Three Indian people imagine their personas as their “coffee shop names,” the names they give baristas because their real names are hard to pronounce.

Directed by Deepak Sethi
Produced by Valerie Steinberg
Starring: Danny Pudi, Karan Soni, Kausar Mohammed, Anders Holm,
Veronika Dash, Bob Stephenson, Annie Sertich, and Jason Gray-Stanford.

AWARDS:
Soho House Film Prize Winner
IFF Boston Audience Award for Narrative Short Film
Oxford Film Festival Angie Thomas Zeitgeist Award
Sun Valley Film Festival Soho House Award
Cordillera International Film Festival Best Comedy Short
DC Shorts Audience Award
Rincon International Film Festival (Puerto Rico): Best USA Comedy, Audience Choice Best Comedy
Salute Your Shorts: Audience Award, Honorable Mention

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