This bold and distinctive feature debut from director Payal Kapadia explores the political climate of contemporary India.

Framed by fictional, unsent letters from a female student at the Film & Television Institute of India to her estranged lover, Kapadia's film combines a mixture of found footage, sketches and the director's own material to build an insightfulpicture of the fractious relationship between the nation's youth, its rigid caste structures and its far-right government.

This immersive and spiritual work - winner of the Golden Eye for Best Documentary at Cannes last year - makes for an electrifying feature debut.

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