The space of dreams operates in abstraction, marked only by symbols, images and metaphors. From sounds to colours to light and shadows, all of them constitute it, allowing it no definite boundaries of anything finite. The film operates within the same framework, and the narrative comes across as deliberately withholding more than what it reveals. <Br><br> After opening with a potentially triggering sound of a woman's weeping, it moves ahead to seemingly unrelated images, compelling the viewer to make their own sense of the events unfolding before them. However, despite a zealous and notable attempt to share its intentions, the narrative could have perhaps benefited from some amount of lucidity that would have, in turn, allowed the audience a little more coherence about its message.

Dream | Short Film Nominee

The short film is the story of a single afternoon when a little girl finds herself in front of a mirror. Her crayons and blank sheets of paper are ready, but not to be used in a way that the viewer might expect. <br><br> The narrative is straight and does not attempt any grand plots or deep explorations of childhood or innocence. The visuals simply follow the antics of a child through the camera lens of perhaps an elder sibling. It attempts to generate humour and a sense of endearment through the same.

Pratik Karmakar

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