Krish is preparing for the medical entrance exam that is due in thirty-six days. Anyone who has been an
aspirant would know the strenuous preparation that such an endeavour demands. Krish studies for more than eighteen
hours a day, yet finds it difficult to pass his mock tests. 
The film depicts his isolation which is in part, self- imposed, but in part also mandated by the extensive
syllabus he has to cover. Cutting himself of all ties, familial and social, the protagonist has become like a
machine that is only programmed to study. 
One night, a friend who has decided to move out of his house after a fight with his parents, knocks
on Krish’s door. This friend, who is reckless and carefree, forcefully takes Krish to a party. Is this friend
the devil in disguise or a saviour who has come to rescue Krish from his misery? 
The film not only makes an important intervention on the pressures that students put on themselves
to succeed in the only (conventional) way that they are taught is available to them, but also stresses the pleasures
of life, that are as much a part of a student’s well-being, and must be enjoyed rightfully.

That Night | Short Film of the Day

Agastaya is a teenaged boy who now finds himself located at a dizzying crossroad. While on the one hand he had always dreamt of expanding his father's small shop that sells samosas and is known far and wide for the same, on the other, he wishes to pursue a life that is nowhere in close proximity of this dream. Consequently, he is being pulled into the eddies of peer pressure, young romance and a desire to finally break the truth to his father. However, once the conversation is done between the two, a new realization and truth awaits Agastaya. In the process, the film becomes a sincere exploration of a father-son relationship, and the manner in which a young boy's desire to feel one with his peers threatens to influence it. All of the drama unfolds around the samosa shop, further allowing it to be a primary character in the film. The final product proves to be an endeavor of sincerity, allowing the many dynamics of familial relationships a lucid portrayal for the viewer to engage with.

Manohar Samosewala - Ranchi Ka Mashoor | Short Film Nominee

The film opens with a shot of vast outdoors, along with a solitary figure who sits by himself amidst it all. The despair in his body language is soon engaged with for the viewer's benefit. After a romantic partner ended things with him, he is now left with a broken heart. However, his friends and peers provide little comfort or support to him while he is hurting and drowning in hopelessness. Instead, they mock him for his weight, isolating him further. It is thus that the film offers a comment on peer pressure, fat shaming and society's distorted body standards. However, when one is subjected to cruel behavior in this manner, can it ever end well?

Thadiyan | Short Film Nominee

Vidya has just gone through a break-up. Like any average person, she takes a trip with her friends to get past her
feelings of hurt and heartbreak. To help elevate her self-esteem, she posts pictures on social media. 
The video presents a comment on this behaviour where individuals today choose to flee feelings
through distraction rather than do the hard work of honest self-introspection. Vidya posts images of her
wide grins with captions that boast of joy and delight, when she is actually deeply unhappy and miserable. Her former lover,
on the other end, who is equally miserable, is stalking her and inflicting self-harm on himself, but wouldn’t dare to let her
know of his true condition. 
The film neither judges nor shames either, but with due commitment observes the hopeless and
widening gap between our virtual and real lives.

Like. Share. Subscribe | Short Film Nominee

The film depicts the existential dilemma of choice that is a part of the human condition. A young boy is
at crossroads about making a decision that could impact the rest of his life. The fear of ridicule, and
being an outcast in his peer group makes him want to take up drugs. An angel and a demon sit on
either side of him, offering their guidance. Yet even they proclaim, the ultimate choice is his own. 
The film focuses more on the exposition part, and less on the dilemma. Reversing the order would have allowed the intensity of
that critical moment of choice to be foregrounded better for the viewer.

Choice | Short Film Nominee

Vectors is a complex film that attempts to explore quite a few threads in the same narrative. The idea is to
explain the life and fate of a character through the geometrical concept of vectors. A teenaged boy, a school-topper and a student of Class XII, has gone on a killing spree. In the span of a
day, he has committed a rape, a murder and a robbery, and wants to surrender. Questions of what is real and what isn't are invoked, as is of the location of education in the lives of the characters. There is also roping in of peer pressure and substance abuse. The narrative moves
back and forth to drive home his actions and their consequences, but the more the threads are
introduced the more the film starts unraveling.

Vectors | Short Film Nominee

Anshu is blackmailed by Raghu, a rogue college fellow, to steal question papers from their professor he takes personal tuitions from. His roommate Vikas gets hold of the stolen papers and confronts Anshu about it. They get into a heated argument which triggers something dreadful inside Anshu. What happens next is something the viewer didn’t see coming. The film ends at this point of shock and horror that one struggles to grapple with. Does it convey the film’s appetite for a suspenseful twist, or does it symbolise nihilism? One cannot tell.

A4 Vs Polaroid | Short Film Nominee

Every year we hear the news of adolescent suicides brought on by the systemic failures in our education
system. The students take their life because they are made to feel worthless simply because they failed a
school examination. God Cares is a film about one such student Darshan, who contemplates taking his
life because he is too embarrassed and afraid of facing his parents, peers and society at large.
He attempts to first jump in front of a moving train, but gets overwhelmed and steps back. He decides to
next kill himself by drowning, but just when he is about to jump, as though, he is beckoned by someone.
Something quite divine unfolds after that.

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