3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Feature Film "The Red Line" from India, Directed by Satyajit Majumder.

An interesting life story of a scriptwriter who changed his life after meeting a prostitute to write a story on her.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Pradakshina" from India, Directed by Sandesh M. Gaonkar.

This is the story about a married couple who is facing problems in their life & society because of fertility problems.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "Khel" from India, Directed by Rakesh Naikwade.

Harish has taken good education & become PSI.Because of bad company pankaj spoiled his life. Be aware while taking education prefer good company.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Kathnik" from India, Directed by Kailash Dhuriya.

The story of an honest cop who takes his work very seriously. Yet he is unable to solve the case of a missing girl.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The Last Class" from India, Directed by Shivam Jemini.

An honest attempt to portray the aftermaths of an inhuman act in the lives of innocents. Its a tribute to every innocent who lost his life owing to such cruelty.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "15 August" from India, Directed by Prof. Anilkumar Salve.

A touching Short Marathi film about a mother and her son. The painful part is that she is into a profession which is not acceptable by the society.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Maruvaazhvu" from India, Directed by Abishek.S.

An alchoholic and a drug addict get into a brawl which changes their life upside down.
Do they turn sober or not?

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Feature Film "Spent" from India,Directed by Lisa Mikitarian.

A charming dark comedy with a vintage vibe!

A wife and son live it up while their miser-rat of a husband/father lies in a hospital bed--death by brain tumor imminent. It's all fun and games until he experiences a miraculous 4th of July recovery.

Poor Herbert...if only the brain tumor had killed him...

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The Vengeance" from India,Directed by Milind Dhoke.

It is a fiction film having an intense approach towards human psychology. It is based on the philosophy of a great British writer Dr. Samuel Johnson who defined the term VENGEANCE as ""Revenge is an act of passion, vengeance of justice; Injuries are revenged, crimes are avenged.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Feature Film "Me Viruddh Me" from India,Directed by Onkar Shinde.

Set in the back drop of 1992 Mumbai post Babri Masjid Demolition we witness the struggle of a retired professor struggling against various odds to survive being stranded at home all alone in Bombay.

We trace the journey of his conflicts with himself and decode through events endured by him that people irrespective of their community and religion are peace loving but leaders with political agendas create such horrific events in our history.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Feature Film "Enemy" from India,Directed by Dinesh P. Bhonsle.

In the midst of the festive season, a Goan Catholic family discovers that they have lost their property to the Government and their family honor is at stake. Sanjit, the soldier son has to fight a different battle. As the tension and drama builds up, Sanjit finds himself pushed to the edge. His reaction leads to a gripping climax.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Oomai-Mute" from India,Directed by Sandeep Lankah.

"Oomai-Mute" is a film about a months old baby stray dog who moves along in her life making profound connections with the beings around her experiencing warmth, bonding and lose, preparing her for the rest of her journey.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "Life Never Ends" from India,Directed by Mahipal Sharma.

"Life Never Ends" is a film about encouragement and over coming depression. We tried to portray how one can motivate someone to fight for his dreams instead of ending up their life and more importantly an inspirational message passed on to the younger generation.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Palvi - Foliage" from India, Directed by Ratnakar Jadhav.

"Palvi" is a film about Surrogacy(Surrogate Mother) Which is the best option chosen in modern days by married couples who are suffering from maternal infertility.This film also give awareness to the society to fight against female feticide. Overall "PALVI" means rays of new hopes.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The Unfamiliar" from India.

"The Unfamiliar" a psycho-thriller short film about how everyday life turns into uncanny and familiar environments and people turn out to be completely the opposite. The protagonist in the film begins to notice certain changes in her environment over a period of time and she realizes eventually that it is actually something that is most familiar to her that ends up becoming uncanny and unfamiliar, something that she had least expected to happen.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "Driven" from Switzerland, Directed by Johannes Bachmann.

A woman, in a car, in the woods, at night. She’s 'driven' by something. She’s scared. She hits something with her car. She flees, not knowing from what. She’s driven by fear.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Don’t shoot me Mr. Taliban" from Germany, Directed by Benjamin Martins.

"Don’t shoot me Mr. Taliban" A man with a beard gets on an airplane with his backpack and a beardless man without a backpack simply does what a man has to do.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "Her Son" from Germany, Directed by Katharina Woll.

"Her Son" is the journey of Gregor is a musician and dreamer. He likes his life - as long as he doesn’t have to explain himself to his mother Irène. Long ago he gave up hope of being more than a less well-off son for the successful gallerist one day. A radical deterioration of Irène’s health status is forcing Gregor to leave his mother's shadow and jump over his own.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "He and She" from Germany, Directed by Marco Gadge.

"He and She" is the story about Thomas who is on his way to a life that includes only himself and his girlfriend… but when she breaks up with him, the dream goes up in smoke. Then he meets Annemarie at a lonely rest stop. As he tells the quirky old woman about his failed relationship, he comes to realize that, whatever happens,however dark and horrible things seem, there are always reasons to jump into life with both feet. 

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Freefeet" from Germany, Directed by Daniel Pfeiffer.

"Freetfeet" is a journey of Harald who decided to spend 6 months barefoot. To travel the world without shoes. Some people can live for a while without Facebook or a car. He gave up shoes. It wasn’t easy, but he gained some valuable experiences. Based on a column by journalist Harald Martenstein.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Golden" from Germany, Directed by Kai Stanicke.

"Golden" is a tale of being different – and growing up.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "In seven days" from Germany, Directed by Holger Schumacher.

"IN SEVEN DAYS" tells the story of a male friendship Within a few days Adrian has to make a decision to either put his criminal life in the past or to help is childhood friend Aysun one last time. 

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "FRIEDENSHOEHE" from Germany, Directed by Josephine Ehlert.

At 22, Aline had a first fling with Tobi. It would continue for six years. Whenever there was time for love she visited him at the 'Friedenshöehe' Hotel in picturesque Oberammergau. Then Aline met Markus and soon moved in with him. But Tobi and Oberammergau would still remain as her secret retreat. Now, after two years of not seeing each other, Aline feels drawn to her haven again. Without prior announcement she steps back into Tobi's life, to a cold reception. Aline lures Tobi, hurt and bitter, back into the comfort zone they once shared. To make him come up with answers she had herself denied for so long.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "I see a Darkness" from Austria, Directed by Jasmin Baumgartner.

What happens if you really need to decide once in life? If this decision changes everything forever? The clock is ticking in her stomach. Nobody knows about it. Maybe it's better like that, because we don't want to remember mistakes. Carmen is pregnant. Carmen is afraid. Carmen would like to abort. Her subconscious responds – and gives her the chance to question everything.A 24-hours odyssey through the 'darkness' begins – with coffee and cigarettes at mommy Patricia's on the balcony. She wants the best for Carmen without realizing what her daughter really needs. Jakob is Carmen’s friend. He takes her to the opera. Le nozze di Figaro. While Figaro comes closer to Susanne, Carmen becomes estranged from Jakob. Jakob can´t recognize her suffering either. Carmen is alone with her decision, until someone recognizes her in the darkness.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Guide to using your hands" from Germany, Directed by Jakob Gerber.

At night inside an office block. K., the night guard, switches off the lights, one after the other. Inside of a mysterious room, he accidentally triggers an alarm. His hands become strange to him. Helplessly he looks at them while they cease to work. He becomes a casual bystander on his way through the darkened city.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Freedom and Independence" from Germany, Directed by Bjørn Melhus.

The short film "FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE" by Bjørn Melhus questions the current global ideological paradigm shifts towards new forms of religious capitalism by confronting ideas and quotes of the self-proclaimed objectivist philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand with evangelical contents of US-American mainstream movies. This contemporary fairy tale, in which Melhus performs all characters himself, was partly shot in a Berlin morgue and new urban environments in Istanbul.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "KARMAACCOUNT" from Germany, Directed by Lukas Klaschinski.

"KARMAACCOUNT" is the story about a man who is heading ruthlessly towards his goal and loses connection to what he once was, A child!

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts"THE BALLAD OF ELLA PLUMMHOFF" from Germany, Directed by Barbara Kronenberg.

"THE BALLAD OF ELLA PLUMMHOFF" is the story about, the 8th grader Ella faces a decisive math exam, which determines if she will be promoted to next grade, she dreams of last summer: love lessons of her grotesque ballet teacher, private tutoring by a know-it-all 7th grader, her first kiss and permanently annoying parents. An entertaining insight into the spring awakening of Ella Plummhoff.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts"IRRLA3UFER" from Germany, Directed by Moritz Draheim.

"IRRLA3UFER" takes you through the journey of Tom.Tom lives a settled and relatively carefree life until he meets Peter again. Peter might be stupid but he's also dangerous, thus deep in Tom's memory. With Marie in tow, a girl who doesn't talk much, Peter moves in Tom's apartment for "a few days". Already one day after his arrival Peter confesses to Tom he needs a larger sum of money. Days go by. Peter and Marie spend most of their time in the apartment; Peter in front of the TV and Marie in the bedroom. One day Tom comes home after a bad day at work and learns about Peter's plan to get money he needs to settle the debts. Tom panics, he doesn't like it, the situation escalates and Peter violently reminds Tom who has the say. After that Tom seems powerless and he becomes the puppet of Peter's will, fear paralyzes him, makes him apathetic and easily irritable. When Marie tells Tom the details of her relationship with Peter, Tom realizes the terrifying truth about the course of the coming days. He faces a decision which will decide his fate.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "INT.BAR.NIGHT: THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC" from Germany,Directed by Sophie Kluge.

"INT.BAR.NIGHT-THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC" is the film about people in a Bar. They are all waiting for something big to happen in their lives. But it does not seem to happen. A funny and melancholy observation of an evening in Berlin Mitte.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "Silence behind the sound" from Germany,Directed by Robert Windisch.

Felix has hit rock bottom. Unable to connect with his comatose wife, the organ builder has taken to numbing his senses and seeks refuge in self-destruction. But before completely going to the dogs, he decides to leave the country. He sets out on a journey that ends up bringing him closer to his wife.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "On the Beach"from Germany,Directed by Nele Mueller-Stofen.

"On the Beach" is the story of Laura and Clemens who spend their holidays at the sea in Northern Germany. Laura is bored and invents a game; she pretends to be blind. Over the course of a few days the couple gets entangled in their lie, revealing the emptiness of their relationship. In the end we see two young adults who will have to find a new way.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "The Bathtub" from Austria,Directed by Tim Ellrich.

One "Bathtub" - Three Brothers - Many Splashes! Three brothers try to dive back into their childhood through an old family picture in the bathtub.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "In Between" from Austria,Directed by Jannis Lenz.

Max has been studying in Frankfurt for some time when a family event brings him back home to Vienna's outskirts. A short meeting with old freinds turns into an all-nighter, just like in the old days: drinking beer in the skate park, secretly breaking into the outdoor pool with young women, hanging out at the bus stop – a night "between" youthful memories and hardcore grown-up stuff.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "The Dam" from Austria,Directed by Nikolaus Muller.

"The Dam" is the story about Catherine and Chris who have been together for many years. To escape the city and the routines of their everyday life, they decide to go on a hiking trip. Amidst the dramatic setting of the Austrian Alps, their relationship is put to the test when they encounter an abandoned child halfway up the mountain.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The Run" from Germany,Directed by Stefan Najib.

"The Run" is the story of a Teacher and a student. Martin is a teacher at a local high school. He thinks of himself as a good educator, but his own son begins to rebel against him. One day both drive to school together and get into a bad row over Bastian going on a camping vacation with his buddies. Soon after, Bastian's classmate Tom starts to shoot people in their school. Martin can stop the killing by volunteering to drive an escape car for Tom. During the escape, a harsh psychological duel begins between the teacher and the crazed student.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The Problem of the fastest flight" from Germany,Directed by Philipp Kassbohrer.

Inspired by true events which took place in Southern Germany in the winter of 1945,"The Problem of the Fastest Flight" tells the story of an engineer's harebrained scheme to build a manned rocket made of wood. Humorless scientist Erich Bachem meets young pilot Lothar Sieber when he is ordered to fly Bachem's rocket. Though the two initially regard each other with scorn, a father-son relationship soon emerges. When the Nazis push for a premature test launch, the young pilot loses his life in what proved to be the first manned vertical launch in history. An 80-year-old man, who at age 10 witnessed the events in the village, now attempts to recount the story, assembling the details from his own vague recollections. What emerges is a distorted, almost sentimental telling of a tragic story from an even more tragic time.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "The Old man and the Cat" from Germany,Directed by Damian Schipporeit.

Out of a profound longing for company and social contacts, an "old", lonely man fantasises about a perfect world. Together with his imaginary "cat" he celebrates his 80th birthday. Suddenly the doorbell rings. His young, pretty neighbour is standing at the door.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "The Box" from Germany,Directed by Sascha Zimmermann.

Hannah, a young woman, wakes up locked in a dark wooden box. She has no clue how she got there. She pleads for her freedom. All she wants is out of the box until she watches through a small crack while a gruesome surgery takes place just feet away. When she notices a number in her box and it suggests she is 'next' she panics. She begs and pleads to no avail. For what happens outside of the box, determines her fate. "The Box" is a dark twisted tale of capture for profit. 

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "The Metamorphosis" from Germany,Directed by Igor Plischke.

"The Metamorphosis" is the story about Gregor Samsa an attractive, agile and successful young man. He earns a lot of money, works in the Berlin-based start-up industry and has a beautiful girlfriend, Claudia. His daily routine is clocked through to perfection, he gives everything for his job, does sports and eats healthily. Actually, he's going to achieve everything of which most young people seem to dream, but under the surface his life and confidence begin to slowly slip away.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The Jacket" from Germany,Directed by Patrick Vollrath.

A boy meets a girl. It could be love. But there is this "Jacket", too. And the jacket will change everything...

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The sky is blue everywhere" from Germany,Directed by Gina Wenzel.

"The sky is blue everywhere" is the story about Marc and Sophie. When Marc is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he doesn't know how and when to tell his girlfriend Sophie about it.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The king next door" from Germany,Directed by Isa Micklitza.

Helmut (70) has convinced himself that he is the literal king of the housing project where he spends the last and lonely days of his live. Clara (16) just moved into the appartment next door after being kicked out by her mom. She is not exactly enthusiastic about either her dead-end job at the cash register of a supermarket or her new home. But while Clara struggles with low self-esteem, Helmut discovers something special in his new neighbour - in his mind Clara is the long foretold successor to his throne and needs to be groomed to be a princess...

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "Two Windows" from Germany,Directed by Tim Ellrich and Leonhard Kaufman.

Two neighbors jump into an unexpected friendship outside their windows. In order to reconnect his TV connection, Helmut decides to climb out of his window in a resolute manner. His neighbor Walter misinterprets this action as an attempted suicide, which Walter would love to join as well. While trying to clear this misunderstanding, both find out a near friend in the so far unknown neighbor.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The universe in us" from Germany,Directed by Lisa Krane.

A strange biological malformation is detected inside the body of young dancer Li – a second, fully developed heart has grown in her chest. Doctors are mystified. Their search for possible causes remains inconclusive. While specialists encroach upon her body trying to examine the smallest molecule, Li refuses to see her condition as a “defect”.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The Treatment" from Germany,Directed by Marvin Meiendresch.

"The Treatment" tells the story of isolated patient Linus. More and more a rigid routine consisting of meals, exercise, lulling music, irritating smoke and examinations by his only attachment figure Dr. Frei causes him suffering. One day Linus notices the massive door to his room has been left ajar and he takes the chance to escape. What he sees outside makes him question; Is he really who he believes he is?

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "BALAZHER - THE CORRECTIONS OF REALITY" from Switzerland, Directed by Lesia Kordonets.

Social systems come and go, but people remain. Since Soviet times an old Ukrainian bus has been running along the outermost EU border. At the junction of this geo-political construct this old bus appears as fragile as the past itself. Will the bus come? Or not? Passengers wait patiently at the bus stop,and they dream that the bus will take them - perhaps to a better future, is being beautifully portrayed in the short film "BALAZHER - THE CORRECTIONS OF REALITY".

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Professional Shorts "Chat Addiction" from India, Directed by Rajesh Amin.

"Chat Addiction" is a film in which a boy, who is addicted of being online and chatting. Somehow he realized the outcomes which are unwanted and affected because of social media addiction.  How an incident help him to overcome from his addiction. This film shows how this social media addiction has some negative affect on society.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "Empower - The Journey Of Change" from India, Directed by Bhumi Patel.

"Empower - The Journey Of Change" is based on the power of honesty. In this film two young boys who always prefer shortcut to fulfill their needs without thinking whether it is good or Not. Somehow both of them come in contact with an honest and hardworking person, by the behavior of the honest person they feel guilty and change themselves.

3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of Student Shorts "The Date" from India, Directed by Anurag Bhupen Worlikar.

"The Date" is the story about a son and mother. After cutting off contact with his mother for years, Samar meets her on a surprise dinner Date planned by his wife Isha. Will this effort by Isha to bring back the mother and son together be fruitful?