Short Film Diary

They say people in Toronto just don't smile at each other. Yet, in a city notorious for being cold to strangers, several lives intersect one night, oblivious to the loneliness that connects them all. COLD is a bitter-sweet ode to Toronto, the city that brings us all together, yet somehow manages to keep us distant. - NOMINATED for 5 TARA Awards. - WINNER of Ryerson University's 2013 President's Award of Excellence.

Acting is a tool using which you not just express your emotions but your personality as well. If you have chosen acting as your career then you have a long way to go. There are endless things to learn and experience. There more you learn and feel, the better you can express. It’s an intense and long process. Many reputed acting schools are available out there with fascinating courses like Learn the A to Z of acting in 1 month or so and usually they charge huge money and everyone can’t afford it. So, should you take this as a disappointing thing? No, not at all! You can practice the craft on your own and celebrate your triumph later saving big money. Meet and talk to more people, embrace more characters, get into more lives and voila! Here are some effective acting tips for the amateur actors that can help them reach a significant position in the industry. Eyes on the complete script – Acting is not just about understanding your own character and saying the dialogues written for you....

We all have that dream ‘salon’ in our minds, where we wish to treat our self for special occasions, where all the rich guys and girls of the city go to get a haircut and celebrities as well. But we fear to step in to such salons. The main lead in this short film breaks out his hesitation and steps in to the salon just a day before his wedding. We all have that pleasing thought, that getting dressed and buying stuffs from branded boutiques always symbolizes high standards and makes us feel more special on some marked occasions. Hair cut is a 9 minute short movie starring Imran Rasheed as the main lead along with prolonged list of celebrities and noncelebrities like Kunal Khemu, Akarsh Khurana, Pallavi Rohatgi and others. This movie is directed by Anand Tiwari and Sumeet Vyas. The story is of a lower middle class, Imran, who has never tiptoed in a high class salon decides to get a makeover before his wedding. He decides to visit ‘Drama salon’ with hopes of getting a marvelous makeover wi...

Are you all set for ‘Lights, Camera and Action’ thing? Becoming a short filmmaker is not a walkover but it’s not a rocket science either. If the balloons of creativity are bursting inside your mind, you need to set them free and let the world see how far you can take your unique ideas. The first short film is always special for every filmmaker in the industry. How to Find the Best Topics for the First Short Film? Everything starts with an idea. A creative idea germinates in your mind and then you organize the rest of the stuff to implement that idea. The elementary factors of the short filmmaking include getting an idea, scripting, arranging finance, location exploration, gathering the needed accessories, pre-production, shoot, post-production and marketing. Scripting is the base on which you complete film stands. In the first place, what matters is a unique idea that is sellable. The ideas or topics come from nowhere but your life and surroundings only. Whatever you see or experience ...

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...

It’s a thriller, powerful short film that will directly hit on your paunch which deals with the propinquities between the present technology and society. Devashish Makhija’s terribly tiny tale ‘Agli Baar’ (The Next Time) connects modern communication such as Skype ,smart phones, the internet with the violent, iniquitous sectors and obtuse laws of our modern India, coming up with frightening thoughts towards urban life. It’s about the slum-dwellers who have managed to encumber the illegal demolition of their shanties. And the people approaching for justice in non-violent ways to high court are being stopped by these violent demons with one deathly screams at a time. Sometimes, these gadgets have made our lives so difficult that we are unaware about who’s spying on us, that will make us think ‘who’s next’?. This short film will blow up your brains as what's happening with full of anxiety, thriller and will take you to a world of consternation.