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New StrainsNew Strains

New Strains

October 6, 2023

Friday, 7:30 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

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Artemis Shaw + Prashanth Kamalakanthan (Dir), 78 minutes, US Premiere

As a mysterious new variant of an unnamed pandemic emerges, a squabbling couple in lockdown starts acting like children.

Festivals: Rotterdam

  • Still from New Strains

    Still from New Strains

    Directed by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan and Artemis Shaw

October 6, 2023

Friday, 7:30 PM

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