Young love often ensures an endearing theme for a narrative when engaged with. Additionally, when the story of affection is located in a school with sixth grade students, it acquires another level of sweetness, also taking the viewer down a nostalgic lane of their own memories. The short film is an encapsulation of all of these thoughts and sentiments.
 Akshay, a child who keeps getting in trouble because of the naughtiness of his best friend, finds himself fascinated by his new classmate, Angel. Consequently, he invests all his energies in avoiding her. However, as fate would have it, the two are soon thrown in together, and thus develops a narrative of friendship and affection. The film is adorable in its treatment of young characters and their understanding of the world through an innocence-tinted lens. It also invokes in the viewer a sense of warmth. However, at its conclusion, it undercuts its own expectations set by the development of events so far, thereby making the end seem slightly inorganic.

Angel | Short Film Nominee

Kore Panney describes itself as a film about a lone wolf’s drive for affection. A muscularly-built vagabond
on the street, covered in vermillion, mumbles at passers by. He returns to a flat, presumably his own,
and watches television. Then he dials a number, and next thing we know he is in a Mumbai local. 
Due to its experimental approach, however, it remains difficult for the unprepared viewer to keep up with the narrative and all the events that unfold within it. Will the film, then, be able to convey its intentions and concerns to the viewer?

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