'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.

Cinefilia | Short Film Nominee

When Perspective first takes you into its world, you might find yourself entering a realm marked by a film noir quality, one where suspense and thrill lurk within. As it progresses, however, the film reveals itself to be a love letter written to cinema. It is a romance with visual storytelling, and the many ways in which the protagonist interacts with it.

 After a brief introduction to what is portrayed as a spy-like character, perhaps concealing some dark secrets of his own, we are next met with a film aficionado who takes great pleasure in losing himself to the world of visual narratives. Whether he is creating one, or consuming it, his devotion to it remains unwavering.

 The film endeavors to tie these elements together, while staying true to the premise it has invoked so far. The attempt is a dedicated and sincere one, leaving the door open for more storytelling and experimentation by the team with the various tools of cinema.

Perspective | Short Film Nominee

Bollywood remains a force to reckon with when it comes to the employment of song and dance in its films. The industry is marked not only by the staggering number of films it puts out each year, but also by the massive appeal of its musicality for viewers all over the world. It is indeed no big surprise, then, that the effort that goes behind the screen to present to you with the verve and zest of this particular form of cinema is also of a humongous scale and proportion. 

The short film is an attempt to explore the same by introducing the viewer to the leading choreographers who have created one iconic dance performance after another, along with some of the biggest, most successful songs of the industry. It offers pertinent voices that allow the conversation to flow with ease, introducing the uninitiated to the several complexities and dynamics of the world of cinema in this specific part of the world. 

From gender to the changing times to the manner in which society has viewed dancers and choreographers over the decades to very intimately personal experiences of the several subjects of the documentary itself, the narrative invokes them all, striving to present to the viewer a balanced set of opinions on its thematic concerns.

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