New Strains

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.

• Prashanth KamalakanthanScreenplay
• Artemis ShawDirector
• Prashanth KamalakanthanDirector
• Artemis ShawScreenplay
• Will EpsteinOriginal Music Composer

• Artemis ShawKallia
• Prashanth KamalakanthanRam
• Cynthia TalmadgeCast
• Olivier ShermanCast