Laali Is Too Esoteric To Be A Moving Portrait Of Loneliness
The film doesn’t quite need the sort of heavy-handed storytelling it employs
Short Film Review
The Miniaturist of Junagadh Paints The Void Between Home And Heart
The short is a tender dance of loss and nostalgia
Rabbithole: A Thought-Provoking Short About The Irony Of Isolation
The 11-minute film, directed by Tushar Singhal, is fairly basic in its messaging, but the little details are nice
Friction, Starring Sanjay Kapoor, Is Unbearably On-The-Nose
The 20-minute short film is streaming on Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films’ YouTube Channel
Transistor Review: A Poignant Short Film Rooted In The Urgency Of History
Prem Singh’s tender 25-minute short reaches beyond the period tropes, and dares to explain itself through images only
Nooreh, On MUBI, Is A Poignant Portrait Of An LoC State Of Mind
This 22-minute short film by Ashish Pandey is a moving reclamation of formula
Dobara Alvida Is A Cheesy Short That Wastes A Decent Premise
If only the makers of Dobara Alvida had managed to keep their Bollywood in their pants, the film might have felt like more than just the narrative equivalent of a doomed one-night stand
The 2021 Oscar Frontrunners For Live-Action And Animated Short Film Depict The Hope And...
If Anything Happens I Love You is a tender 13-minute film that’s the unanimous frontrunner in this year’s Animated Short category at the Oscars, and for good reason
Sunday Short Film Review: A Modest, Charming Snapshot Of Closeted Love
Arun Fulara’s sparse 10-minute short, Sunday, sheds a shy light on the everyday existence of a middle-class India that isn’t allowed to earn the privilege of being courageous.
Atul Mongia’s Short Film Awake Is A Wonderfully Twisted Portrait Of A Happy Marriage
Awake is a perceptively performed and cleverly conceived film. It subverts the dysfunctional marriage trope by blurring the line between twisted and empathetic.
Short Film Bittu Is Steeped In Poignant Lyricism
With skillful restraint, director Karishma Dev Dube nudges us to consider the consequences of inequity
Step Out Is A Naive Snapshot Of A Cultural Epidemic
At best, Step Out is uneven and naive. At worst, it suffers from symptoms of the male-saviour syndrome
