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Our Share of Sand

2026 · 95 min

A quiet, watchful coming-of-age drama that sits with a child's dawning unease and the slow unravelling of a family's silence.

Directed by
Shalini Adnani
Genres
Drama
Starring
Maya Mehta, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Ellora Torchia
Overview
After years apart, 12 year-old Maya returns to India with her mother to reunite with her father - a sandmining business man. Immersed in a world where labour, legacy and extraction collide, she forms a fragile bond with Kiran, a young worker. After a tragic event, a police investigation turns Maya into a key witness, with her father relying on her to absolve him. Torn between loyalty and a growing unease she cannot name, Maya begins searching for the truth. As her mother quietly unravels, Maya uncovers a pattern of silence, exploitation and repeated harm forcing her to confront her father's deception and the family's complicity she must choose to break.

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Directed by
Shalini Adnani
Genres
Drama
Starring
Maya Mehta, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Ellora Torchia
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • corruption
    • class
    • guilt
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Shalini Adnani
    Written by
    Shalini Adnani
    Starring
    Maya Mehta, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Ellora Torchia, Krish Raj More, Jyoti Dogra, Ravi Ranjan
    Cinematography
    Adric Watson
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    India, United Kingdom, Greece
    Languages
    English

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