Cinefest Sudbury Virtual Festival

Short Circuit I - The Debts of Innocents

Expired September 28, 2020 1:00 AM
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This film is part of the Short Circuit I - The Debts of Innocents program.


Muslim teenager Leila’s beliefs, religion, and culture gets tested when she conspires with her friend to change from her modest dress into a more typical “American” dress at her senior prom. Throughout the course of the night, she experiences who she thinks she wants to be, and what she might have to give up to become it.


Les croyances de Leila, une adolescente musulmane, sont mises à l’épreuve lorsqu’elle change sa modeste robe pour une autre plus «typiquement américaine» pour aller à son bal des finissants. Pendant la soirée, elle découvre qui elle veut devenir et songe à ce qu’elle devra peut-être abandonner pour y arriver.


  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    9 minutes
  • Language
  • Country
    Canada
  • Note
  • Director
    Zahra Golafshani