The film is a high-paced rigmarole of chaotic events that follow one after another in rapid succession. The viewer has to await the very conclusion to truly understand how each character is linked. Fortunately for them, the engrossing narrative ensures that they stay with it till the very end. If on the one hand, a woman is plotting her stepfather's murder, her boyfriend, on the other, is secretly recording a video of their intimate moments. At the same time, a strange man has turned up at a seedy bar with a briefcase. When the waiter, working together with another patron, steals this bag, the most unexpectedly fateful set of events await the three of them. The plot, thus, becomes a culmination of all of these seemingly unrelated developments. The same elements further allow the viewer an entertaining experience, explaining the title of the film, Coincidence, in the process.

Coincidence | Short Film Nominee

The short film attempts a lot of visual treatments and different manners of engaging with its story. From animation to explicit and suggested violence to neon colours splashed across its screen - it employs them all and deserves brownie points for the technical skill it exhibits in handling them. In terms of story, it attempts to blur lines between reality and dream to confuse as well as engage the viewer. The story is essentially of a breakup and the consequent anxiety it leads to in both the parties, as well as a friend of the heartbroken girl. The dreams of all three characters are afflicted with gory images of a violence. It also starts a conversation around gender in general, and concerns like an acid attack, in particular. This goes hand-in-hand with invoking a sense of the female energy that threatens to decimate its male counterpart. Over all, through the exploration of the several dynamics of a breakup, the film talks about all of this and presents it all to the viewer in the form of a completed product.

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