‘The Gratitude List’ by Sunny Hinduja & Chandan Anand
2025 | Fiction | 12 mins. An emotional yet humorous short film about love, communication and the unspoken feelings that shape modern relationships.
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‘Butterfly’ by Florence Miailhe
2024 | Animation | 15 mins. In the sea, a man swims. As he does, memories come to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water.
Bunnyhood’ by Mansi Maheshwari
2024 | Animation | 9 mins. Mum would never lie to me, would she? Innocent Bobby discovers the answer to this question when she is surprised by a last-minute trip to the hospital.
‘Desire?’ by Garima Kaul
2019 | Documentary | 29 mins. In a country where the expression of sexuality is regulated to such an extent that it is considered profane and immoral, one might assume that asexual people lead an easier life. But the lack Read more
‘Ormajeevikal’ (Memory Beings) by Sudha Padmaja Francis
2019 | Documentary | 26 mins. An impressionistic film that paints a picture of Kozhikode in North Kerala and the spiritual immersion of its ordinary town-dwellers in music. A reflective essay traversing a music culture that is cosmopolitan, having strong Read more
‘Songlines’ by Vasudha Joshi
2010 | Documentary | 45 mins. An exploration of blues notes in folk music across India.
‘To Catch the Wind’ by Vasudha Joshi
2008 | Documentary | 30 mins. A film exploring the connections between the American blues music and folk music from North East India.
‘For Maya’ by Vasudha Joshi
1997 | Documentary | 30 mins. The film takes viewers through the lives of women across three generations. Set against the backdrop of the Himalayan districts of Kumaon and Garhwal, it addresses the evolving aspirations, apprehensions, and roles that women Read more
‘Holy Curse’ by Snigdha Kapoor
2024 | Fiction | 16 mins. During a visit to India, 11-year-old Radha grapples with their gender identity as their family subjects them to manipulative orthodox rituals, believing these will dispel an alleged ancestral curse affecting Radha's thoughts.
‘The Last Mango Before the Monsoon’ by Payal Kapadia
2015 | Experimental Short | 18 mins. Elliptical sequences combine to form a filmic tone poem: the expanded sense of time during a rural summer dusk; the trudging of two scientists who place cameras in the forest for animal observation; Read more