Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)

A hero stuck in an ancient cycle of death and rebirth unknowingly cheats his destiny.

When a psychiatric session turns into a nightmare for Victor, a chronically constipated former corporate filmmaker, he is transported inside his mind where an island beach resort is run by the very corporate he used to work for.

A quirky deep dive into the mind of a confused young man struggling to balance personal ambitions and family responsibilities.

Set in a dimly lit, nearly deserted cinema hall, the film follows a protagonist whose encounters with a fellow moviegoer, a projectionist, and the presence of an unseen voyeur take on a charged, sexual undercurrent. As boundaries between experience and liminality blur, the cinema hall becomes a space of shared, ambiguous encounters where desire, tension, and vulnerability intertwine.

A young man grapples with the weight of ancestral traditions and expectations, as he endures both physical and emotional trials imposed by his grandfather.

During an overnight bus journey, two passengers confide in each other and share their memory of a woman who affected their lives in different ways.

The passage trom adolescen ce to youth is a phaseduring which a girl emerges in a distinctive periodof her life to another significant phase. Most oftenthere is a synchronous transition in her physicalstate with that of her emotional state of mind. Thisfilm poignantly depicts such a transition in a girl'slife. Her changing attitudes towards her playmates,and objects around are brought out very vividly inthis film.

Diploma film of Mahesh Kaul.

In North Malabar, Mukundan, a local Communist Party secretary as well as a Theyyam artist, grapples with the challenges of ageing and life’s complexities. Yet, he is determined to perform for the upcoming Gulikan Theyyam, marking the onset of the year’s festivities after the tenth day of Thulam, which could probably be his last.

An assassin enters a settlement to complete her vengeful mission.

Amidst the chaos of planning his son's birthday, Sandesh's phone, crucial for an investor call, gets accidentally thrown away. In his quest to retrieve it, he discovers unexpected emotional depths.

Documentary delves into the lives of residents in a shelter home where stranded individuals and mentally suffering patients coexist with a fragile hope of reuniting with their families or finding a place they can call home. The filmmaker captures their personal stories and struggles with a stark, unsentimental lens.

A man leaves his house. Another applies for leave inhis office. A third finishes his tea. Another getshimself shaved. All four are fresh entrants in theworld of crime: kidnapping to he more precise. Butthe father of the kidnapped boy refuses to pay up.The son has already played this trick before andcollected good ransom. The father does not believethis time it is a real thing, The kidnappers getdesperate. The son has in idea. The plot thickens.

After her husband died, a mother buys a grinding-machine in order to make a living. Initially fascinated by the machine, her son starts getting irritated by its noise. He tries to destroy the machine to regain his childhood.

A contemplative exploration of the intertwined experiences of queerness and illness, this experimental documentary navigates personal and collective journeys through medical spaces, sexual violence, and survival, revealing the profound impact on body and identity.

Shashi undergoes metamorphosis when a flowering plant starts growing from inside his mouth. His distanced teenage daughter undertakes a journey towards embracing the new image of her father.

About a thoughtful, lonely child making his own discoveries.

Diploma film of Jahnu Barua.