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A woman sits alone in a dark room, staring at the wall in front of her. Days go by; the paltry sunlight shifts here and there, her outfit changes, yet her dull demeanor remains. She spills some rice, adds some plants, eventually makes space for a mop and bucket. On and on and on.

This is an accurate summary of Karan Kandari’s “Sister Midnight,” but one that’s also woefully incomplete. The rest should be saved for seeing it yourself, to gain some context for what keeps the woman in that room, for the many birds (and the goat), and for where Chhaya Kadam from “Laapataa Ladies” fits in.

Kandhari wrote and directed the film about Uma (Radhika Apte), a woman who moves to Mumbai after marrying husband Gopal (Ashok Pathak) and finds her life sucked dry of any and all excitement. She spends her days mostly cooped up...

Filming has wrapped on writer-director Georgia Parris’ feature debut.

Screen can reveal a first look at Mari, the Film London Microwave feature starring acclaimed dancer Bobbi Jene Smith.

The project, which recently wrapped its shoot in Sherborne, Dorset and London, is the debut feature from writer-director Georgia Parris and producer Emma Duffy.

It was commissioned through Film London’s Microwave scheme, the low-budget feature initiative which is backed by the BFI and BBC Films, with support from Creative Skillset. Further backing came from Intermission and Boudica Films.

Mari, a drama with dance elements, also stars Phoebe Nicholls (The Elephant Man...