In the past few years, while social media has been able to mobilise and call out oppressive, exclusionary
activities, it is the same social media that has been weaponised by the powerful forces to carry out
assaults on minorities. <br><br> Through the use of simple sound effects (which include voice-overs),
minimal text and only WhatsApp emojis, the film puts forward the message: make love, not war. In an
exhausting political climate of hatred, spreading love is the most powerful act of rebellion, and the video
proves so.

Forward Love | Short Film Nominee

The lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has revealed a staggering rise in several mental health concerns that range from loneliness to something as extreme as suicide. Using a fictional narrative, the film wants to draw the audience's attention to the same concern. <br><br> The narrative employs an engaging visual style to communicate the isolation and loneliness a woman battles while being quarantined by herself. The monochromatic frames help to emphasise this further, allowing the plot to share its core intentions with the viewer in a convincing manner, and to let the film carry with it a relevant social message.

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