Tiffin

India I 10 mins I Drama I 2019 I Hindi w/ English subtitles

The story follows Fatima, a young Muslim girl who is inseparable from her friends in school, whether it's sports or a social studies project.

However, during the lunch hour, the dynamic changes, as her friends share lunchboxes freely with each other but refuse to share food with Fatima.

She begins to feel alienated as she becomes more aware of the reasons for her ostracization. One day, a bunch of boys in the class steal every lunch except Fatima's box. Could this be a new hope to break the alienation?

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About the Artist

Talat Shakeel is a filmmaker based in Agra , Uttar Pradesh. Talat worked as a producer and sound designer on a documentary HOTEL NAZZ, which earned a nomination in South Asian Film Festival 2019.

She completed her M.A in Mass Communication from AJKMCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia. Recently, she also contributed as a sound designer for a video portrait HUMJINNS.

Talat enjoys writing and wrote several screenplays for her college projects. TIFFIN is her debut short film as a director and writer.