New Strains (2024)
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.
Directors:
Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan.
Writers:
Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Artemis Shaw.
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Artemis Shaw as Kallia |
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Prashanth Kamalakanthan as Ram |
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Cynthia Talmadge as |
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Olivier Sherman as |
| Writing | Prashanth Kamalakanthan | Screenplay |
| Editing | Prashanth Kamalakanthan | Editor |
| Directing | Artemis Shaw | Director |
| Camera | Prashanth Kamalakanthan | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Prashanth Kamalakanthan | Director |
| Writing | Artemis Shaw | Screenplay |
| Production | Artemis Shaw | Producer |
| Production | Kate Stahl | Producer |
| Sound | Will Epstein | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Eli Cohn | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jack Sasner | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Sanket Vetam | VFX Artist |