‘Affairs of the Art’ by Surbhi Dewan
2021 | Animation Comedy | English | 16 mins The story of an extraordinary family whose interests become all- consuming—from pickling to bug collecting, no passion is off-limits.
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‘Unscheduled Arrivals’ by Vijaya Singh
2016 | Documentary | English | 12 mins This film is about the vast number of people found at Indian railway stations, who are not necessarily travellers.
A Beast Called Beauty’ by Aakanksha Chitkara
2015 | Documentary | English | 12 mins The journey of the filmmaker fighting body image issues while making a documentary on the same. This film deals with the sensitive and fast growing body image disorders in India.
Hum Chitra Banate Hai’ by Nina Sabnani
2015 | Animation | Hindi | 9 mins A joyously animated origin myth from Madhya Pradesh in India retells why painting is prayer to the Bhil people
‘Amdavad Ma Famous’ by Hardik Mehta
2015 | Documentary | Gujarati | 29 mins The film witnesses the transformation of an 11-year-old Zaid from a boy next door to an aggressive and a passionate kite-runner, till he comes across a challenge that threatens to keep him Read more
Scattered Clouds by Debjani Banerjee
2015 | Documentary | Bengali | 15 mins The filmmaker’s personal experience of loneliness in a crowded city like Kolkata.
‘Ismail’ by Nora Alsharif
2013 | Fiction | Arabic | 28 mins Inspired by a day in the life of Palestinian painter Ismail Shammout, ‘Ismail’ tells the compelling story of a young man struggling to support his parents after their expulsion to a Refugee Read more
Over the Wall’ by Roy Zafrani
2018 | Fiction | Hebrew | 12 mins A coincidental meeting between an Israeli boy and a Palestinian boy leads them to discover that reality is different than what they have been told.
I Am From Palestine by Iman Zawahry
2023 | Animation | English | 5 mins As Saamidah, a young Palestinian-American girl, anxiously starts her first day of school, she finds her identity in question when faced with a world map that doesn’t include her homeland
Junkopia – A Short Film by Chris Marker, Frank Simeone and John Chapman
1981 | Documentary | No Dialogue | 6 mins One day, at the stroke of evening, on Emeryville beach in San Francisco, where unidentified artists leave, without anyone knowing, sculptures manufactured with items that have washed ashore from the sea.