Strawberry Cream
United States/India, 16 mins, Digital
In-person & Online
In the strawberry fields of Kashmir, hopelessly sensitive Tushar falls in love with his cooler-than-thou friend, Ashwin, and their ensuing summer romance transforms him.
Director: Vishnu Sinha
Writer: Vishnu Sinha
Producer: Claire Hackett
Director of Photography: Arjun Sundarram
Editor: Kim Su
Composer: Dhruv Visvanath
Cast: Mihir Ahuja, Nihal Grover, Anila Khosla, and Arjun Raina
Contact: Vishnu Sinha, vss2130@columbia.edu
Program G
Sunday, May 12th at 5:00 PM
About the Writer/Director
Vishnu Sinha is a NYC-based filmmaker with an MFA from Columbia University where his work has received the Leone Family Film Grant, the Emerging Filmmakers Grant, and the Teaching Fellowship. He has written for ‘The Royals’, a Netflix India original romantic-comedy TV-series that will release later this year. He has taught at Columbia and QueerFrames, India’s first queer screenwriting lab.
About the Producer
Claire Hackett is a NYC-based graduating Creative Producer at Columbia University dedicated to telling subversive stories across diverse genres while creating collaborative environments. She champions filmmakers’ visions and bridges art and business. Claire has a background in supporting writers, nonprofits, and event producing. Currently, she partners with film and media organizations supporting underrepresented filmmakers to coordinate programming for Gotham Week.