About The Event
23rd July - Sunday, 3.30 pm on wards.
Full Cover Rs. 200
Inquiries: 9833358490.
Done with watching the same run of the mill stuff at cinemas and TV? They have something for you! Handpicked, engaging content.
Welcome to Sunday Shorts with Pocket Films - an adda for short film and cinema connoisseurs. And the place to be for filmmakers! Watch high quality short films and discover what went behind them from the crew itself!
They bring you something more:
Are you a film maker? Made a short film? Looking for a showcase platform? Looking for distribution? Come tell the audience about your film in 120 seconds and they let the audience decide if they want to see your film.
Spot Registrations. From 2 30 pm on wards. First 5 spots guaranteed 120 seconds to talk about the film. The film that gets the highest votes from the audience gets screened! Also get a chance to get your film distributed by Pocket Films - one of the largest short film distributors in India!
Curated lineup for this edition is as follow:
1. Lallan from Allahbad
Dir Divyansh Pandit. A thief. A domestic help: Lallan. A Motive: To rob the house. The bond of thieves develop over Lallan's narration of his story. An erratic village boy, counseled by his dad, working as a domestic help in an influential family in Mumbai. With a weakness for bicycles, he aims to earn and be respected.
Official Nomination - FILMFARE Short Film Awards 2017.
2. Bless You Bollywood
Director: Manassvi Nirupma
Bollywood behind the scenes, the unseen, meeting between a Producer and a Writer. Find out why most Bollywood scripts are so "aam".
3. What the Film!
Director: DP Singh
Two friends are sitting at their house, seriously discussing the movie which they will be directing and suddenly there is a power failure. Since they have some free time, they peep out of the window and find a beautiful girl passing by below and one of the guys tells his friend that he wants to cast her as his heroine one day when he becomes a director. They start drinking beer and after drinking too much, they think that they should leave the film industry since there is lot of struggle. Will they do it or is it just the beer talking?
4. A Trip to Egypt
Director: Bahaish Kapoor
A comedy short film about a father and his son, they plan a trip to Egypt, Giza In order to take Kabira's mother's ashes to Egypt. After reaching there, the whole journey takes an unexpected turn.
5. Siddhartha
Director: Ayush Kumar
A work of fiction, the film is about the life and experiences of a salaried man who pays a visit to the Human Resources manager on his last day at the firm. When the manager questions his rationale for quitting, he takes her on a tour of the workplace and the society at large. This happens when the city is looking for a mad man whos prowling the streets at night.
The short film was screened in the competition section at Kolkata International Film Festival in 2015.
Meet and interact with other film-makers in the community.
League of Indie Filmmakers
Pocket Films
They aim to offer everything - a little bit of drama, a little bit of laughter and a whole lot of fun!
Please note: Minimum age to enter is 16 years old.
Full Cover Rs. 200
Inquiries: 9833358490.
Done with watching the same run of the mill stuff at cinemas and TV? They have something for you! Handpicked, engaging content.
Welcome to Sunday Shorts with Pocket Films - an adda for short film and cinema connoisseurs. And the place to be for filmmakers! Watch high quality short films and discover what went behind them from the crew itself!
They bring you something more:
Are you a film maker? Made a short film? Looking for a showcase platform? Looking for distribution? Come tell the audience about your film in 120 seconds and they let the audience decide if they want to see your film.
Spot Registrations. From 2 30 pm on wards. First 5 spots guaranteed 120 seconds to talk about the film. The film that gets the highest votes from the audience gets screened! Also get a chance to get your film distributed by Pocket Films - one of the largest short film distributors in India!
Curated lineup for this edition is as follow:
1. Lallan from Allahbad
Dir Divyansh Pandit. A thief. A domestic help: Lallan. A Motive: To rob the house. The bond of thieves develop over Lallan's narration of his story. An erratic village boy, counseled by his dad, working as a domestic help in an influential family in Mumbai. With a weakness for bicycles, he aims to earn and be respected.
Official Nomination - FILMFARE Short Film Awards 2017.
2. Bless You Bollywood
Director: Manassvi Nirupma
Bollywood behind the scenes, the unseen, meeting between a Producer and a Writer. Find out why most Bollywood scripts are so "aam".
3. What the Film!
Director: DP Singh
Two friends are sitting at their house, seriously discussing the movie which they will be directing and suddenly there is a power failure. Since they have some free time, they peep out of the window and find a beautiful girl passing by below and one of the guys tells his friend that he wants to cast her as his heroine one day when he becomes a director. They start drinking beer and after drinking too much, they think that they should leave the film industry since there is lot of struggle. Will they do it or is it just the beer talking?
4. A Trip to Egypt
Director: Bahaish Kapoor
A comedy short film about a father and his son, they plan a trip to Egypt, Giza In order to take Kabira's mother's ashes to Egypt. After reaching there, the whole journey takes an unexpected turn.
5. Siddhartha
Director: Ayush Kumar
A work of fiction, the film is about the life and experiences of a salaried man who pays a visit to the Human Resources manager on his last day at the firm. When the manager questions his rationale for quitting, he takes her on a tour of the workplace and the society at large. This happens when the city is looking for a mad man whos prowling the streets at night.
The short film was screened in the competition section at Kolkata International Film Festival in 2015.
Meet and interact with other film-makers in the community.
League of Indie Filmmakers
Pocket Films
They aim to offer everything - a little bit of drama, a little bit of laughter and a whole lot of fun!
Please note: Minimum age to enter is 16 years old.
