Saranne Bensusan‘s dystopian short, Lavender’s Blue, has won in the Free Speech category at the Gangtok film Festival in India.

The film, starring Stine Olsen and Natalie Sloth Richter was co-written by Rachael Howard and tells the story of a woman living in an oppressive society where her life is micro-managed by an AI that was allegedly created to make their live better.  The film also forms part of The Anthropocene Chronicles.