{"id":640,"date":"2022-05-12T15:09:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T22:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/?p=640"},"modified":"2022-05-12T15:48:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T22:48:45","slug":"temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/?p=640","title":{"rendered":"Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Temple-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1921\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Temple-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Temple-scaled.jpg 1921w, https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Temple-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trailer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Temple Short Film | Official Trailer\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9lsZ9Vm1Vio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Nick Virk | English | 15 Min<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rehal\u2019s love for Arul is unreciprocated, but Arul believes they can still be friends. One morning over breakfast, the two discuss finding acceptance as brown queer Londoners. They share a cultural understanding of being ostracised by the white heteronormativity of British society, and yet there is a fundamental difference between them. Rehal\u2019s gender non-conformity leads to a conflict between their non-binary authentic self and a pressure to conform &#8211; a situation that Arul as a cis man, fails to understand.<br>They desire to be understood by each other, but in trying to accept each other, their co-dependency leads to toxicity that inevitably erupts. Words are exchanged, some kind, some hurtful. The two realize that in order to heal and grow, they must move away from one another, but in doing so, they seek to lose the one person who might understand them. They learn that acceptance comes from within, not each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selected<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UK Asain Film Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florida South Asian Film Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Time-Filmmaker Sessions &#8211; Pinewood Studios<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SHORT to the Point<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Awards&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best LGBTQ Short &#8211; Independent Shorts Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Acting Duo &#8211;&nbsp;Independent Shorts Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Production Design &#8211;&nbsp;Independent Shorts Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best LGBTQ Film &#8211; London Indie Short Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Director &#8211; London Indie Short Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best LGBTQ Short &#8211; Indie Short Fest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Actor (Finalist) &#8211; The British Short Film Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Short Narrative (Semi-Finalist) &#8211; Dumbo Film Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trailer Director Nick Virk | English | 15 Min Rehal\u2019s love for Arul is unreciprocated, but Arul believes they can still be friends. One morning over breakfast, the two discuss finding acceptance as brown queer Londoners. They share a cultural understanding of being ostracised by the white heteronormativity of British society, and yet there is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/?p=640\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Temple&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[105],"tags":[116,115,101,108,142,143],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":657,"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusvisualpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}