Anuparna Roy’s Songs of Forgotten Trees made history at the Venice Film Festival, where she became the first Indian filmmaker to win Best Director in the Orizzonti section. Without film school credentials or industry pedigree, Roy’s debut rejects clichés of Indian cinema abroad. Her intimate, feminist storytelling reframes women not as symbols or victims but as survivors who demand to be witnessed.

In this interview, we chat with Zahra about her recent NFT art exhibition, ‘A Moment in Time'.

On Consciousness, Creativity, and Colourful Concepts

Mystical Narratives: Inside the Surreal World of Darshini Chetty

On Representing Pakistani Beauty

A conversation with NFT artist Vabyvel on feminity and minority representation in crypto art.

On the aesthetics of excess

On Representation and Expectations and Rediscovering the Beauty in Brown

On Finding the Humor in Hardship

Resisting Through Joy: A Masterclass in Strength and Style

On Caste, Sustainability, and Eco-Justice

Colouring India’s Shores: A Testament to Bollywood, Beauty, and Everything in Between

The Identity of Colour And the Places, Faces We Often Forget

Self Portrait in Migration: An Ode to the Things We’ve Lost, and the Identities We Built