Thursday, February 3, 2022

10th Chennai Film Festival 2022 : Indian Short Fiction - Competition

10th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022

21-27 Feb, multiple venues, Chennai 


Indian short fiction : Competition 


1) Crescent

Dir : Fazil Razak; 19.04 min




Anshiya, a young women lady who wants to continue her studies, is forced by her family and community to get married. With very little time in front of her, she needs to make a move immediately.


2) Chhoti Si Baat

Dir : Kabir Shah; 10.47 min



While everyone is caught up with the struggle to keep themselves safe from the lethal virus, a chance encounter between a boy and a girl brings out the true vulnerability of human beings.


3) Chhaya

Dir : Utsav; 15 min



It is a periodic film set in 1980 in India in which The story revolves around Rakesh, whose life takes a difficult turn of events after his second marriage. He is trapped between his second wife, his children and a well that was built on mortage.


4) Kulup

Dir : Sadnyesh Ramdas Ghuge; 13.48 min




The story of Kulup (The Lock) is based on a simple idea of how important closures are in life. You just can’t lock it in your past. Open it, accept it, share it, and you might just be able to live with it. 


5) Around

Dir : Anandakrishnan KS; 15 min



Pandemic times. Maya lives a fiercely independent, content life with her mother, earning a living from a job she loves. No one including her mother understands her obsession with the cranky, noisy fan in her room. For her, the noise opens up a doorway of sleep, to her past, her memory.


6) All that is Lost

Dir : Arijit Kundu; 15.17 min



For seven years , a nameless woman remembers her beloved in her daily chores. She mourns her loss in every way . Her life is nothing but a relic of the past . One day , she decides to start a new life from this vicious cycle of lamenting and melancholy .


7) The Case

Dir : Arun Varghese; 11.40 min



When Renu, a lawyer, questions another woman's decision to withdraw a court case, she comes to terms with her own dilemma that threatens to take her world apart.


8) The Unowned House

Dir : Kallol Mukherjee; 15 min



Gurmeet and her son Sukhvinder travel to her maternal house after years to sell it off for Gurmeet's cancer treatment. The house brings all her nostalgia back. The pain of the Sikh riots becomes fresh. 


9) Inside

Dir : Jinesh VS; 14.04 min





The movie is about A 25-year-old girl, Aaru explores the underlying thrusts, 

senses, and insinuations of her psyche during the lockdown period. 

She finds comfort in the presence of her friend. 




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