Buried under the crushing weight of financial instability due to loss of business caused during the lockdown, the film follows Sharma, a middle-aged restaurant manager trying to make ends meet. 
Once loud and buzzing with activity, his restaurant is now visited by only a handful of loyal customers, or for takeaways. One such regular visitor is a professional blogger, Ritika who tries to keep up with the painstaking monotony of the post Covid-19 life by going on lunch dates. The trick or 'shuffle' lies in the card game where she challenges her companions to win, the loser doomed to foot the bill. The game is a hoax guaranteeing the win of the shuffler of the deck. Ritika wins most of her games and hence, the free meals, until the day a date calls out the ruse. However, our characters still have one last trick hidden up their sleeves.

The Shuffle | Short Film Nominee

The film is a funny story that recounts a boy's, Aniket, relationship with his smartphone as everyone gets confined indoors. From playing video games with his friends to enjoying the music they share with him to discussing the day-to-day with each other, all of it unfolds on the phone. One day, however, in the form of a pleasant surprise, a girl reaches out to him with the intention of friendship. Thus begins the narrative of our protagonist falling in love with Vidisha. As he awaits for the day to finally propose to her, an unusual development lurks right around the corner that will not only communicate the film's core message to the viewer, but also alter Aniket's romantic equation in a lasting manner.

Crisp-Cross | Short Film Nominee

The short film is the story of a strained father-son relationship. It starts off with the death of the former and the latter showing little to no regret over it. As he goes about venting his anger at what he views as his father's indifference and lack of love for him, he stumbles across his medical reports that changes the course of the consequent events. The short film aims to be a portrayal of unconditional love, guilt and remorse, but falls short due to lack of close attention to editing as well as casting of characters which is not age-appropriate.

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