Film- Victoria

Victoria

(2024; 85 minutes; Malayalam with English subtitles)
Director: Sivaranjini

With Meenakshi Jayan, Stephy Zaviour, Jolly Chirayath

Recipient of the FIPRESCI Award for Best Malayalam Film by a Debut Director at IFFK 2024; Official Selection, Shanghai International Film Festival (Asia New Talent Competition).

Victoria is a young beautician working in a modest beauty parlour in Kerala. On a day that promises a new beginning, she prepares to leave behind the life she has always known and elope with the man she loves. As the hours unfold, however, a series of encounters with the women around her, friends, colleagues and clients compel her to reflect on the choices before her. As Victoria finds herself increasingly torn between duty and desire, certainty and doubt, the film becomes a sensitive exploration of agency, companionship and the courage required to chart one's own course.

(Collaboration: FIPRESCI India)