2026 / 83' / English / USA
✦ The World & The Self
A daughter reflects on her father’s life. Weaving the story of his miraculous journey from the streets of India with the realities of life in America. Using recorded phone calls with her dad while he worked nights at a gas station along with home movies past and present, this deeply intimate film is a meditation on family, the immigrant experience, and the dreams we carry with us.
Director(s) : Karla Murthy
Producer(s) : Karla Murthy, Rajal Pitroda
Cinematographer(s) : Karla Murthy, Andrew Fredericks, Andy Sarjahani
Writer(s) : Karla Murthy
Editor(s) : Karla Murthy
Sound : Jeremy Bloom
Music : Bobak Lotfipour
Karla Murthy is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been described by the Columbia Journalism Review as “compelling, informative, and compassionate.” She made her feature directorial debut with The Place that Makes Us (2021). She then directed the short film Love, Jamie (2023). Her latest film, The Gas Station Attendant premiered at Sheffield DocFest and won the Special Mention Jury Award and premiered on the PBS series POV. Karla is of Filipino and South Asian descent and resides in NYC.
