Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress. PRE-FEATURE SHORT: Shame ( ). Dir. Hadi Moussally. 4 mins, Lebanon, 2024, Digital, Subtitled In the 19th-century Levant, Salma Zahore posed with family and neighbors for a long-exposure photograph. At the end, she removed her coat, unaware her simple gesture would spark scandal and shame ( )in her community.