The film progresses in an interesting manner, ensuring that the viewer sits up and pays attention by the time the crux is reached. It opens in an open field with four characters. As the protagonist is singled out, he soon finds himself in a life-threatening situation of his own making. The film manages to keep the viewer engaged, catching them by surprise at the next developments regarding his mental health, past relationship and suicidal tendencies. It further offers a significant portrayal of guilt and the manner in which it could affect someone's life. The narrative, which is divided in the form of chapters corresponding to human emotions of fear, guilt and anger, unfolds to reveal a place where notions of time and space do not exist, a realm that lies in between life and death, one where you finally decide the manner in which you will leave your mortal life behind. The film suggests maturity in the manner in which it deals with its story, trying hard to maintain the gravity. The tying of ends is also achieved notably at the end, leaving the viewer with a sense of closure.

Nexus | Short Film Nominee

The film introduces us to a character who has been reliving the same day for two decades now. He wakes up over and over again and goes to sleep to again wake up to the same day of September seventh. What eventually begins with perhaps a suggestion of monotony and a metaphor for the cyclicality of existence and the repetitive circles that come to constitute life, soon becomes a science fiction narrative about an actual anomaly in the fabric of time that has left our protagonist stranded and doomed to live the same day till eternity. The paradox the film tackles is constituted by Abhimanyu's desperate need to cross over to the next day after September seventh to be able to create time travel and release himself from this trap. However, to be able to overcome this fateful date he precisely needs the same thing which he eventually has to create. While battling this conundrum, however, one day, the pattern of the day that he has lived for twenty years, breaks. For the first time in over 7000 days, something changes. A strange character, and eventually familiar too, awaits at his doorstep, to reveal to him the existence of innumerable different tangents of existence he has set in motion without realizing. He further invokes the idea about the stability of the universe which would collapse if he attempted to tinker with the pattern he has unknowingly become an integral part of. The film is a devoted and sincere engagement with all of these ideas, presenting forth its interpretation and portrayal of the same. While the protagonist is left to make sense of the swiftly unfolding events before him, what happens next would determine the fate of the universe. It is at this juncture the narrative allows itself to conclude, with a quick glimpse of what truly lays ahead.

Continuum | Short Film Nominee

The film is a sweet story about a single afternoon when three characters come together under most unlikely and unusual circumstances. After Vasanth’s grandmother has to leave for an important task, and he is locked outside his house, along with Anu, the two end up waiting at the house of their neighbor, Karthikeyan. 

Soon a scene of awkwardness, discomfort for the adults, and fun and naughtiness for Vasanth, follows. As the story unfolds, however, there is the attempt to make a comment about the importance of community as well as finding moments of belongingness in a society and world where most times one might feel themselves to be a misfit or an outsider. It is in the process of presenting all of these ideas that the film comes together as a whole in a sincere manner.

Kaatrin Pokkile | Short Film Nominee

What does a day look like in the life of a farmer amidst the coronavirus lockdown? The short film attempts to be a glimpse into the same and does it without using any dialogues. From waking up to taking care of the animals as well as his own meal, and finally ending the day with a bath, the narrative engages with all the myriad activities during the course of his day.

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