From the struggle to secure employment to financial trouble to kindness and empathy, the film attempts to weave it all in its narrative. It opens on a musical note, complete with ideas of hope and a determination to never give up. However, soon things take a turn for the worse for the protagonist. One day an unexpected call from a stranger alters the course of things for him, and he finds himself moving in the direction of prosperity. With its story that straddles the past and the present, Kani wants to remind the viewer the significance of life, and how not let obstacles daunt them because one way or the other, a solution would always be available.

Kani | Short Film Nominee

The film essentially wants to be a conversation on tradition and modernity, choosing to locate itself in the cultural ethos of Tamil Nadu. It brings up jallikattu, a traditional event of the state which made headlines in the country as protests erupted against it in the recent past. It also wants to communicate the message about preserving your cultural inheritance for overall progress and growth of an identity that is rooted in that culture. However, the film only offers its desires, intention, and the problems that obstruct them. It initiates a dialogue, but does not cover the entire distance of providing definite solutions for the same. Perhaps this aspect could be explored further by the filmmaker in their future projects.

Thamizhan Endru Sollada | Short Film Nominee

A country that is marked by disturbing news headlines on a daily basis can, and not surprisingly, lead one to a sense of despair about the state of things. Consequently, the next obvious step in such a scenario would be the inclination to leave it all behind in exchange of a life in another country. The short film preoccupies itself with the same concern by way of a conversation that unfolds primarily between two characters. One of them has decided to move to Canada for good, while the other has come to remind him of his roots to India and the family and the loved ones he will leave behind once he moves.

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