Fowl Men
Director: Aparna Pednekar
Synopsis: This film is an episode in the life a British photojournalist and an Indian guide who come to a village called Morachi Chincholi, to shoot the national bird; Chincholi is a natural habitat of peacocks. Soon enough, they find their ordinary lives spiraling into a bizarre, almost surreal sequence of events.Fowl Men is my personal microcosmic take on racism. I see the roots of racism as intense dissatisfaction with your own life, your frustrations and failures. Gerard Bond and Ravi Pandit, the white man and brown man, are united in their secret misery. This surreal moment and event gives them an opportunity to turn against each other ...incidentally helping each other escape the ordinariness of his life.
The Five
Director: Ravi Kapoor
Synopsis: Freely inspired by the ancient Hindu myth the Mahabharata, THE 5 imagines a family stuck in exile and mourning their mother’s death. Their release from this state of suspend animation will arrive only through a confrontation with the cousin that sent them into purgatory. It's time for a 'once-and-for-all!'
Reincarnation
Director: Gaurav Bakshi
Synopsis: The film tells the story of Siddhartha, a common man, who’s in the news because he’s believed to be the reincarnation of ‘Mahatma Gandhi’. Sid constantly dreams that he’s Gandhiji reborn and before even he could acknowledge the same, news leaks out and others start believing he’s the new avatar of Gandhiji. Is Sid really Gandhi reborn or is he just hallucinating? What’s the truth? Why do people around him even believe him?
Girl and the Auto Rickshaw
Director: Sarwesh Mewara
Synopsis: After denying an eunuch a ride, an auto rickshaw driver finds this rickshaw can only give rides to female passengers. What follows is a hilarious drive through the streets as he tries to uncover his rickshaw's mysterious tendencies while facing angry passengers. This film was made under the mentorship of Anurag Kashyap.
My Lad
Director: Sami Khan
Synopsis: Outside a dingy launderette, Aziz shouts away some kids spraying graffiti on a wall. Inside, Abdul, unaware of the trouble, rests his weary head. Aziz comes to the door, trying to wake his friend, there’s something Abdul must do. Abdul wants to ignore the holdall that Aziz is leaving for him, he wants no part of the proceedings.Abdul tries to give the holdall back to Aziz, trying to escape his role - but every time he tries to walk away there is a reminder of why he cannot turn his back. Abdul tries to numb the pain but the time is approaching. In life there are some things that you can never change.
The Last Marble
Director: Manjari Makijany
Synopsis: Every child has the ability to create something beautiful. This story is about a nine year old street kid that makes things from metal scrap and junk. After his most precious marble creation is shattered by a bunch of street kids, he is left heartbroken with nothing but the remains of his work. Instead of giving up he takes on a little adventurous journey to remake his creation. When he puts together what he has, he realizes that to complete his work he needs the last piece of the creation, just one more marble. His determination and will to finish what he had started is so strong, that he leaves no stone unturned to find the last marble.
