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Aamer [Shorts Session 4]
This film is a creative interpretation on the theme of NOISE. It follows the life of Aamer, a 10 year old hearing impaired boy who lives on the streets of Mumbai. Although his world is devoid of sound, he has a romance with the colours, textures and moods of his city. Both he and his […]
Devadasi Now [Shorts Session 4]
Devadasi Now is an experimental documentary on the challenges of eradicating Devadasi tradition, an illegal practice that throws young girls within poverty stricken Dalit (untouchable) communities of northern Karnataka, India, into prostitution in the name of religion.
Newton (Q&A with Rajkummar Rao) [Opening Night Film]
As India, the world’s largest democracy, braces itself for another general election – with 9 million polling booths, more than 800 million voters, and costing nearly $5 billion – Newton Kumar, a rookie government clerk finds himself entrusted with a task that appears deceptively simple: conducting elections in a remote village in the jungles of central India.
Null Hypothesis [Shorts Session 4]
Null Hypothesis, is a short film about a female private investigator who is hired for an infidelity case and discovers things about the case which are unexpected. A story about love, money, betrayal, motives, morals and how this impacts a family is at the center of the film. “An uninformative prior” is known to be […]
Sanyog [Pre-Feature Short]
Late night at a chawl in central Mumbai, a prostitute finds the courage to leave her sterile and meaningless life. A hostage girl escapes her kidnappers, causing a shootout between some gangsters. And a paralysed war veteran tries to walk after years of a sedentary lifestyle
Shanivaar Ko Do Baje [Shorts Session 5]
Shanivaar Ko Do Baje is based on the play by the same name by eminent Hindi author Surendra Verma. It is the story of an extra marital affair between two office going people. They have a clandestine rendezvous, practically every Saturday at two, at a borrowed nest; or is it just that?
Signature Move (Q&A with Shabana Azmi) [Pre-Festival Screening]
In this hilarious and heartfelt look at modern families and the complexities of love in its many forms, Zaynab (Fawzia Mirza) is a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, lesbian lawyer living in Chicago who begins a new romance with Alma (Sari Sanchez), a confident Mexican-American woman.
The Fish Curry [Shorts Session 3]
Lalit Ghosh, 28, decides to come-out to his Parents. He is in love with a man, his very own room partner, Ashutosh Gautam. He cooks his father’s favorite dish, the traditional fish curry (Maacher Jhol) with great effort. He serves it to his father and confronts his sexuality over the dinner table. Will Lalit’s dad […]
The Somasundarams [Shorts Session 1]
A recently married couple in an arranged marriage grow closer to one another during the green card marriage interview. Director Amrita is a rising second year MFA student in the NYU Tisch Writing/Directing Film program. Born in India, she spent time in Kuwait and grew up in Hyde Park, Chicago. As an Indian immigrant and […]