3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a short film “After 9/11 "from USA, Directed by Ranjit Koka

This film explains what happened after 9/11 with the first responders and their families.

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the submission of a feature film “Deux Rémi, deux " from France, Directed by Pierre Léon

At 30, with not much of a job, and too timid in love, Rémi is a little lost in life until the day he has to share it with his doppelgänger, another him, who is overbearing and not very nice. Which one is the real Rémi?

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the submission of a short film “ Act-3 " from India, Directed by Siddharth chankya dhakre.

“When you act, it shouldn’t appear that you are acting.” That’s what his best friend used to tell him, every time he would perform.Act 3 follows the events in the life of brothers who eat, sleep and live theater performances day in, day out. It puts across the perplexity that rejection brings, in an artist’s life and how sacrificing their life can be, when things don’t go as planned. The twisted and edgy narrative explores those dark spaces where a creative individual’s life can reach, when the passion is no longer channelized.

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the submission of a short film “ Du bout des doigts " from Belgium, Directed by Basile Vuillemin

Alain refuses to accept the pessimistic medical diagnosis of his son, in a vegetative state following his drowning. One night, he makes a decision and announces to his wife and daughter's intention to return the child at home to look after. But their reaction was not the one he was waiting ...

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the submission of a short film “Ishq Haazir Hai" from India , Directed by Baljinder Mahant.

A romantic love saga… being away for so many years…still..love doesn't change..

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the submission of a short film “PUNISH ME DIE" from India ,Directed by PARTHA SARATHI MANNA

The world punishes the human being for his sins. However some of the sins, committed by human beings are not known to the world but known only to the sinner. When he realizes the gravity of the sin, his conscience pricks him so much that he is not able to forgive himself. “ Punish Me Die” is the story of a brave soldier. Officer Arjun Singh is very brave in the field of battle, and the bullets from his rifle would always hit the target enemy. But he also succumbs to the greed of earning more money. Arjun Singh starts collecting the arms, from the enemy nationals who hide in the border and caught. He starts selling these arms to the Naxalites for good money. One day a fiery encounter takes place in his village between the police and the naxalites. Many civilians lost their lives in this encounter and one of them happens to be the mother of Arjun Singh. When Arjun Singh reaches home, he finds his mother’s dead body. He also sees the weapon, which had taken the life of his mother, lying next to her body. He recognizes the gun as sold by him to the naxalites. Today Arjun Singh realizes the grave mistake he had committed and he decides to punish himself “ Punish Me Die”

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the submission of a short film “Goonj" from India , Directed by Baljinder Mahant

A girl's answer to teasing in Bhagat Singh Ji's ideology.

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the submission of a short film “The Eve" from Italy, Directed by Luca Machnich

Simon is an eight-year-old boy who seems to have everything from life. He’s a handsome child, he’s rich yet unhappy. He senses that there’s something wrong with his life and this leads him to wander off thanks to his fervid imagination. His greatest wish is to leave the materialistic world behind since he isn’t fond of it. That’s why the only present he wants for Christmas is for Santa Claus to take him away to live in his fairyland toy factory. At the same time, a secret that his family has been keeping for a long time suddenly comes to the surface and it is feared that the worst might happen soon. The expectation for the stroke of midnight on the night before Christmas is transformed into reality for everyone on the eve of something truly different. Something terrible that might happen.

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the submission of a short film “NISHEEDHI" from India, Directed by K V R MAHENDRA

"The story is set four and a half decades ago in a backward area of Telangana, a Southern Indian State.‘Yadagiri’ is in his hut, playing happily with his 6 years old daughter.Unexpectedly police come to the house of Yadagiri and take him out.Yadagiri loses his life in the struggle for aspirations of self rule and the film ends with his daughter waiting till mid night for her father,unaware of his death, to continue playing with him."

3rd NMIFF 2016 welcomes the entry of a short film “ Insomnio " from Costa Rica, Directed by Kenneth Sanabria Jiménez.

Caesar is dying of incurable cancer. His wife Brenda is pregnant.He receives an unexpected visit from a strange man she identified as her doctor... Cesar is forced to accept his death..he finds himself in a state of absolute solitude...