The quarantine, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, has forced us all to confront isolation in all its forms - from physical, to mental and emotional. By taking the viewer into the life of his protagonist under lockdown, the short film attempts an interaction with the same thought. Keeping all its drama and development of events confined to the physical space of a single room and its immediate adjacent space, the plot delineates the experiences of a man who grapples with loneliness, work from home, compromised health and the emotional pitfalls that accompany it all. The film is simple and direct and does not take refuge in elaborate devices to communicate its intention.

A Man In A Box | Short Film Nominee

The film attempts a comment on the significance of perception in our day-to-day existence. Achieving the same in its own experimental manner, marked by an absence of dialogue, the story shows the interactions of three different people with the same object. The vast difference in their interpretation of it allows the plot to convey its intention to the audience. The film further carries a reminder about the singularity of the experience of our lived reality and the manner in which it finds echoes, as well as influences our understanding of the world around us.

What Do You See? | Short Film Nominee

The short narrative explores a man's struggle of co-existing with another person in close quarters. However is this person real or simply a figment of his imagination? More questions get raised about the nature of this relationship as the viewer gets introduced to it by way of a dream the protagonist is having. At the end of the dream awaits an important conclusion that would finally explain the true nature of the violent impulses that are getting expressed in his nightmarish dreams.

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