Short Film Diary

Family can be the biggest strength and also the biggest weakness at the same time. How far can one go to hold one’s family together. Watch the tale of two sisters struggling to make both ends meet for their family. ‘Siblings’ is a perfect short by Sheetal Menon starring Shivani Tanksale and Sheetal Menon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJSZ8U1FRfg

This Marathi Short Film is about a retired old man who one day gets an anonymous gift ' A Video Camera', something that he is internally wanting for. He is now on a quest to find who is the person who has gifted him this camera. The storyline is simple and predictable too, but for an amateur film like this will definitely put a smile on your face. The film is Written, Directed and Edited by : Amol Jain. Amol is also the DOP of the shortfilm. Below is the Cast: Ganesh Jaiswal (Lalaji) Aparna Neralkar Pallavi Jain (Bande) Tryambak Magare Babarao Dhone (Patil)  

In Cinema , Horses are usually presented as a cliché symbol of freedom. But the reality of horses is that they aren’t really free, but always under the control of humans. Wild Horses (2017)  tells the story about a teenage girl named Joan, played by Emma Curtis, who has been housebound with M.E. for most of her life. Her slow recovery and urge for independence is causing friction with her mother. Joan decides to leave the house in search of new experiences and a horse. Credits Cast  Emma Curtis, Emma Cater, Ainslie Henderson, Stephanie Compton Written and directed by Rory Alexander Stewart Produced by  Rebecca M. Smith Director of Photography  Samira Oberberg

Martin and his pregnant Spanish girlfriend Lucia arrive on a small Norwegian airport, where they get picked up by Martins parents. What follows is a short car ride that turns dark quicker than you can say Gudbrandsdalen. This one-take short film is written and directed by Gunhild Enger. In her work she depicts everyday life, filmed with great honesty, creating the most unconfortable situations. Communication, or rather the lack of it, plays a key part in establishing awkwardness and chaos, that result in Enger’s characteristic form of black humor. This short film won following awards: - Brief Encounters Grand Prix / Encounters International Film Festival / Bristol, England, 2012 - Jury Award / Leuven International Short Film Festival / Leuven, Belgium, 2012 Credits: Cast Martin Bøhmer, Aina Huguet Estrada, Christine Stoesen, Eilif Hartwig Written and directed by Gunhild Enger Produced by Gudrun Austli Director of Photography Marte Vold

Sparsh in Hindi means Touch and the short film talks about life and how other's lives matter in ours. The description of the movies says, Our journeys are entwined, touching each others' at the crossroads of life . You can also find the trailer of this Shortfilm here . This film is directed by Ankoosh Bhatt starring the well known face of Kay Kay Menon & Puja Gupta. The Shortfilm was posted  on Royal Stag Barrel Select - LargeShortfilms Channel in Youtube.

‘MAA’, the first word that we utter when we are being thought how to speak. Out of seven beautiful words discovered in English, mother is one of them. A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take in our lives. This Tamil short film which reflects over teen pregnancy is must watch for parents. This movie is directed by KM Sarjun after releasing his short film Lakshmi. Maa, from Ondraga Entertainment, is a story of 15 year-old girl playing around her cherubbish days gets pregnant, which is an interdiction topic in our society. Yet it is not something which can be ignored, but there’s always a way to handle immature incidents happening around us rather than taking assertions on women sexuality outrageously. The film is about the relationship between a mother and a daughter, when her daughter reveals about her having unprotected sex with her schoolmate, result is pregnant and her reaction over her child’s teen pregnancy. The entire short film re...

In this hard grappling world, we forget to smile and stay positive. All we have filled our lives is with stress and frustrations. But, children never forget to smile and make others smile unaware of their surrounded sufferings. Kamera is a story of 12 year old boy produced by PuraniDilitalkies.com who works in garbage dump and stays in slum with his mother. Both had different field of vision about life where one was filled with positive vibes and the other with frustrations and burdened up with responsibilities. Little boy had  only dream to bring smile on everybody’s face which was disliked by his mother. One day he and his friend finds a digital camera in a dump yard, his friend introduces this as a ‘smile chaperoning gadget’, by telling him a fact that, whom ever you point with camera will smile looking at it. Keeping this in his mind, he plans to make his mother smile. But unfortunately, his mother sells it to garbage collector and all his dreams pulverized. What happens next is th...

A child’s heart is as pure as driven snow. Their fantasies and imagination takes them a ride over the world of fairy tales. Just like a part of most of our stories, poems and lullabies. Far in the sky, was a vagary orris-silver ring hanging lonely, as bright as diamond flame, gleaming beautifully in the dark which turned the sea with a glow like melted platinum. One day, a seven year old lonely little boy called tubelight whose daily routine was to turn dirty taxis into sparkling ones in the streets of Kolkata, falls in love with the moon. He tries to catch it, he jumps to the highest he can. He realizes it as impossible. But, nothing could stop the determination of this guy. How this unrequited love changed his life? This short film directed by Shlok Sharma is a abating tale about the little boy’s small world filled with loneliness and sadness on the streets of Kolkata. The writer has also described boys dream in a poetic way. And the combination of both the worlds is blend and reflec...

The Kannada short film 'Jedarabale' is realistic and engaging. It's a story about prisoner Chandranna who will be sentenced to death. But there will be still hope as pardon letter will be submitted to president requesting remission, mercy certificate. He will be mentally broken, regretting for the crime he committed, suffering for almost 6 years in prison. The constable who is Gandhian principle follower gives him some confidence and tells him to be positive and hope for the best and he also explains that in his view, An eye for an eye will only make world blind. So there should be no law that takes life. But Chandranna disagrees with him telling that it is a just a punishment for a crime he committed. He also tells, Hanging is not painful but every minute spent expecting it is more painful and biggest punishment. So after all of these struggles will Chandranna get second chance, will his repentance for years be valued by government with mercy certificate and can he get his...

https://youtu.be/XxlujFhJUAo ‘Cuddly’ is a short, simple and sweet terribly tiny tale that drives us towards our old memories. It is simply a chat between mother-daughter which belabours mother’s unconditional love. A sweet conversation ends up teaching us lot many stuffs more than we can imagine. Neena Kulkarni, Marathi actress, plays an over protected, classic and cryptic mother who worries about her over-worked daughter. The short film pivots how technologically fond mothers react over high-tech gadgets these days. Shruthi Vyas frames a role of young graduate working in marketing field. Mothers always worry about their child and best way to show their love is by urging them to eat home food. The short film directed by Karan Shetty, also portray her desire to help her daughter that might ease her burden. A beautiful motherly feature is manifested. Irrespective of her capability, she still tries to help her out to prepare for her presentation, just like viva teacher at school. The end...

Mother! The first word uttered by every baby on this earth in her/his style. Mother- The first beautiful word in English followed by love, compassion, eternity and patience. Mum, is the truest friend we have. When misfortune takes the place of prosperity, when our friends abandon us, when we fail in our work and trouble shoot on our head, she still clings on us and counsels us to come out of the darkness and learn from these lessons. Our every story is incomplete without our mother because every portrait begins with her. ‘Aai’ is an animated short film designed and directed by Aroop Dwivedi. It delineates mother’s unconditional love towards her child, right from giving birth till the date she withers and die. Every phase of mother’s responsibility is beautifully brandished, every emotion cuddles one’s heart. Aroop Dwivedi took over 3 years to complete this short film. The entire short movie is hand written and each sketch is drawn on one sheet of an A4. Thus, making this movie a really...

Women- confined within the four walls of home, who has been declared as a ‘home maker’ is been burdened with the responsibilities of her family and where the family lives. For many thousands of years, men have been declared as a ‘bread winners’ in families that has suppressed the equality and dignity of women being a house wife. In rural part of India, women are still treated as labours without pay at home. This short film ”Bojh” directed by Kshitij Sharma depicts a status of women, who is been neglected by her over ambitious husband , bhumi fights hard to find some meaning in her monotonous life burdened with the responsibilities of being a wife, daughter-in-law and mother in rural areas of Rajasthan. Bhumi gets tormented by her depraved father-in-law who looks over the ladies of his own family through cruddy eyes. The actress Deeya Dey has done a tremendous job. This is a Award winning short film with more than 10k views.

Refugee- A human, who has been forced to leave his own country, his holy land, just to escape from these wars, tyranny, and divine acts has never got a chance to breathe peacefully, though the earth is well known for harbouring life. Did you know? One in every 113 people around the world is an asylum seeker or a refugee. This short film ‘Visa’ written and directed by Manish Rahatkar, is not a story of one family, but! It is the story of millions of families who ferret out for asylum. 21.3 millions of refugees were identified in 2015, where 51% of these were children. One in every 2 refugees is a child. But, this count is just an approximation, we never know! Who’s praying every second to see a miracle. Shweta Basu Prasad  has played a tremendous role as a mother and a responsible spouse. This large short films has made a huge effort to promulgate a message of many, who are struggling for their survival with fear. In this breathe-taking situation, how this family plans to survive? How t...

Being a rich country, still somewhere hit by some poverty, we people are unaware of the difficulties around us, where thousands of people are urged for one time meal in a day. Where, young boys from various villages come to city in hunt of jobs to earn some dollars. Such a small amount, which is counted as a part of chum change for the kids belonging to healthy backgrounds is the livelihood for the entire family of the poor. Their survival depends on this few dollars. This short film co-written and directed by Priyashankar  Ghosh and Kundan Roy casting Ajith Singh Mehta(avduth) and Sonu Anand(delivery boy) ascond trails a beautiful message around millions. When we look around an indigent, why do we always have to think that money is the only thing that will compensate their lives? Why don’t we sometimes share our kindness and lend a helping hand for them to stand firm on their legs. Analogously, Avduth just leaves behind an umbrella without uttering a word to a delivery boy, being amic...

Daulat! The movie which exactly panoplies contrary to it’s title. Our parents are like erasers, who wipe our mistakes, sacrifice, wither and disappear by making our lives sharp and beautiful as pencils. Sometimes! Their sacrifices are priceless. Daulat is a 7 minute short film produced by Nithin Hirani, Pranav Gandhe and Mantha Shah, ascond trails a strong message among us. It’s a story of a middle class man struggling over increasing disbursement on goods and not able to do a bang-up job for his family. Frustrated over this, feeling anguished, he takes up a severe step in his life, thinking piecemeal that after he disappear, his family may receive all that they ever wished for. Is this a true daulat? So, let’s overlook the short film to decide that. Having to cede oneself is real daulat or not.

Love for animation! Petal- A soft gentle word which make us chiaroscuro about a beautiful garden within our hearts. By plucking a petals of her, we do not gather beauty of flower. Petal, is an animated short film directed and produced by Andrea Gallo and Alvaro Dominguez is about two girls- utopian bunny (Pan) and sceptical cat (Robin), where a pretty flower ties them together. The story is about the little bunny chasing behind her alluring flower trolley, to save it from wicked word. But what is it going to do with a flower? And how it is going to protect it? Our present mankind, rather than planting a seedling, is planning to destroy forest. So let's watch how this little bunny will bring tiny change  among us by its bitsy effort.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtGp3i6TvzU[/embed] Raasta ,  a way to our destiny. One out of five principles of most famous Darwin’s theory, which states- survival for the fittest. With this thought storming up our brain, a short film directed and written by Digvijay Chauhan  is a story of two boys, begging in the streets of Mumbai, in and around the traffic signal areas to buy food for their survival. Their struggle over the bread leads us feel the pain of our present society. This is the present condition which we observe everywhere. This short film shot in Canon 550D, was screened at MAMI 2011 and manifests just via its tremendous exertions rather than expressing  it  by words.  

Walked into dinner, didn’t know that they’re relationship was on bait. Sometimes, two people have to fall apart, to realize how much they need to fall back together. The Dinner, is most ticklish and vexed topic of Indian Society, which  is based on monogamy and polygamy. The trend of believing that marriage is not a boundary to seek another love has bloomed it’s color in this short film. This may not be pick of many, but if one, wishes to experience love outside the marriage can look over it. This short film written and directed by Neeraj Udhwani reflects that  greatest challenge in marriage is in place of choice making. The film initially starts smoothly with young couple( Rahul and Avni) who are set to tie knot together, anticipated in their marriage preparations, plan to visit their friends home, who are a newly wed couple(Sumeet and Barkha), have a small discussion during dinner over the issues of polygamy and monogamy as telecasted by the jabber on the TV, who’s the favorite of Ba...

We are busy growing up, but we forget that our parents are growing old as well. But however old we grow, we are still children to our parents. Watch this Emotional Korean Video Ad. If a drop of tear does not come on your eyes, then it is time we look into what are we heading towards. Mom's Meal!, What else is the best meal you can get.  

https://youtu.be/KhIGSqneM0M Kathakaar is a story of a man who has lost his job for Innovation. Piyush Mishra the veteran actor plays a character of a man who was working in the Theatre as a projectionist. The Mall and Multiplex culture had made him lose his job like many who lost the battle to keep up the pace with innovation and resisted change. The story however revolves around rediscovering Passion of a man who, after losing the job, comes back to his village only to find a new passion. Struggling with what to do with his life, he one day narrates a story for a crying kid. Slowly he becomes the favorite story teller in the village and re-discovers his passion. Awards and Accolades   –   Semi-Finalist in the Foreign Narrative category of the  43 rd  annual Student Academy Awards .  Out of 1,749 submitted to the Student Academy, the advancement puts Kathakaar in roughly the top 5% of all films submitted. –   Finalist in the  Jio Filmfare Short Film Awards , 2017 –   Best Internation...