Hiroshima by Chandan Roy Sanyal
2015 | Experimental | English | 6 min Hiroshima is a take, an interpretation of the horrific events on the fateful island, marking the end of the last World War
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Ravan by Arati Kadav & Zain Matcheswalla
2016 | Fiction Mockumentary | Hindi | 5 min The last surviving descendent of Ravan who works as a struggling actor and refuses to marry
The Affair by Hardik Mehta
2017 | Fiction | Hindi | 7 min See how Mumbai lets a couple keep their affair a secret!
PUNHA by Rohit Tiwari
2010 | Fiction | Hindi | 13 min A young boy wishes to celebrate the birthday of a few stray puppies but is unable to procure the money to do so. He decides to steal money from his father’s wallet Read more
Google Search: Reunion by Amit Sharma
2013 | Fiction | Hindi | 4 min Partitions divide countries, friendships find a way. The India-Pakistan partition in 1947 separated many friends and families overnight. A granddaughter in India decides to surprise her grandfather on his birthday by reuniting Read more
HOMEWORK by Abbas Kiarostami
1989 | Documentary Excerpt | Persian | 15 min. (full film: 74 mins) A profile of the Iranian education system spotlights its problems, particularly complaints of too much homework
Stray Dogs Come Out at Nigh by Hamza Bangash
2020 | Fiction | Urdu/Punjabi | 11 min The film follows a young street-masseur in Karachi as he struggles to come to terms with his illness
IF YOU FALL by Tisha Deb Pillai
2017 | Animated Fiction | English | 6 min. 8-year-old Lila takes on the daunting task of learning how to cycle, as she faces an unfamiliar parental role-reversal at home.
Birds of Paradise by Rahul Sudha Mahesh
2018 | Drama Fiction | Malayalam | 10 min. The film travels through a day in the life of three transgenders, set amidst the binary and morality of society.
KINABUHI by Danny Cooke
2015 | Social issue Documentary | Filipino | 15 min Kinabuhi is an award-winning film about Filipino Coconut Farmers struggling to survive a way-of-life exploited by industrial agriculture and crippled by disasters like Typhoon Haiyan.