Van Film and Television Institute of India Studios

Once upon a time in a village, an old lady steals the rooster and the sun never rises again.

Tackling the theme of identity from the perspective of Asian and Afro-Caribbean actors, the film emerged from an acting workshop exploring the...

Madhav, a playful 8-year-old boy who has spent most of his time playing outdoors in the village, is being sent to town for educational purposes.

People are involved in daily encounters without ever being aware of how they are connected with one another. A taxi reveals all.

FTII Diploma film for acting students of 1964-65 by Ritwik Ghatak

An act of violence resonates through the night, touching upon the lives of different characters, who otherwise would not necessarily exist in each...

The story deals with a professional hitman, who falls in love with the woman he sets out to murder.

Shama and Ravi are members of a Marxist party. Shama loves classical Indian music, a luxury of a few, and Ravi is in love with quotations and the...

Set in a dimly lit, nearly deserted cinema hall, the film follows a protagonist whose encounters with a fellow moviegoer, a projectionist, and the...

Three young men are putting up an antenna for their amateur radiostation in a city tower block. They want to connect to the ISS space station, which...

FTII Diploma film by Mani Kaul

Three siblings, brother Dinu and two sisters Anu and Buri meet on a seashore one morning after their mother's death. They reminiscence about their...

Snippets of events in an urban police station unfold the relationship between SI Piyush and ASI Ratika. Though they share an intimacy, Ratika is not...

Kaki is a 60-year-old widow who lives with her Nepali maid, Malti. The film takes place on one afternoon in their house where a flower blossoms in...

Sea of Lost Time is an allegory set in an undefined time and space, evoking the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, inspired by his characters....

Documentary chronicling the 101 year old ex Mr. Universe Manohar Aich

Ambika has just come to know that she has failed once again, and she will not be given any more chances. At first, she leaves the city for her home...

Set in 1944, against the backdrop of Mahatma Gandhi's visit to a village, it is the story of a mother who faces a crisis and whose faith in Gandhi's...

This experimental documentary explores the complex intersection of queerness and illness, examining how these experiences shape both the body and...

Jivari, in Indian Classical Music, refers to the overtone-rich sound characteristic of classical Indian string instruments such as Tanpura, Sitar,...