An intergenerational story of Monika, a Sikh-Canadian who must come to terms with a tragedy that she has kept secret from her two teenage daughters as she struggles to maintain her relationship with them. In the hopes of setting things right, she sends Alia, her calorie-obsessed 13-year-old, and her 17-year-old Simi, to stay with relatives in Amritsar for the summer, and to give her time to take on her own demons. Monika has been haunted by memories of her mother who was killed in the 1985 Air India bombing when she was a teenager. When Monika finally joins her daughters in India, she receives a cold welcome from the girls who feel abandoned by her.

Based on a real life tragedy, CALORIE follows a family living under the weight of a traumatic past while grappling to find their way back home to one another. Director Eisha Marjara returns to CIFF with her debut feature film after attending the festival in 2024 with her short documentary, AM I THE SKINNIEST PERSON YOU'VE EVER SEEN?