International Shorts-2 - Hindi/English/Urdu/Punjabi - Pakistan/India/Canada
Event Location
Description
Admission only to 2 Day VIP Pass Holder & Event Ticket Holders
List of short movies that will be played:
Movie Name:
I Am Not Down
Film By:
Jyoti Madnani Singh
Film Type:
Short
Country:
India
Run Time:
11M 37S
Brief:
Saloni, a class topper, is period shamed in school after she gets her first period. At home, her uneducated but caring mother Asha tears the only vest of her husband to provide a clean cloth for Saloni’s protection and comfort as she has to take annual exams the next day. When Saloni’s father, Anil, comes to know that his only vest has been torn and used to absorb menstrual blood, he gets furious. He puts the cloth left for sun-drying into the fire and it turns into ashes. Saloni is shattered but Asha is determined, neither she wants period shaming for her daughter nor she wants her to miss exams. Through Saloni’s classmates, Asha comes to know about sanitary napkins, a hygienic alternative available at the health centre but Anil says that they can’t afford that luxury because of their poverty. It is then Asha decides that she will do anything possible to send Saloni to school to take exams as she doesn’t want her daughter to drop out of school after first periods as she had to do it because of the period stigma and poverty.
Movie Name:
The Beginning
Film By:
Insia Dariwala
Film Type:
Short
Country:
India
Run Time:
14M 27S
Brief:
Arwa is suddenly disassociated from all reality and is pulled back into the vortex of her past from where the only way to come back is to make a choice that would be very different from what her mother chose. The film’s end is actually Arwa’s first step towards a revolt against the community, which does not take dissent lightly.
Movie Name:
Who knows what’s going to happen to me (Jane kya Hoga)
Film By:
Jaasmaan Singh
Film Type:
Music
Country:
Canada
Run Time:
6M 44S
Brief:
His music is very much deep rooted in South Asian traditions ranging from Hindustani Music to Carnatic Music as well as a very strong grasp over Music within South Asian Cinema. Moreover, having studied Western Music Theory, Jazz Performance and owning a pristine ear for arrangements. About grievances of emerging musicians and artists through his independent music and songs.
Movie Name:
From Sweden, With Love
Film By:
Md Umar Saeed
Film Type:
Documentary
Country:
Pakistan
Run Time:
15M 15S
Brief:
Hanna, a girl from Sweden starts a school for Pakhiwas (Nomads) in Lahore, Pakistan. This school in a tent is changing the lives of most unprivileged of the society.
Movie Name:
Lifers
Film By:
Ranjit Samra
Film Type:
Short
Country:
Canada
Run Time:
12M 1S
Brief:
Three lives/Three paths: A life of crime, a life ending and a life decision. Tarun Keram (Star Trek Beyond, The Stand) & William Belleau (Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Cannes 2023) star in this brooding tale of a man at a moral crossroad. A sudden rise in drug overdoses leads to an overcrowded hospital, where a rookie cop sits guard over a career criminal. They share a room with Robert, an Indigenous man who learns he is dying. The two quickly bond and Robert’s fate forces the young cop to confront his conscience. Based on a true event
Movie Name:
The Cure
Film By:
Suresh ROHIN
Film Type:
Short
Country:
Canada
Run Time:
4M 6S
Brief:
Chris has serious depression issue, who hates himself, Junaid a good friend pushes him to get help and pulls him out of his depression, by caring for a friend and to prove. ” A Friend in need is Indeed a Friend “.
Movie Name:
The Java Plum Tree
Film By:
Rafay Rashdi
Film Type:
Short
Country:
Pakistan
Run Time:
33M 11S
Brief:
In the vibrant labyrinth of the South Asian fashion world, a woman born anew in her transition yearns to paint stories with make-up, while a blossoming model is ensnared in the deceitful webs of a media magnate. Their paths converge amidst a gender rebellion, a quest for dignity and recognition. This poignant collision forms a ballet of dreams and defiance, a saga of authenticity clashing with the unspoken shadows of the industry, promising an exploration of courage, identity, and the relentless pursuit of self-realization.