ESPERA (Victor Ribeiro) Shorts

ESPERA
Victor Ribeiro
Brasil.   2015.   7 min.

Venue :   B Travel Brand Xperience
Date :   25 april.  19.30 h

Regina Bastos lives on a desert island. Her life has become quiet and lonely since the departure of her great love Beto Bruel. For over twenty years Regina will go to the beach every afternoon looking at the sea waiting for him to bring her love back.

ANONYMOUS (Ayan Banerjee) Shorts

ANONYMOUS
Ayan Banerjee
India.  2015.  14 min.

Venue :  B Travel Brand Xperience
Date :  11 april.  19.30 h

What is that one thing we cannot live without? Even before we open our eyes in the morning, and not until we close them after a long tiring day. Or probably even after that. In our dreams and nightmares…what is that one thing we cannot afford to lose?

MOUSSE (John Hellberg) Shorts

MOUSSE
John Hellberg
Sweden.  2014.  35 min.

Venue :  Teatro del barrio (Closing Gala)
Date :   31 may.   19.00 h

What could be easier than robbing a small bookie place on the outskirts of town? It’s during the year’s biggest horse race event and the betting center Washington’s Tobacco looks like the ultimate hit for some fast cash. Mousse is a man of pride and principles and is fed up with living as a second-class citizen. But what happens when he faces principles different to his own?

Kya hamare India mein diversity hai? (TISS) Shorts

Kya hamare India mein diversity hai?
Aditi Saraswat, Akshat Jain, Radhika Agarwal, Tanvi Khemani and Vishal Langthasa.   India. 2015.  2 min 30 secs

On Republic Day, a child has to make a speech about why he is proud of being an Indian. He thinks about the various reasons people give, but isn’t impressed. This is a PSA that asks: what legacy do we want to leave behind for the next generation?

Screenings: New Media Competition Section (PSA National) of Mumbai International Film Festival, 2016.

Reclamining Culture (TISS) Shorts

Reclaiming Culture
Maanvi, Anand Gautam, Shreya S, Rameshwar Jirwankar and Pranali Garud.   India.  2015.  2 min 34 sec.

What happens when an unwitting passenger finds himself in an airline called Bharatvarsha Vimanseva? This public service announcement asks what is Indian culture, and why is everyone hell bent on protecting it?

Screenings: New Media Competition Section (PSA National) of Mumbai International Film Festival, 2016.

Staring (TISS) Shorts

Staring
Ananyaa Gaur, Dinesh Kumar Mahapatra, Keduokhrietuo Sachu, Nishajyoti Sharma and Shreya Sinha.  India.  2014.  1 min  50 sec.

The film tries to explore the idea of staring as a form of violence by using role reversal.

Screenings:   US Consulate-General Film Festival on Women’s Safety and Empowerment, 2014 and Script International Film Festival – 2015, Kochi.

How Far Should a Woman Go? (TISS) Shorts

How Far Should a Woman Go?
Shubhra Dixit, Smita Vanniyar, Anurup Khillare and Prateek Shekhar.  India.  2015.  2 min 38 seconds.

It explores the extreme measures that society expects women to take in order to protect themselves.

Acknowledgement : The PSA received the first prize at the Film Festival held during the event 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence at US Consulate of Mumbai.

Screenings: Film Festival organized by NMIMS and MAVA on Gender, Masculinity and Relationships in January, 2015 and in New Media Competition Section (PSA National) of Mumbai International Film Festival, 2016.