7th Edition

3-5 APRIL 2026

7th Edition

3-5 APRIL 2026

Finalist Films 2025

Award Winning Films 2025

Festival Partners

Monthly Screening 2026

March
Lost World 2020

Lost World 2020

Country of Origin: India

Language: Bengali with English subtitles

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Director: Mitra Majumder

Duration: 1 hr 9 minutes

Synopsis:

In a crumbling world where climate crisis, human trafficking, child abduction, and the ruthless greed of urbanisation intersect, one forgotten elderly soul during pandemic 2020 becomes a mirror to humanity’s downfall. This surreal, dystopian yet poetic cinematic journey dives deep into themes of displacement, ecological destruction, and the profound loneliness that festers in a society obsessed with artificial connections and material gain.

Distant

Country of Origin: India
Language: Hindi with English subtitles
Director:  Devendra Sinha
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes
 
The director and his crew are travelling from Mumbai to address the Q&A session. 
 
About the Film: D i s t a n t follows several ordinary lives unfolding in parallel—a father and son drifting through uncertain days, an ageing priest facing generational tension, and a woman returning home after years of absence. Through restrained performances and a measured rhythm, the film explores emotional distance, responsibility, and the quiet weight of unresolved choices. While rooted in a specific cultural context, the film’s concerns are universal, inviting reflection without imposing resolution.
 
Synopsis

Set across two intertwined worlds, d i s t a n t traces the fragile rhythms of ordinary lives caught between duty, identity and quiet despair. Inder, suspended from work, wanders through days with his curious young son, hiding his own failures while trying to shield the child from consequences. Elsewhere, an ageing priest and his son clash over tradition, memory, and the meaning of faith, as forgotten histories resurface. Parallel to them, Kunti returns home after years in prison, confronting a father whose dreams for her were undone by rebellion and circumstance.

Through intimate vignettes, humour, and quiet ruptures, the film explores generational bonds, moral contradictions, the weight of punishment, and the blurred lines between right and wrong. A tender, contemplative portrait of people trying to remain human in an increasingly unforgiving world.

In Silence

Country of Origin: Brazil

Language: Portuguese with English

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Director: Alexandre Britto

Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes

About the film:

In Silence is an award-winning film from Brazil with a lot of suspense and explores delicate themes such as moral violence, sexual violence, sadism behind the scenes of the cinema industry, and silence as a tool of power structures. Glória, the character, is not just an actress, but a metaphor for the glory that a film crew seeks: status, fame, and money.