‘Phillip’ is a story that involves several characters and the unexpected ways in which their paths overlap. The plot building is the predominant aspect of the film. It is further combined with a background score and an edit that enhance its storytelling to try and keep the viewer engaged. 

The major part of the drama and action unfolds one evening when a man called Phillip arrives at a doctor’s office. Dr. Vishvas is visibly disconcerted to see this new visitor, but soon gains his bearings, and the session commences. A story of deceit, violence, and voyeurism develops, while simultaneously introducing us to the lives and lived reality of the characters before us. The film, however, does exhibit the want of a little more consistency and stability in its visuals, along with not having utilized its actors to their full potential. The storytelling, nevertheless, remains a notable characteristic, taking us into the dark annals of the human psyche, both by way of a mental illness, and the dark, twisted intentions of a mind which is afflicted by a kind of sickness that the viewer might not have preempted at first glance.

Phillip | Short Film Nominee

The short film is an ambitious attempt to comment on life and the manner it progresses in. Inspired by still frames that do not rely on excessive use of props or a detailed colour palette, the visuals are set against an instrumental soundtrack. It further attempts to portray the arbitrariness of life as well as its unstopping, forever forward moving trajectory. All of this is conveyed in this Dheeraj Sharma product using the image of a dead rat. As its dead body is flung from one corner to another, there is a reminder that the strange images that constitute life continue to move at their pace, clinically indifferent to the events around them.

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