Sixteen-year-old Mira, the Head Prefect at her Himalayan school, crashes headfirst into teenage love, her country’s oppression of female sexual agency, and her own mother’s stifled desires in this stellar debut feature from Shuchi Talati, which won the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Girls Will Be Girls

International Narrative Competition

Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing By a Woman

These films elevate stories, topics, and themes that are embedded in both Asian communities and the Asian diaspora.

Asian Cinema

Only at Playhouse Square

This collection of films celebrates empowered women* of all kinds.*cis, trans, and non-binary inclusive