The film is a hilarious and fully entertaining take on an unspoken rule of society, and how it comes to define an exchange between the protagonist and one of his friends. The question in the film’s title is what gets the ball rolling. The protagonist’s initial reply to it is commonplace and perfunctory…until it’s not. 

Next follows a barrage of truly terrible things that have happened to him in a short duration, ensuring that the caller, his friend on the other side, is caught off guard and completely unsure of what to say when someone replies to this mundane greeting in a manner out of the accepted norms. 

The thought thus presented is meaningful and honest, but it never becomes didactic or burdens the narrative. It also eschews needless frivolity. This ensures that the film keeps the viewer involved throughout, even if at the expense of the hapless protagonist.

How Are You?  | Short Film of the Month

Jack and Vince have the most unexpected encounter, and the film presents a colorfully entertaining portrayal of the same. Jack’s life revolves around cryptocurrency. He has a loyal following online which hangs on to his every word. He reciprocates their sincerity, but only at first glance until the virtual interaction ends. The reality that thus follows is far from that, though never without humor, a characteristic absurdity, and eccentric details that define the circumstance. The film presents a moment, a brief window into Jack’s life, keeping itself taut and entertaining in its brevity. The visual progression and construction fully support the endeavor, as well as the screenplay. The actors are sharply synchronized and bolster the result. It is definitely a welcome prospect to engage with a longer project or subsequent parts that take us deeper into the world of the characters thus presented.

Give It Up | Spotlight

For the uninitiated, here's a term to look up - post micturition dribble (PMD), or after dribble, a phenomenon specifically related to men's urination. The short film offers a lighthearted exploration of the same while steering clear of scientific jargon. The narrative too comes to be marked by similar ease and playfulness as it introduces us to a single character and his experience with PMD. The film, a solo project, does not take itself too seriously, and as a result, succeeds at garnering laughs at the expense of the protagonist. Despite the intimacy and the potential requirement of the graphic detailing of the subject, it does not invoke discomfort in the viewer, and entertains them instead. As the plot dabbles with cryptocurrency, a second pandemic that has overwhelmed conversations like nothing before lately, it further extends its buoyant approach to the same. Consequently, this allows Drip to maintain the joviality of its tone all along. When it comes to the protagonist, however, he commits the cardinal sin of looking up an otherwise mundane body trait online. Will the answer that he finally receives hold the solution or clarity he is looking for?

Drip | Short Film Nominee

'Cinefilia' is a ride that is violent and entertaining in equal measure. Chris is a massive movie aficionado and our introduction to his world is immediate as the plot opens with a movie trivia quiz. With him at its center as the quiz-master, two of his friends spar with each other in the face of rapid questions. However, this otherwise-ordinary situation soon takes a bloody turn no one is prepared for, and thus begins the story in all its actuality. The short film moves from one violent event to another, remaining peppered with lightheartedness and effervescence throughout. There is a deliberate attempt to not take itself too seriously, also ascertaining our approach to it as a viewer. As the plot would have it, things spiral out of control, eventually leading the protagonist to one final gory development. When it arrives, it seals his fate irrevocably, while serving poetic justice to the audience in the characteristic, irreverent manner it has maintained all along.

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