New Strains (2023)

This cheerfully humdrum rom-com presents a very homemade slice of first-lockdown life. But can its squabbling couple make it through a mysterious pandemic? Co-writers and filmmakers Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan play Kallia and Ram: young lovers vacationing to New York just as the pandemic unfolds. They’ve already descended into petty name-calling when the travel ban prolongs their trip indefinitely, trapping them in Kallia’s uncle’s apartment.

• Release Date: 2023-01-28
• Runtime: 1h 18min
• Directors: Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan.
• Writers: Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Artemis Shaw.