Award-winning filmmaker Eisha Marjara’s “ Calorie ” is set to make its Asian premiere at the 56th International Film Festival of India ( IFFI ) in Goa, with Compass Productions unveiling a trailer ahead of the screening.
The coming-of-age drama, which recently swept Toronto’s IFFSA festival with wins for best film, director, and actress (Canadian film), will launch its Canada-wide theatrical release on Nov. 28 through distributor Filmoption International.
The film follows three generations of women whose present and past collide during an emotionally charged summer in India. Monika (Ellora Patnaik), a stressed-out single mother, sends her two teenage daughters — calorie-obsessed Alia (Shanaya Dhillon-Birmhan) and rebellious Simi (Ashley Ganger) — to India to visit their great aunt an

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