6-10 December, multiple veneus, Madurai
Organised by MARUPAKKAM
Category – Indian Short Fiction
The Daily Bread (Girrda)
Dir: Anil Kumar Anand; 19:59 min; Short fiction; India
In a Kashmir village, Mainmuna (30) and her husband Ziya run a bakery, struggling to survive. Mocked for his torn pheran, Ziya asks Mainmuna for a new one after securing a bread order for her friend’s engagement. She sews one herself, but it turns out shorter. At the event, men tease Ziya, causing them to leave angrily. Later, Mainmuna faces a crisis when her ex-husband, Wazeer (40), presumed dead for 3 years, returns, demanding money or her return, threatening her life with Ziya (25).
Koli
Dir: Jyotirmoy Mazumdar; 14:20 min; Short fiction; India
Koli is a film that explores the consequences of deception and the importance of honesty within a family. Niyor, a fifth grade student, weaves a web of lies to hide his disappointing grades from his family. This web of lies and deceit grows to cause emotional distress for his younger brother. As the truth begins to surface, the film delves into the parent's reactions and the impact on their relationships, revealing a touching story about truth, trust and family dynamics.
Flower From The Sky
Dir: Jayshankar Ramu; 15:00 min; Short Fiction; India
Confined to a wheelchair, Girija forms a quiet, profound bond with fellow resident Nitin at a Pune old age home. Their growing closeness unsettles both their families and the authorities. Flower From the Sky is a tender Marathi short film about love that defies judgement, age, and the ordinary.
The Show Man
Dir: Balajee S R; 7:35 min; Short Fiction; India
Stranded en route to a film festival, cynical Junior and the inscrutable Senior encounter the Stranger spinning a dramatic tale of woe. While Junior sees an obvious con, Senior sees the veil and its beauty. "The Show Man" delves into the ambiguous lines between performance, reality, and perception in the most unexpected of scenery, unravelling between highly conflicted characters.
Every Bullet's Account
Dir: Ravish Pathan; 14:00 min; Short Fiction; India
In a rain-soaked night, a weary detective and a sharp forensic doctor unravel a triple high-profile murder, all killed in the same instant. But as bullet holes reveal a rare weapon, suspicion turns inward. Loyalties blur, truth bleeds into silence, and every bullet demands its reckoning in a system built to forget.
Four Long Faces
Dir: Alok Paswan; 20:00 min; Short Fiction; India
A quiet morning gives rise to a cyclical story of letdowns. Four lives—a flower seller, a heartbroken man, a petty thief, and a weary boat man—intertwine in the undercurrent of chaos, longing and loss. Their lives, though strangers to one another, are unknowingly bound by flowers.
Knot
Dir: Abhay Parveen Gupta; 14:30 min; Short Fiction; India
Manish, a 6-year-old boy struggles to adapt to his mother’s absence from his life. His mother has been dead for weeks and the family can’t gather the courage to explain the real meaning of death to the little kid. Manish, however, is a strong-willed boy who believes his mother will return if he sets out to correct all the past mischiefs he has committed. He can’t open up to his father Siddharth, who is unaware of Manish’s endeavours and is grieving over the demise of his wife. Manish pins all his hopes on a secret magic trick – that he has learnt from his friend. With both father and son struggling with their respective loss, the only way the family can come together again is if the magic trick works. But, will it?
Compassion
Dir: Rohan Sajjansinh Rathod, Sahaj Surendra Sevak; 17:52 min; Short Fiction; India
A lonely old watchman, haunted by abandonment, finds unexpected purpose in rescuing a neglected and aggressive puppy from breed-specific regulations, leading them both on a journey to confront their shared past and discover the meaning of belonging.
THE FIRST FILM
Dir: Piyush Thakur; 19:59 min; Short Fiction; India
In a small town of 1960's India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film.
GULAAM (SLAVE)
Dir: Saurabh Nandakishor Kolekar; 13:03 min; Short Fiction; India
A few days after a heart-wrenching caste crime, an upper caste man and a grieving tribal fight over a cigarette at a secluded shop in a desolate mountain pass of rural India. As the fight quickly escalates the shopkeeper fears for the worst and takes extreme measures to protect himself.
Ilish
Dir: Himjyoti Talukdar; 14:23 min; Short Fiction; India
A family's joyful dinner of Ilish fish, carefully prepared takes an unexpected turn when an uninvited guest disrupts their evening, bringing unforeseen trouble.
Por Paravaigal / War Birds
Dir: Subash Bharathi; 14:54 min; Short Fiction; India
Not a story of war-dwelling vultures. This is the story of birds who fell due to war.
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
Dark Circles
Dir: Prabal Chakraborty; 9:59 min; Short Fiction; India
As a woman gets stranded on a highway at middle of the night, she faces a dilemma to go back to a known shelter where she got physically manhandled or face the consequences to be with a group of unknown miscreants who are lustfully ready to tear her apart
Riverbed of dried petals
Dir: Kalash Jain; 12:30 min; Short Fiction; India
In the near future solutions of rekindling love, a couple grapples with the idea of erasing their most intimate memories to reignite their fading connection. Despite being physically present with each other, they are consumed by a deep longing - a void that neither time nor proximity seems to fill.
Desire
Dir: Sameer Talawdekar; 15:00 min; Short Fiction; India
Arvind, 15, seeks a new pair of sandals, toiling at a construction site. Battling adversity, he maintains his moral compass and resists temptation. However, his unwavering efforts prove futile when life double-crosses him.
The Daily Bread (Girrda)
Dir: Anil Kumar Anand; 19:59 min; Short fiction; India
In a Kashmir village, Mainmuna (30) and her husband Ziya run a bakery, struggling to survive. Mocked for his torn pheran, Ziya asks Mainmuna for a new one after securing a bread order for her friend’s engagement. She sews one herself, but it turns out shorter. At the event, men tease Ziya, causing them to leave angrily. Later, Mainmuna faces a crisis when her ex-husband, Wazeer (40), presumed dead for 3 years, returns, demanding money or her return, threatening her life with Ziya (25).
Koli
Dir: Jyotirmoy Mazumdar; 14:20 min; Short fiction; India
Koli is a film that explores the consequences of deception and the importance of honesty within a family. Niyor, a fifth grade student, weaves a web of lies to hide his disappointing grades from his family. This web of lies and deceit grows to cause emotional distress for his younger brother. As the truth begins to surface, the film delves into the parent's reactions and the impact on their relationships, revealing a touching story about truth, trust and family dynamics.
Flower From The Sky
Dir: Jayshankar Ramu; 15:00 min; Short Fiction; India
Confined to a wheelchair, Girija forms a quiet, profound bond with fellow resident Nitin at a Pune old age home. Their growing closeness unsettles both their families and the authorities. Flower From the Sky is a tender Marathi short film about love that defies judgement, age, and the ordinary.
The Show Man
Dir: Balajee S R; 7:35 min; Short Fiction; India
Stranded en route to a film festival, cynical Junior and the inscrutable Senior encounter the Stranger spinning a dramatic tale of woe. While Junior sees an obvious con, Senior sees the veil and its beauty. "The Show Man" delves into the ambiguous lines between performance, reality, and perception in the most unexpected of scenery, unravelling between highly conflicted characters.
Every Bullet's Account
Dir: Ravish Pathan; 14:00 min; Short Fiction; India
In a rain-soaked night, a weary detective and a sharp forensic doctor unravel a triple high-profile murder, all killed in the same instant. But as bullet holes reveal a rare weapon, suspicion turns inward. Loyalties blur, truth bleeds into silence, and every bullet demands its reckoning in a system built to forget.
Four Long Faces
Dir: Alok Paswan; 20:00 min; Short Fiction; India
A quiet morning gives rise to a cyclical story of letdowns. Four lives—a flower seller, a heartbroken man, a petty thief, and a weary boat man—intertwine in the undercurrent of chaos, longing and loss. Their lives, though strangers to one another, are unknowingly bound by flowers.
Knot
Dir: Abhay Parveen Gupta; 14:30 min; Short Fiction; India
Manish, a 6-year-old boy struggles to adapt to his mother’s absence from his life. His mother has been dead for weeks and the family can’t gather the courage to explain the real meaning of death to the little kid. Manish, however, is a strong-willed boy who believes his mother will return if he sets out to correct all the past mischiefs he has committed. He can’t open up to his father Siddharth, who is unaware of Manish’s endeavours and is grieving over the demise of his wife. Manish pins all his hopes on a secret magic trick – that he has learnt from his friend. With both father and son struggling with their respective loss, the only way the family can come together again is if the magic trick works. But, will it?
Compassion
Dir: Rohan Sajjansinh Rathod, Sahaj Surendra Sevak; 17:52 min; Short Fiction; India
A lonely old watchman, haunted by abandonment, finds unexpected purpose in rescuing a neglected and aggressive puppy from breed-specific regulations, leading them both on a journey to confront their shared past and discover the meaning of belonging.
THE FIRST FILM
Dir: Piyush Thakur; 19:59 min; Short Fiction; India
In a small town of 1960's India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film.
GULAAM (SLAVE)
Dir: Saurabh Nandakishor Kolekar; 13:03 min; Short Fiction; India
A few days after a heart-wrenching caste crime, an upper caste man and a grieving tribal fight over a cigarette at a secluded shop in a desolate mountain pass of rural India. As the fight quickly escalates the shopkeeper fears for the worst and takes extreme measures to protect himself.
Ilish
Dir: Himjyoti Talukdar; 14:23 min; Short Fiction; India
A family's joyful dinner of Ilish fish, carefully prepared takes an unexpected turn when an uninvited guest disrupts their evening, bringing unforeseen trouble.
Por Paravaigal / War Birds
Dir: Subash Bharathi; 14:54 min; Short Fiction; India
Not a story of war-dwelling vultures. This is the story of birds who fell due to war.
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
Dark Circles
Dir: Prabal Chakraborty; 9:59 min; Short Fiction; India
As a woman gets stranded on a highway at middle of the night, she faces a dilemma to go back to a known shelter where she got physically manhandled or face the consequences to be with a group of unknown miscreants who are lustfully ready to tear her apart
Riverbed of dried petals
Dir: Kalash Jain; 12:30 min; Short Fiction; India
In the near future solutions of rekindling love, a couple grapples with the idea of erasing their most intimate memories to reignite their fading connection. Despite being physically present with each other, they are consumed by a deep longing - a void that neither time nor proximity seems to fill.
Desire
Dir: Sameer Talawdekar; 15:00 min; Short Fiction; India
Arvind, 15, seeks a new pair of sandals, toiling at a construction site. Battling adversity, he maintains his moral compass and resists temptation. However, his unwavering efforts prove futile when life double-crosses him.
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