Dropless
Anamika Pal
India. 2025. 20 min

During a family funeral, Preeti, a middle-class daughter-in-law, faces a crisis when her breast milk dries up, leaving her 4-month-old baby hungry. Desperate, she drinks a glass of undiluted milk—an act deemed a domestic sin under the prevailing social norms.

Daar
Forough Azizi
Iran. 2025. 20 min

While patrolling the forest, a ranger discovers the body of a woman. He and some villagers wish to bury her as soon as possible but the woman is carrying something that makes them hesitate.

Nest
Asmita Pal
India. 2025. 21 min

On an ordinary morning that transforms drastically, a young girl moves through the rhythms of her home. Her mother, an ornithologist who traded fieldwork for domesticity, is restless in ways the girl can sense but not name. As the day unfolds in arguments behind closed doors, in the steadying presence of the family maid, in the sudden visit of a bird to her mother’s room the girl watches the world she knows begin to shift. By evening, something has been irrevocably lost.

Ants
Yu Ai
China. 2025. 21 min

Nana, living under her oppressive father’s control, sympathizes with her mother, Li Jun, enduring the tyranny together. One day, she meets Lin, a captivating singer at a bar, whose voice and red dress remind her of a younger Li Jun. As Nana learns about Lin’s tragic past, she begins to admire her strength.
Encouraged by Lin, Nana starts standing up to her father, but Li Jun defends him. Despite her disappointment, Nana continues to protect both Li Jun and Lin. Eventually, a surprise encounter between Li Jun and Lin reveals an unexpected side of her mother, challenging Nana’s understanding.

Room at the Farm
Jasmine Kaur Roy, Avinash Roy
India. 2025. 22 min

Just like his deceased father, Nihal is desperately trying to break the vicious cycle of debt and hang on to his small parcel of farmland. Nihal’s refusal to accept the futility of the fight is putting a strain on his recent marriage and testing the patience of his wife, Reet.
Room at the Farm is the story of a young couple as they struggle to express love in the face of hardship and uncertainty of the future. The film is also about the last stand of a community against the tide of rampant development and inevitable change.