Echo Chamber - CIFF - Vol.2 (SŪNNA aka ‘Listen’)
Watch the conversation with Radha Mehta, HERE!
No mistakes people, @EchoChamberFP is BACK in Cleveland for more Festival goodness!
Once again, London Flair PR came through, and it was actually Shaimaa Khan who organised our first chat (episode 383) with our returning guest Radha Mehta. So it's great we get to do it all again, for her brand new short film, which is having its North American Premiere at the 50th Cleveland International Film Festival. If you dug the first convo, people, this one is sooooo immersive in storytelling soul, Radha is sonically hypnotising. Like her work, it's an incredible human embrace, you will not want to miss a second!!!
'SŪNNA’ aka 'Listen' is written & directed by Radha Mehta. On the day of a temple performance with her mother (Anisha Nagarajan), a young girl named Lakshmi (Aaliya Mehta) suddenly experiences hearing loss and, with it, the world she knew, shaped by rhythm and song, goes eerily quiet. Disoriented and gripped by a myriad of fears, she begins to navigate her new reality, held by the steady presence of her mother beside her.
Watch the conversation with Radha Mehta, HERE!
Today we have:
SŪNNA 'Listen' - Poster
SŪNNA 'Listen'
Watch Review: Here.
Phoenix Film Festival
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2
Saturday, 11th April 2026 @ 4:55pm
Buy Tickets: Here.
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 5
Sunday, 12th April 2026 @ 5:50pm
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Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 3
Tuesday, 14th April 2026 @ 10:05am
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50th Cleveland International Film Festival
Cedar Lee Theatre
FilmSlam Kaleidoscope
Tuesday, 14th April 2026, North American Premiere
Thursday, 16th April 2026
FilmSlam Cultural Cinema
Monday, 13th April 2026
Tuesday, 14th April 2026
Wednesday, 15th April 2026
Thursday, 16th April 2026
Friday, 17th April 2026
Buy Tickets: Here.
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA)
Landmark Sunset Hollywood #1
Saturday, 25th April 2026 @ 11:30am
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ReelAbilities New York
ReelShorts: Growing Pains
The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (MMJCCM)
Saturday, 25th April 2026
Tuesday, 28th April 2026
More Info: Here.
Buy Tickets: Here.
Director: Radha Mehta
Cast: Anisha Nagarajan, Aaliya Mehta, Behzad Dabu, Alyssa Diaz
Credit: A Dose Of Soul, ADDA G Productions
Genre: Drama, Short
Running Time: 13:17 min
Cert: PG
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Watch the conversation with Radha Mehta, HERE!
Radha Mehta
Radha Mehta
Director, Writer, Producer, Musician, Painter
Radha Mehta is a Director/Writer with an MFA in Directing at AFI, a UnlockHer Potential Mentee with HeyDay Films, WIF Directing Fellow 2025, and Recording Academy Voting Member. Her award-winning films include DOSH (Slamdance Spirit Award); Winds of Silence (16Days16Films w/ UN Women, Geena Davis Institute, Voices With Impact w/ VIFF); SŪNNA (CAPE Julia Gouw Winner); Standing With Moms (Women’s Voices Now “Best Short Documentary”); Being Gina (STARZ); and Evan Ever After.
Follow Radha via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
Website: Here.
X: @RadhaMehta
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @radhamehta
@iamlove.art
YouTube: Here.
Vimeo: Here.
Bandcamp: Here.
50th Cleveland International Film Festival - Logo
50th Cleveland International Film Festival
Festival Date: 9th - 18th April 2026
Cleveland International Film Festival
*(Music)
'The Big Payback' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020