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Hard Shell (Majid Reza Mostafavi) Iran

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Hard Shell
Majid Reza Mostafavi
Iran. 2024. 112 min

Circus
Family
Love

Leila who is a young talented tightrope walker, has been banned from performing due to the threat of fanatics, extremists and religious government people to close the circus just because of her artistic movements during her performance in tightrope walking and the way she dresses, and since then she has become a clown in an old circus owned by her father. Samir who is a teenage boy, has fallen in love with Leila and instead of going to school, he wanders away from his parents and roams the circus.
At the same time as the political and economic problems in Iran rises day by day ; Siamak who is Samir’s father and he is an calm and honest hardworking person , after many years of working in different jobs, has just starts working as a foreman in a donkey breeding farm and he has dream of owning a roadside restaurant…

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Saransh Sharma wins Best Music Award at Imagineindia 2025

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Sharma wins the Award for the film Humans in the Loop (Aranya Sahay) India.

Saransh Sharma is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Pune, India. Working under the moniker Khwabgah, his music blends organic soundscapes with textured electronic production—often drawing from his ambient, post-classical, and downtempo influences.
Born in 1995, Saransh hails from Shahpur, a small town in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Growing up, his musical world revolved mostly around Hindi film music.
“I remember discovering Linkin Park sometime in my teenage years. It really opened up my mind to a world of sounds. I still love film music, but the idea that music could convey more than love and longing was new to me.”

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Ania Goszczynska gets Second Prize for Best Film Poster at Imagineindia 2025

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She has won the Second Prize for the film The Forest in Me (Rebecca E. Marshall) UK.

Ania Goszczyńska was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1976 and studied Design at the Academy of Arts there, gaining an MA in 2003. In her career she focused on editorial illustration, poster design and visual art. Inspired equally by pop, kitsch and mediæval artworks, horror films and fairytales, she creates stark images with bold forms and strong contrasts. Her work was published in magazines, books and as postcards and posters, as well as exhibited in numerous solo and group shows around the world. She currently lives in Hastings, UK.

http://www.goszczynska.com

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Leena Alam, Jury for Best Actress at Imagineindia.

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Leena Alam, born in Afghanistan, is an award winning Afghan film, Tv and theater actress and a human rights activist. She started her acting career in 1998 with films such as In a Foreign Land, Loori and a few more made by the Afghan diaspora filmmakers in the US. She made her debut in Afghanistan in Barmak Akram’s 2008 Kabuli Kid, and went on to do Soil and Coral, Darya’s Message, Black Kite, A Letter To The President, and many short films to help young rising film makers in Afghanistan. She is mostly known to have worked in subjects that speaks on Child Marriage, Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Social Conflicts. Her notable work on these subjects are “Shereen” The struggle of a powerful woman, a taboo-smashing feminist TV drama, The Killing of Farkhunda a re-enactment of the killing of a 27-year-old Afghan woman falsely accused of burning a copy of the Quran, A Letter to the President, Qamar and more.

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Zara Si Dhoop (Aayushi Agarwal) UK

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Zara Si Dhoop
Aayushi Agarwal
UK. 2024. 16 min

Mother Daughter

We delve into the heartwarming and complex relationship between Piyali, a determined 28-year-old professional, and her spirited mother, Neelam, who has been confined to a wheelchair for the past 15 years. Their bond is more than just love; it’s a symphony of fights, games, arguments, laughter, and surprises that has shaped their lives in the bustling city of Lucknow.
Life takes an unexpected turn when Piyali is offered the opportunity of a lifetime, a chance to spearhead a major project for her company, but it comes with a catch – she must relocate to a different city. Piyali finds herself torn between her career aspirations and the responsibility she feels towards her mother. As the pressure mounts, a heated argument erupts between them. Harsh words are exchanged, and both mother and daughter are deeply wounded. Piyali regrets her outburst but can’t turn back time. She’s caught in a precarious situation where her relationship with her mother is strained, while her career and the success of her new project hangs in the balance.

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A Little Bit of Glitter (Sid Menon) UK

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A Little Bit of Glitter
Sid Menon
UK. 2024. 23 min

Queer
Comedy

Vidya is a 62-year-old, recently widowed, Indian woman and everybody in her life has always taken decisions for her and has deemed things on her behalf. As she grapples with the solitude, she decides to sublet a room in her house to a gay and flamboyant 19-year-old Nick. As the friendship of this odd pair blossoms, Vidya starts to see herself in a new light and in the process, re-discovers her love for make-up. But when others start to question her decisions, she begins to falter and lose her newly found confidence.

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Gorgo (Ven Gialouris) Australia

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Gorgo
Ven Gialouris
Australia. 2024. 19 min

Marriage
Bride

In Gorgo—a short film inspired by Ovid’s Medusa myth—an arranged Greek bride undertakes a cross-continental journey for a marriage arranged by her best friend Athina. Arriving in Australia, she soon discovers a monstrous secret that threatens to tear apart the best friends’ promise of sisterhood.

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Alice (Kamil Hardin) Russia

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Alice
Kamil Hardin
Russia. 2024. 25 min

Drama

Sergey recently lost his family and faith in the future, but artificial intelligence does not allow him to make a fatal mistake. Once in the loop, a smart speaker starts a dialogue with him. After disconnecting her from the network to complete what she started, the speaker continues to conduct a dialogue, as if she not only hears, but also sees what Sergei is going to do.

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