Narrative Short, 19 mins, 2024
Winner of and produced as part of the 2nd CAPE & Janet Yang Productions Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge
Winner, Grand Jury Prize for New York Narrative Short and Audience Award for Narrative Short,NewFest 2024
Nominated for Best Narrative Short, Austin Film Festival, 2024
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Amidst preparations for her sister’s wedding in India, young American Neelu forges a brief and unexpected connection with Zeyb, a quiet sari store clerk who moonlights as an internet drag queen.
Starring: Kamal Batra, Aesha Soni
Written & Directed by: Shruti Parekh
Produced by: Kajri Akhtar & Shruti Parekh
Executive Producers: CAPE, Janet Yang Productions, Julia S. Gouw, Kajri Akhtar, Shruti Parekh
Associate Producer: Snarky Elephant Productions
Line Producer: Pranav Sahni, India Take One Productions
Director of Photography: Aditya Kapoor
Production Designer: Mausam Aggarwal
Editors: Rajdeep Mitra, Shruti Parekh
Composer: David Sharma
Narrative Short, 18 mins, 2022
When an immigrant taxi driver in upstate New York takes a hopeful young couple to the Canadian border, they find themselves at odds in the shared pursuit of a better life.
Starring: Anwar Molani, Vico Ortiz, Rosa Frausto
Awards:
Best Narrative Short, Portland Film Festival 2023
Best Student Film, Ojai Film Festival 2023
Best Screenplay, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival 2023
Best Fiction Short, South Asian Film Festival of Montreal 2024
Official Selections:
Across the Globe Film Festival 2024
Annapolis Film Festival 2024
Brooklyn Film Festival 2023
Bushwick Film Festival 2023
CAAMFest 2023
Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival 2023
Dances With Films 2023
Inside Out Toronto 2023
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 2024
Micheaux Film Festival 2023
Montclair Film Festival 2022
New York Latino Film Festival 2023
Ojai Film Festival 2023
Portland Film Festival 2023
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival 2023
Salute Your Shorts Film Festival 2023
Santa Fe International Film Festival 2023
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2023
South Asian Film Festival of Montreal 2024
South Asian Film Festival of Orlando 2023
Tasveer South Asian Film Festival 2023
Urbanworld Film Festival 2022
*Nominated by UCLA for the Gotham Awards Short Film Student Showcase, 2022
Press:
UCLA Daily Bruin: Graduate student aims to depict immigration anxieties in upcoming film
Written and Directed by: Shruti Parekh
Produced by: Laura Scarano, Shruti Parekh
Cinematography by: Ingrid Sanchez
Narrative Short, In Post-Production
Facing eviction after her mother’s death, a struggling artist searches for creative ways to defend her right to stay in her family’s Brooklyn apartment.
Written and Directed by Shruti Parekh
Produced by Laura Scarano, Shruti Parekh
Cinematography by Akina Van de Velde
Starring Dela Meskienyar, Diane Ciesla, Shahjehan Khan, Reya Sehgal
Narrative Short, 9:47 mins, 2020
On the afternoon before a rare lunar eclipse, 13-year-old Maya prepares to go to her first high school party, until she discovers she’s started her period.
Awards:
Audience Award: South Asian Film Festival of America 2020
Official Selection:
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2021
IFFSA Toronto 2021
Los Angeles Asian Film Festival 2021
Written and Directed by Shruti Parekh
Produced by Melissa Scicluna, Shruti Parekh
Cinematography by Yichi Zhang
Starring Megh Basu, Deepti Gupta, Amber Romero, Shawn Denegre-Vaught
PRESS:
https://film-cred.com/laapff-2021-review-blood-moon-shruti-parekh/
“Gupta and Basu’s chemistry as the mother and daughter duo is perfectly written and performed…It’s an invigorating perspective of South Asian characters who are usually stereotyped in Hollywood films. The tale of a young South Asian teenager learning and navigating her new life is not something that is usually seen in Bollywood films, and Blood Moon explores it truly and honestly.” - Nuha Hassan
