Aniksha | |
Director: | Vincent Toi |
Producer: | Guillaume Collin Vincent Toi |
Starring: | Neeshi Beeharry Laurent Lucas |
Music: | Tobias Rochman |
Cinematography: | Antoine Ryan |
Editing: | Daniel Dietzel |
Distributor: | La Distributrice des films |
Runtime: | 20 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
Aniksha is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Vincent Toi and released in 2020.[1] The film stars Neeshi Beeharry as Aniksha, a young woman in Mauritius who is caught between tradition and modernity when she takes a job at a call centre soon after entering into an arranged marriage.
The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2020.[3]
The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.[4]