Скачать или смотреть SKIN The SHOCKING Short Film and the Truth About Colorism and Beauty Standards

My guest today is writer-director Urvashi Pathania, who makes a striking return to the short film landscape with SKIN’s that makes its U.S. premiere at the prestigious 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival following its world premiere at the renowned Fantasia Festival in Montreal. 

Urvashi, a 2024 Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow and rising voice in independent film, is known for fusing genre with deep emotional insight. Her previous work includes the Tribeca-premiering short BEAST, and UNMOTHERED, which was acquired by HBO Max.

Her new short film, SKIN is a bold new entry in the evolving conversation around identity, beauty, and self-worth.

Let’s welcome filmmaker Urvashi Pathania and her short film SKIN to the show. 

Ladies and gentlemen, Urvashi Pathania’s short film SKINS is a psychological thriller rooted in personal history and cultural critique, SKIN explores the corrosive impact of colorism and beauty standards through the story of a young Indian American woman’s visit to a mysterious skin-lightening clinic.

Inspired by her own experiences with skin bleaching, SKIN is a surreal and emotionally resonant tale of two sisters caught in a seductive but dangerous pursuit of transformation. 

With unsettling precision, the film confronts the toxic pressures imposed on women of color to conform to Eurocentric ideals, posing the question: how far would you go to be seen as “enough”?

I loved this film, because the message is powerful and it will resonate with many if they are willing to listen and answer honestly. 

Urvashi, thank you for sharing your wonderful film with me today and much success to you at HollyShorts and beyond. 

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