Short Films Package

Indian Masala Mix 2

Total Duration: 60 min

The journey to acceptance – whether by self or by others, is never free from road blocks. Some road blocks are visible and some are imaginary! To clear such blocks one needs to identify them first. This is what the second part of Indian Masala Mix intends to do through three Indian narrative shorts. Sit tight and see if you can spot those road blocks – within self, or around!

PHOBHAIYYA

Dir: Ritwik Mukherjee

8 min | 2022 | India | Hindi

A middle-aged watchman is in quandary. He has fallen in love with someone from a different religion and wonders now if his family will accept it.

JAAYAZ (Rightful)

Dir: Pratap Horde

16 min | 2023| India | Hindi | World Premiere

In Riyad Wadia Award Competition

Saatvik and Varadh are in a live-in relationship. Varadh never even openly acknowledges that they are more than flatmates. This disturbs Saatvik a great deal constantly and questions his rightful place in Varadh’s life!

ROAD BLOCKED AHEAD

(Le poids des cases)

Dir: Akanksha

31 min | 2022 | India | English | Mumbai Premiere

In Ismat Chughtai Award Competition

Liberty

On her way to a Saputara fort for an ad film shoot, a professional cinematographer Ayesha’s car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, when Meera, a local who helps her and gives her company till the time Ayesha’s car gets fixed.