Green

Synopsis:

Avani is a shy 28-year-old on a desperate mission to lose her virginity before her more worldly 18-year-old cousin Alisha does.

Shetu Modi

Director:

Shetu Modi is a writer, director and editor based in Toronto. She holds a bachelor of fine arts in film production and a master of arts in journalism.

Shetu’s documentary Drape, Tuck, Pleat was featured by Brown Girl Magazine. Her first narrative short, Hot Air, screened at festivals in Toronto and Los Angeles in 2016. Her second narrative short The Pits screened at 14 festivals and won three audience choice awards. Shetu also shoots and edits the web series Smita’s Eats, starring her mom, and is currently developing the fiction web series Green. She is available for freelance fiction film editing.

Shetu has worked as a video producer and editor at the Canadian Press since 2010, where she has covered the Toronto International Film Festival for the past five years. She was the recipient of a Digital Publishing Award in 2017.