The Notion

Parallel lives, a motherless boy clinging to a lullaby and a sex worker, braided into one quiet ache.

A woman in Mumbai battles housing discrimination and reclaims her autonomy.

A 15-year-old schoolgirl discovers she is pregnant during a hockey match and confides in her mother.

An enraged wife sits her husband's lover down to tell a story. The ending will leave you shattered.

On a sweltering evening, a dinner party quietly exposes who gets to sit where, and who stays in the kitchen.

A lantern, a remote village, and the quiet exploitation of ordinary people during the Emergency.

An emotional short about the things we feel but never manage to say out loud.

A schoolteacher hires a robot servant, and learns what it means to share a home with a machine that thinks.

An unflinching short on crimes against women, and the cruelty that does not stop even at death.

A narrative drawn from the real experiences of a woman emerging from a toxic, abusive relationship.

A bittersweet short about heartbreak and the slow work of getting over a love that failed.

Two characters, one long conversation at the Thalassery sea bridge, and a sarcastic reckoning with sexual violence.

A Kerala State Television Award winner built around a quietly devastating Sunil Sukhada performance.

Two struggling friends drift through a city that has no place for them, wry, warm and a little broke.

A wordless love story told almost entirely through music and glances.

Four bored techies at Technopark spin a small office crush into a tall tale.

A box of halwa is passed from Mathai to Mathai to Mathai, across two countries, with predictable chaos.

A wry variety short that follows the journey of a humble towel, and quietly makes you reconsider your habits.

A hugely popular Neo Film School comedy, silly, sharp and beloved enough to earn a sequel.

A slice-of-life short on the ache of lost love and the fragile hope of beginning again.

An award-winning short on the sacrifices people make in a world that prizes money, career and status.