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Title: Yours, Tenderly
Runtime: 6 min
Country: USA
Director: Joanna Ruckman
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: December, 2025
Synopsis: Yours, Tenderly, is Preethi Ramaprasad’s site specific homage to untold south Asian histories in the Tenderloin of San Francisco. In this screendance lullaby, Preethi embodies the endurance of mothers in immigrant lineages. Her unique dance style draws from her training in Bharatanatyam traditions. Directed by Joanna Ruckman.
“While crafting a narrative centered around inexorable hope in the face of so many institutional and systemic challenges, I found myself dancing to my daughter, inspired by generations of immigrant communities supporting each other.”-Preethi Ramaprasad