The film opens with a beautiful frame of a lovely girl sitting inside a cafe, reading. In the background, a
radio jockey is discussing the topic ‘The Rights of Man’ in his programme and making commentaries on
the causes, flaws and the future of civilisation, as though laying the groundwork for the events that
are about to unfold that evening. It is almost midnight and a handsome stranger takes up a seat at the table
next to hers. He approaches her for a conversation. The setting is so charming, the viewer can’t help but
see it as serendipitous. As the conversation ensues, the girl's estranged lover arrives, and wreaks chaos
on the quiet. However, the girl and the stranger continue their story into the night, fulfilling the promise and the intention the film had opened on, perhaps even allowing the audience a fitting conclusion.

This Side Of Town | Short Film Nominee

Eleventh Hour begins with a quote – “True redemption is seized when you accept the future
consequences for your past actions.” 
It is the kind of film that constantly underscores a grave tension in the narrative. The cinematography
follows each gesture and movement of the protagonist, pervading the scene with a sense of suspicion
and foreboding. The viewer is constantly kept on their toes through this mode that makes one anxious
as to what the next move could hold. 
It seems like not a whole lot is happening in the film until after the first half. Then, there is a murder. By
this time, however, it is no longer shocking for the audience, because that sense of the sinister has been
suffused into the narrative from the start. It also seems like the cause or reason for the murder was
never the main concern of the film. Its intention seems much more to mould itself around the film noir
form.

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