
Dry Leaves
Zahida arrives at a home for the old, believing her son will take her back after a week. Hesitant and apprehensive, she meets Farhat, who is full of hope but as the story unfolds she realizes that the future might be different from her expectations.

Synopsis
Zahida arrives at a home for the old, believing her son will take her back after a week. Hesitant and apprehensive, she meets Farhat, who is full of hope but as the story unfolds she realizes that the future might be different from her expectations.
10 mins

Ali Sohail Jaura
Ali Sohail Jaura is an Independent filmmaker from Karachi, Pakistan with a penchant to evolve emotions through his stories. He likes to explore different styles of storytelling in his films. In 2015, his debut short film “Prohibited” won numerous International awards around the globe. In 2017, he made a travel short film “Arz e Pakistan” (Land of Pakistan) based on Northern Regions of Pakistan which went into a winning streak and won many awards and accolades at International tourism film festivals around the world, it also ranked in Top 10 tourism films of 2018 by CIFFT (Comité International des Festivals du Film Touristique). His recent short film “Nanu Aur Main” (Grandpa and I) based on grandparent relationships, has been selected in some of the largest South Asian film festivals of USA in 2018.