Shabnam Sukhdev
Shabnam Sukhdev is an Indian filmmaker and teacher who emigrated to Canada in 2002. She has degrees in psychology, sociology, and special education. She also holds a post-graduate diploma in cinema from the Indian Film and Television Institute. She has worked in the film and television industry in Mumbai as a writer, director, and producer of short films and television series for over 15 years. Her short documentary Stranger in My Own Skin was nominated for an Alberta Motion Pictures Industry Award in 2005. Her socially conscious films address fundamental issues of identity, culture, feminism, sexuality, migration, and mental health. Her most recent film, Unfinished (2021), made as part of York University's MFA film program, won the CILECT award for Best North American Documentary. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in theatre and performance studies at York University in Toronto, where she is studying the transformative power of performance in family therapy.
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Unfinished
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_Unfinished_ encapsulates a young woman’s struggle with mental illness as seen through the lens of her mother. Over a series of hospitalizations the mother’s frustrating inquiry to understand and untangle the conundrum of her daughter’s mental health condition unfolds. The filmmaker-mother critically examines home videos filmed by her during her daughter’s first episode that unravels the family...
Unfinished
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_Unfinished_ encapsulates a young woman’s struggle with mental illness as seen through the lens of her mother. Over a series of hospitalizations the mother’s frustrating inquiry to understand and untangle the conundrum of her daughter’s mental health condition unfolds. The filmmaker-mother critically examines home videos filmed by her during her daughter’s first episode that unravels the family...
