Showcase Film Vertical City by Avijit Mukul Kishore PSBT Film

In a far suburb of Bombay, residents from slums are moved to high-rise apartment complexes with the promise of a better life. While these complexes are built allegedly to house the poor, they have been seen as moves to free prime slum land for commercial development. Unable to provide for the social and economic needs of people, these complexes soon degenerate into spaces worse than the slums they left behind.

SHOWCASE - Heart to Heart – A Film on Rotary work for Congenital Heart Disease Patients ( Dir : B Sunzu, Producer : Dr Radheysyam Oinam.) National Award Winner 2011.

Rotary Club of Imphal, District 3240 presents "Heart to Heart" a Rajat Kamal, National Award winning movie , Best Science and Technology Film of 2011. A Film on Rotary work for Congenital Heart Disease Patients. The story of Rishikant born with two holes in his heart and Rotary effort to save him.

A Drop of Sunshine – Aparna Sanyal PSBT Film - Schizophrenia.

It may be one word, but conjures up multiple connotations - Mad. Incurable. Violent. Suicidal. Chemical imbalances. Crazy. A lifelong condition. Inevitable dependency on Medicines. Dark. Terrible. The Film takes us through the story of Reshma Valliappan, a 30-year old Indian woman, and charts out her journey of eventual triumph over her condition. It takes a controversial and contrarian view towards recovery from Schizophrenia, proposing that the only treatment method that can work in the condition is one where the so-called 'patient' is encouraged and empowered to become an equal partner in the process of healing.

Little Women – Sanjeev Shivan

SHOWCASE – Every year thousands of girls mostly underage, are allured to Indian metro cities from neighboring nations and sold to Indian brothels. They come in search of livelihood to evade poverty and end up imprisoned, raped against their will day after day. This is the story of their quest for homecoming and their strong determination to escape hell in to which they are forced.

Naata - Samir

SHOWCASE - Naata, is a film on blood donation. It shows the unspoken bond, the feeling of giving and the realization of a good deed.

Street Witness – Soraya Umewaka (Japan)

Sinna Man (Angry Man) - Anita Killi (Norway)

Hayoula (The Shadows)

Mir Mehmood Ahmed Halepota(Pakistan) - The film is based on the female foeticide and superstitious beliefs. The movie recounts the story of family living in rural area and expecting a new child.

Super Full – Ms Niam Itani (Lebanon)

Short Narrative Film About Deaf and dumb life.

Gamba Trista (Loser Leg) - Francesco Filippi (Italy)

I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Evi Goldbrunner (Germany)

Somewhere in a war zone. Three young stationed soldiers try to divert themselves from their everyday wartime existence. One of them takes notice of a local girl. The comrades follow her... (Winner of the "Cinema for Peace Talent Award" / short film competition "Movies that matter")

Houna & Manny - Before War - Jared Katsiane (USA)

Houna meets Manny one summer afternoon outside the US immigration office...

On the Way to the Villa – Monir Gheidi (Iran)

On the way to villa its the story about a mother and daughter in conflict with each other. They travel to the north of iran and something happens hat changes every thing

MUY CERCA (Nearby) - Txema Muñoz - KI)MUAK (Spain)

(SHOWCASE) - Julia has arranged to meet her partner Jaime on a beach, who has left her some cryptic clues. Julia and the children will follow the clues until they get lost in a forest near the beach. During this little odyssey she will show us the fragile link she has with reality, the children and her true nature.

Three Colors And Dark – Metin Acka (Turkey)

(SHOWCASE) - Film is black and white except some object's color. Film includes four episodes called green, red, blue and dark. A young man planning to kill an old man in green episode that is just shown dollar's green color. A security always thinks girls who wear red lingerie in red episode of film. An old man always dream calm life and likes blue skies in blue episode. These three characters related between each other and they and their colors will cause a dark trouble in dark episode.

Aval - Prasanth Kanathur

Story of female infanticide in Theni , Tamil Nadu. The film gives voice to the myriad muted cries that are forcibly buried in Tamil Nadu.

June12 – Tamizh Ramesh

Society swallows the dream of an innocent boy who enacts larger than life people. As the fascination is interrupted by the society, he lingers on not knowing the cost of his dreams.

My Mamma's Milk – Jayprakash B Koroth

A little boy's struggle for mother's milk

And Gandhi Goes Missing – Devendra Jadhav

Set in a rural village school of Western Maharashtra, India.The story explores the Universal Emotion of Prejudice regarding race, caste, creed and religion in rural India. The narrative thought culminates to a climax which forces the viewers to think of the dangers of prejudice. This is a powerful film portraying the non-violent principles of Gandhi which are going missing in today's India using the backdrop of his assassin Nathuram Godse.

Tamanna (Desire) – George Mangalath Thomas

Must love be forgotten in the interests of a community? Salama is a rare flower in the congested lanes of Shivaji Nagar, one of Mumbai's darkest slums. Her quiet world is rocked by the surprise visit of a shy young man, who takes courage in his hands, knowing that he must speak his heart. When the warm flame of young love is confronted by the cold logic of a life time conditioning, will it be extinguished?

When I met Nikhil – Ajitsinh Deepaksinh Mirdhe

Story of a young boy called Nikhil. Nikhil is careless; he is casual and has a laid-back approach towards life. Once accidently he meets another Nikhil, which changes his life completely. While treating a patient Nikhil unknowingly gets treated and hence from casual attitude changes his approach to be a responsible human being.

No God Temple – Janakiraman

This short film discusses one of the biggest issues of India, Babar majid demolition and also points out an alternate solution...

Swecha (Freedom) – Uday Gurrala

A tale of a boy..and how he knows the real meaning of freedom..

Karmic Dreams – Nicola Desouza

'Karmic Dreams' is a short film about a vulnerable Parisian girl who arrives in India with dreams of mantra and tantra in her eyes. What she sees in India is a little different from her perception of it. She returns back to France and loves her country like she never did before. And the reasons are not what you would imagine... Watch on!

Meals Ready – Nithuna Nevil Dinesh

Life Could be so tough, but still it has the green patches of true love and care. Senior Citizens.

Randu – Sudevan PP

Two coolies...engaged in digging a well...an ordinary day as usual...working dress, tools, meals, mobile phones- all as usual...drinking water, virgin soil, thoughts on house to be erected- all are as usual...burning beedies, unlucky lottery tickets- all are as usual... but...they are two persons, two minds. Psychology of poverty .

Home Work – Navas Ali/ Jenny Thankam

Anuraj is studying in 4th standard and he never does his home work. Day by day, teacher's punishments and friend's harassment increased but he did not say the reason for not doing the home work. He is having the burden of his family. He has no complaint to anybody. While helping his mother for daily distribution of milk he tried to do the homework. But he failed with circumstances. He made several attempts to solve the problem. Finally he finds out a solution for his all issues and he himself solved the big problem of doing homework within his limitation. That is the message giving the homework.

Amaranth – Rejit Ramachandran

Bholu – Sandhu AVI

This short film is a story revolving around Bholu, a street kid in search of his mother. As we observe few minutes of Bholu's life, we will eventually realize how vulnerable his life is. The film delivers an important message, which will eventually 'drive' towards a helping hand in future, for the unfortunate children on streets... children like 'Bholu'.

Platform Number 5 - Vanaja C

Aditi – Songs of Hope - George Mangalath Thomas

Achtung Baby – Sanjeev Shivan

In Germany the fanatic belief in purity and superiority of the Aryan race scripted the darkest chapter in History. Ladakh perched in the mountain ranges of J & K boasts of a legendary in habitation of pure blooded Aryans in parts of the region. They are small communities which have preserved their Aryan purity down the centuries. This attracts a curious clutch of visitors from Germany, who come here to research this heritage. A few come to indulge in their obsession for racial purity. Have they come to carry the pure Aryan seed back. See for yourself.

The Other Side of the Wall – Kamlesh Udasi

The word "jail" conjures up images of dark, dank dungeons, with manacled figures and chain gangs under the watchful eyes of armed guards. This kind of impression of jail is so strong in our mind due to the depiction of the life in jail in our films. What is the reality behind this dreaded four-letter word? This documentary endeavors to traverse the wall and see what happens on the other side – get a glimpse of a normal day behind bars. It strives to penetrate the wall and look into the hearts of the prisoners. Unable to change the present, they live dreaming of the future they hope to have.

A Different Drum – George Mangalath Thomas

Another touching Story.

Rupees – Sharan Nair

A Short Film Showing Corruption From a Child's Perspective, Which emphasis on the message "corruption starts at home ".

Wings to Fly – Nikhil

A boy who is working at workshop has dreams to be someone. But his surroundings is not allowing him. One day his life changes.

Tigers – They are all Dead – Reema Sengupta

The movie is a political satire. A Panoramic reaction of Mumbai to the death of India's last tiger under undisclosed circumstances. The protagonist of the film a 3 yr old child tries all he can to bring back his favourite animal.

Paranoia – Sandeepan, Sunil, Amrita, Nitesh

After the serial train blast in Mumbai, a man in an empty compartment experiences paranoia when another passenger comes in.

Mother – Mahesh Gore - Animation. 2D.

Visually depicts the importance of motherly love and the need to care for differently ab led children destitute and the elderly. Uses an abstract representation of the iconic Matriarch "Mother Teresa as a visual synonym of selfless loves and makes an attempt to inspire action.

Vanity Box – Diksha Grover

Kiran, a 45 year old woman sitting inside a beauty parlor is getting ready for her 25th anniversary. As the women are watching 'Bigg Boss' and indulging into beauty treatments, Kiran begins to peel off her outer shell. It is only till Tara, a 35 year old transgender enters the parlor and exhibits her outer self exactly as what she is inside, Kiran begins to feel naked. Where on one hand, one undresses her true character, the other coats herself with make-up. The outside versus the inside, all inside a parlor, where 'Bigg Boss' is the only window into the outer world. Will they find a definite reality inside a 'Vanity Box'? Look at relationships.

Trashhed – Pranay Bura

Animation. Tragic State of Trash Bins.

Gulcharrey – Varun Tandon

Urban Issues. Gulcharrey is a beautifully told story of Rahim and his past. It leaves you smiling.

A Call – Samir

A PSA on traffic awareness.

Check - Prasanth Kanathur

A Mini film on disability.

Darna Zaroori Hai - Aishwarya Mahajan

AIDS Prevention.

Dark - Akshay Mulajkar

The film "DARK" is about the visually handicapped and how their life differs from others in terms of day-to-day activities

The Doll Story – Sanjeev Shivan

A Mohiniyattom girl is practicing under a single arc light. Every Rasa expression is combined with one puppet sequence representing one condition of the girl shield. Different stages in her life.

Don't Lend a Smoke – Amit Singh

Anti Smoking.

Fragile - Santhosh Cherukara

Fragile is short film depicting a single parent's attempts to not let failure shatter his daughter's confidence. The daughter's inability to qualify for a reality show puts the father in an awkward position, and he delays breaking the bad news to her till he thinks she is ready for it.

Head/Tail – Vimal Koshy

A Short film against littering in public places.

I4U – Varun Vinu

Its a PSA on the theme Eye Donation where a boy gives eyes for a scarecrow which was in the paddy field and he makes the scarecrow see the world through his eyes.

Monkey Drummer – Viji Sam

Monkey Drummer depicts the loneliness of old age persons. It is a 90sec (1.5min) public service film initiated by Help age India.

Play – Viji Sam

Play, depicts the need of polio vaccination for a better world.

Statutory Warning – Vicky Khandpur

An anti-smoking ad film with a style, creativity.

Ulkazhcha2 – Kishore Haridas

Clean Kerala. A Railway presentation.

I Thirst – Priyam Biswas

'I Thirst', the fifth saying of Jesus on the cross, was His only expression of human suffering. When the spring of living water runs dry, to remain indifferent is inhuman. The short film tries to capture this form of distress and intends to make us think whether 'enough is enough'.

Black Out – Vicky Khandpur

Let people feel it. is all I can say about this.

Garbage - Hamsa Ali Mohammad

A person throws a Pepsi can on the side of the road. Another throws a packet. And so on. The neat place becomes a garbage dump.

Masks and Mirrors – George Mangalath Thomas

To remind all of us – parents and children – that we are fused with bonds of love. The roots of which are our shared genes and experiences. And hopefully – to remind so many viewers of that time when they saw their father or mother as a person – and loved them all the more for it. India's only entry at Filminute International Festival.

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Asthamayam – Sreenivazen R

A film about the life of an old man in an old age home.

Cliché – Amitish Mukherjee

International Understanding/ goodwill. Life is more than what meets the eye. Way more than regular cliches.

Right to Education – Sandeep Brahmbhatt

Every child had a dream, but to express it they need education. Right to education talks about the necessity of the education among the kids.

For Your Own Benefit – Ashish Rampal

It's a public service advertisement for developing civic sense for own benefit.