INDIAN MASALA MIX 1

The first part of this year’s Indian short films package showcases five films about various relationships and connections one builds with friends, families, and partners – or even with strangers; that can change or challenge lives of the people in question.

MANU
Dir: Shinku C.
18min / India / English, Hindi

Manu is an introverted, repressed boy who loves art, and belongs to a middle–class religious family in India. On this particular day, a series of events brings him finally to confront himself, and in the end, leaves him in a dilemma to bring the change in his life or not.

SAFAR
Dir: Kapil Joshi
6 min / India / Hindi

It’s a story of two souls who want to live happily ever after and want to blend in with the crowd.

LAVISHKA
Dir: Pinaki Janardhan
18min / India / Kannada

A film, which is as simple as just two primary characters talking throughout, is led by an Idea that, these two characters will never be seen together in any of the frames. Their love story unfolds in cafes, over long drives in cars,etc.

BEACH
Dir: Anisha Sharma
15min / India / English, Hindi

Karan is a transman, who recently had a gender affirmation surgery and something as trivial as going to the beach shirtless has been a dream and an act of liberation for him.