A woman, dressed in an all-white attire, dances on a road in the darkness of the night. She is lit by a bright light which further adds a sense of dissonance to the whole setting, very much deliberate as is conveyed by the rest of the narrative. The dance continues, further asserting a sense of freedom and liberation until the reality of the film is revealed. <br><br> 

When the moment arrives, the film presents the binary of the body and the soul where while one had once relinquished in captivity, the other is now set free, of darkness and light, of life and death itself. If on the one hand, there is an image of the end and incapacitation, on the other is one of a soaring flight. The performance shows skill and effort, as does the thought employed to portray it all. 


The First Rain | Short Film Nominee

Three friends, Zayn, Rajesh and Mickey, are out on a hike in a seemingly endless forest. The moment of introduction with the audience also reveals that the friends are lost and are unable to find their way back to their car. <br><br> 
Internal tensions, among friends as well as within the self, continue to mount. The suggestion of nature harboring something sinister and destructive is also shared. The narrative presents a zealous attempt to build on these anxieties, along with invoking a sense of the supernatural. Though it could have gained from a firmer hold on the storytelling, the worthy effort of the lean team remains marked by eeriness and the viewer’s deep involvement in the fate of the characters which now hangs in the balance.



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