Girls Will Be Girls
Shuchi Talati
2024
About Film
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira is focused on her classwork and dreams of perfect scores. When she meets Sri through the astrology club her priorities change and they quickly begin spending all their time together. When Mira’s mom, Anila becomes suspicious of her daughter sneaking around, she stages a blunt intervention and the teenagers are now only allowed to meet under her watching eye. But her intervention soon creates a bigger problem in the shape of an unexpected emotional love triangle.
About Director
Shuchi Talati is a filmmaker from India whose work challenges dominant narratives around female sexuality, gender, and South Asian identity. She is a graduate of the American Film Institute and has directed several award-winning short films such as Mae and Ash (2013) and A Period Piece (2019). Girls Will Be Girls which was included in Official Selection of 2024 Sundance Film Festival is her first feature.