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Love Chaos Kin

International Premiere

98 minutes | 2025 | United States | Documentary | 🔊 English, Tamil

Synopsis
Sinopsis
An unexpected pregnancy compels an Indian immigrant mother to help her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White birth mother and estranged Native American father, exposing raw class divides while transforming their understanding of identity and belonging.
Schedule
Jadwal

Mon, 1 Dec 2025 | 13:00 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 4

Director's Biography
Biografi Sutradara
Chithra Jeyaram

Chithra Jeyaram

Chithra Jeyaram [She/Her], a Tamil filmmaker and former physical therapist, creates films that find the extraordinary in everyday family resilience and love. As the lead producer of the Oscar-qualified short documentary AMMA'S PRIDE, she drives an impact campaign promoting unwavering parental support for trans people. Her feature documentary FOREIGN PUZZLE explores cancer, dance, and motherhood, and LOVE CHAOS KIN reframes multicultural adoption. An alumna of programs like the Chicken & Egg(celerator) Lab, Gotham Documentary Fellow, BGDM Artist Fellowship, and the Jerome Foundation grant, her work has been featured on PBS, 2M, CBSN, SXSW, BlackStar, and DOC NYC. Chithra is an adjunct faculty member at NYU, an avid runner, and calls Chennai and New York City home. She is writing her first screenplay, THE LONGEST SUMMER.

Credit
Kredit
Production CompanyReal Talkies
ProducerChithra Jeyaram
DirectorChithra Jeyaram
ScriptwriterChithra Jeyaram
CinematographerChithra Jeyaram
Production Designer
EditorChithra Jeyaram
Main CastLakhsmi Iyer, Katherine Faye, Cecilia Iyer, Anjali Iyer, Sahana Iyer, Narayanan Iyer
Director’s filmography
  • Love Chaos Kin (2025)
  • Foreign Puzzle (2019)
Notable Achievement
  • AICEF Prize for Cross-Cultural Filmmaker – Middlebury New Filmmaker Film Festival, US. 2025
  • Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary – Chicago South Asian Film Festival, US. 2025

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