A Death in the Gunj

Konkona Sensharma / Opening Night / India / 2016 / 105 mins

Set in 1979, A Death in the Gunj is a coming of age story, about a shy student Shyamal Chatterjee. He uses a family road trip to McCluskiegunj, an old Anglo-Indian town, as an escape from his failed semester. At the outset, the makings of a perfect family holiday are in place but something is amiss. In the week that follows, Shutu's quiet unraveling is overlooked by the family revelers, until the holiday ends with an implosion.

The Last Music Store

Megha Ramaswamy / Spectrum / India / 2016 / 38 mins

The Last Music Store documents the curtains going down on the iconic Rhythm House. Bombay city's last & oldest large format music and video store finally yields to the challenges posed by new technologies and piracy and this crumble is captured via the lament of the store's eccentric, long-dedicated, working inmates who are coping with the situation in their own manner.

Shor Se Shuruaat

SUPRIYA SHARMA, ARUNIMA SHARMA, RAHUL V. CHITTELLA, PRATIK RAJEN KOTHARI, AMIRA BHARGAVA, ANNIE ZAIDI, SATISH RAJ KASIREDDI / Closing Night / India / 130 mins

Shor se Shuruaat is an omnibus feature of mentored short films, around the central theme of “Shor”- noise. 7 films, from 7 different directors conveying 7 different stories on the same theme, The short films have been mentored by stalwarts like Mira Nair, Shyam Benegal, Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Nagesh Kukunoor, Sriram Raghavan and Homi Adajania.

Chidiya

Mehran Amrohi / Spectrum / India / 2016 / 112 mins

Two brothers, Shanu and Bua, aged 9 and 7 respectively, live in a chawl in Mumbai with their mother Vaishnavi. In need of money, Vaishnavi asks Bali Bhai, her kind brother-in- law who lives in the same chawl, to get Shanu and Bua a job with him. Bali Bhai, a spot boy in the film industry, takes the boys to his film set where they see the film's hero playing badminton. The kids don't get the job but they do get the shuttlecock and from there set out on a mission to build their own badminton court, buy racquets and play themselves. But sometimes it is the most ordinary, which is the hardest to accomplish.

Veham

Hassan Amin / HBO Short Film Competition / Pakistan / 2016 / 14 mins

After waking up in an obscure room with no memory, MUNTAZIR finds a letter and, following its instructions, sets off only to find himself lost in the middle of nowhere. He asks the mysterious JABBAR for directions who again pops up when Muntazir reaches his destination. The two develop an uncanny companionship with Muntazir opening up to his new friend. As more envelopes are delivered, Muntazir fights to regain his memory about where he is and who exactly is Jabbar.

With You For You Always

Azad Alam / HBO Short Film Competition / India / 2015 / 15 mins

45-year old Gayatri lives with her elderly mother and pet dog, Sweety. Gayatri is haunted by the death of her young daughter, Maya, who was raped and killed. Still searching for justice and living in fear from the gruesome incident, Gayatri takes a bizarre step to avoid and escape any more tragedies.

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Gardaab

Harune Massey / Centerpiece / Pakistan / 2016 / 93 mins

Set in Karachi, Pakistan, Gardaab(Whirlpool) is an intimate portrait of a city torn by violence. It’s a story of the city’s inhabitants as they navigate through this violence, fighting to preserve their humanity. A gritty fast paced thriller, the film is also a tale of an unlikely romance that blossoms amidst this chaos.