious, and an over-protective society fears the natural disasters of the past. Young 'Very,' is the quiet, new girl in an unfriendly classroom teeming with technology, hormones and cruelt...

Two kids knock off their father's toupee in a pillow fight and believe they murdered him. Based on a true story about a dysfunctional family in 1983....

A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother....

An African family, lost in America, travels to a Louisiana church to cure its problem child....

A dark comedy about a gay couple trying to adopt a newborn from a drug-addict and her abusive girlfriend....

A recently adopted 8-year-old refugee spends a day preparing for her first red carpet appearance with her new pop star mother when she is haunted by reminders of the life she left behind and awakened to the fragility of her new one....

After a stressful workday, Deborah settles in for some intimate “me time" at home, until three other aspects of her psyche appear, dredge up deep-seated inhibitions, and threaten to derail her plan....

When in 2089 humans become an out-of-date concept, the only way to survive is to integrate into AI constructs. Yet Luc — a rebellious ballerina — would rather die than conform. But when she meets an odd robot Azul, the idea of integrating into a bett...

A global story through the eyes of two women interconnected by a child. Somer is a newly married physician in San Francisco who makes the devastating discovery that she will never be able to have children. The same year in India, poor mother Kavita m...