Julley is based on conversations with Babar Ali, a cross-country traveler and a doctor from Bangladesh, about his philosophy, adventures in the Himalayas and choice of an unconventional life. It was
the stories of Samresh Majumdar that inspired Ali to come to Kolkata, to the streets he found so familiar, but had only seen and experienced on the pages of a book so far. It was those stories that first
developed a longing for the Himalayas, a longing which he says still persists. “I like the mountains
because they make me feel small,” says the mountaineer who works as a doctor in a Rohingya refugee
camp. Ali lives his lives by his own rules, with his desire for a freedom which he believes is impossible in the
plains. The film celebrates this free spirit of the life of this doctor-cum-mountaineer.

Julley | Short Film of the Day

The film exhibits judicious use of a graphics to tell its story. The sci-fi plot revolves around time travel and its many paradoxes. The narrative is created around the story of one woman who goes back in time during a pivotal moment of her life. As she observes herself live the same reality again, what will truly be her fate? The film attempts to conjure an atmosphere of tension and suspense to draw in the viewer. It is short and crisp and does not waste time in building itself. As the story progresses swiftly, would the viewer find it in them to keep up?

Voyage  | Short Film Nominee

The short film attempts a documentation of the experiences of a ten-rupee-coin that wakes up to find himself in alien surroundings. As he gets his bearings, he realises that he is perhaps not alone. The soap bar and onions come forth to aid him complete his journey. He stumbles from one corner of the house to another, running into different family members, avoiding encounters which could prove to be too close for comfort. At the end of it all, however, there awaits a lesson for him as well as the viewer.

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