Nadif H.S.

Nadif H.S., the mind behind “A Brother and 7 Siblings” (2024), really doesn’t mess around when it comes to capturing chaos within a family. The film drops you right in the middle of a household that’s basically bursting at the seams—eight siblings all under one roof, and each one’s got their own baggage, dreams, and absurd quirks. The eldest brother’s kinda forced into this awkward role of a pseudo-parent, juggling everyone’s messes while trying to hold onto his own life (which, let’s be honest, is barely hanging on by a thread). Every scene feels like someone’s about to set the place on fire—figuratively, sometimes literally. There’s the sister who’s way too smart for her own good and won’t let anyone forget it, the brother who thinks he’s the next big thing in music but can’t even keep a job, and the youngest who’s just trying to figure out where the hell they fit in all this madness. The parents? They’re ghosts, either absent or just background noise, so the siblings are basically left to run wild. Arguments flare up over breakfast, secrets get spilled at the worst possible moments, and there’s this underlying sense of love, even when everyone’s yelling. It’s messy, it’s loud, and it’s painfully real. Through all the bickering, there’s this stubborn loyalty that somehow glues them together. Nadif H.S. nails that awkward, bittersweet feeling of wanting to escape your family while knowing you’d be lost without them.