Congratulations are in order for Usman Mukhtar as his directorial short film Bench wins big at the South Shore Film Festival, New York. The Anaa alum took to social media to share this news with his fans. "Bench wins at South Shore Film Festival, New York! Thank you Team!" he wrote. Mukhtar while talking to a publication shared, "We won the Best Short Film at the South Short film festival, we received the email last night. We're really happy, really excited. Because of Covid-19, it wasn't screened in New York. However, the judges saw it online and then decided." Rubya Chaudhry plays the lead female character alongside Mukhtar and the script is penned down by Ali Mudar. "The film is about two people who meet on a bench. It's a dialogue based film which takes a very interesting twist," Mukhtar said while sharing the plot of his film.