2025 New Orleans Film Festival

Narrative Shorts: Headlong

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To leap is to risk, to brace is to hope, to forge ahead is to believe in what might come. These films explore the courage it takes to step into uncertainty, capturing the beauty of forward motion - even when the landing is unsure.

When Ayaan becomes a temporary caregiver for his grandmother, they find themselves adrift in the gulf of a language barrier. In the silence, specters of a colonial past shift how he sees strangers and himself.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    19 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Shehrezad Maher
  • Screenwriter
    Shehrezad Maher
  • Producer
    Lindsay Blair Goeldner, Meetra Javed
  • Cinematographer
    Dustin Lane
  • Editor
    Shehrezad Maher
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