The Tragic Lunacy Of SWIPE, A Dystopian, Hand-Animated Pakistani Short Film
It is as if a Black Mirror episode got a Pakistani makeover with a literal ‘trial by social media’ as its premise
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In Passage and Arrest: Cinema Of The Lockdown Through Mati Diop And Jonathan Glazer’s...
Narratives such as these directors’ function as a language of healing against a landscape of depletion and exhaustion
Counterfeit Kunkoo Review: A Fight for Individualism
Smita’s world slowly begins to get louder than her own protesting voice as she starts to face the brunt of a society that does nothing even in the face of blatant injustice
405 Short Film Review: A Thoughtful Portrait Of Isolation
Time slows down in Shanawaz Nellikunnil’s enigmatically titled 405, a short film based on a story by Murali Govindan, Krithika Manohar and Vishnu Nair
Banana Bread Is A Wry Lockdown Short
Despite its shaky end, Terribly Tiny Talkies’ latest short starring Rasika Dugal and Mukul Chadda is sweet, well-acted and wryly observational
Gunta Short Film Review: A Superbly Observed Mumbai Portrait About A Man And His Man Fr...
Gunta, not unlike Zoya Akhtar’s short in Lust Stories, is a beautifully bittersweet portrait of urban India’s most intimate and desensitized equation.
Siblings Short Film Review: A Beautifully Acted Short About The Futile Postponement Of ...
Sheetal Menon’s Siblings beautifully illustrates that siblings who suffer together long enough, start resembling timeworn lovers
Katran Short Film Review: An Uncomfortably Profound Story Of An Unhappy Old Couple
Prem Singh’s 14-minute short starring Piyush Mishra and Alka Amin, elegantly examines a reluctant relationship and puts into context the tragic toxicity of long-term marriage
Lost And Hound Short Film Review: A Spooky Riff On The Indian Parent Syndrome
Directed by Jagdish Mishra, this short film, streaming on YouTube, is a slow, mood based story of an ageing mother grappling with one missing and one distant son
Amma Meri Short Film Review: One Of The Standout Indian Short Films Of 2019
Director Tarun Jain crafts a haunting visual language for his film. Not unlike Article 15, the oppressive Haryanvi village here is a character, an antagonist that is closing with its apocalyptic landscape.
Suno Short Film Review: A Hard-Hitting, Well-Acted Short That Checks Its Viewers’ Pri...
SUNO certainly merits a place in the upper pantheons of art that does more than just lazily ride the wave of the #Metoo movement
Bebaak Short Film Review: A Defiant, Well-Acted Short That Dissects The Politics Of Faith
A short film that unflinchingly locates womanhood as an instrument that is used to connect faith with fate
