Cactus Pears
- Sunday, Feb 8, 2026, 12:00pm
Screening location: SIFF Film Center – 167 Republican St, Seattle (located within the Seattle Center, just north of Climate Pledge Arena / east of KEXP and The Vera Project)
Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.
Named one of the ten best movies of 2025 by Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com.
In Marathi with English subtitles.
“This is a gentle beauty of a film from a filmmaker who is on his way to greatness.” Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
“Like the titular fruit at the center of Cactus Pears, sweetness abounds at the core of its compassionate beauty.” Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
“There have been many films about queer people returning to their family homes, but few with this amount of tender specificity. There is awkwardness, there is grief — there’s also so much love.” Drew Gregory, Autostraddle