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Before I Do
Winner E06 - Best Performance - Nisha Emich
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DIRECTOR - Gitika Buttoo
YEAR - 2024
RUNTIME - 9 min
COUNTRY - United Kingdom
WRITER - Afshan d'Souza-Lodhi
PRODUCER - Luke Oliveira-Davies, John Askew
DOP - Samira Oberberg
CAST: Nisha Emich, Shobna Gulati, Dylan Morris, Ayesha Dharker
LOGLINE
On the morning of her wedding day, Mona, a British-Indian woman, questions her rushed marriage and reflects on a period of self-discovery from her past.
TRAILER
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
We are constantly evolving, and representation matters. Seeing brown women on screen taking up space gave me the confidence to imagine that for myself, and I hope this film does the same for others. Queer south Asian women deserve stories that feel authentic and expansive – ones that push our narratives forward rather than limit us. I also hope the film sparks conversations between families, across generations, and helps create a world where people feel safe enough to live unapologetically as themselves.