NMIFF welcomes the entry of a short film “The Insane” from India, DIRECTED by SIDDHARTH DHAKRE.

"There are two ways to deal with people in today’s world. You either generate fear in them or you simply kill them. ‘The Insane’ is a physiological thriller that describes the ideologies of two brothers. Elder one believes that generating fear is important to survive in life. Everything that’s respected and followed has fear attached to them. But the younger one thinks killing is necessary for self survival, because that ends the problem.
‘The Insane’ showcases that day when these clashing ideologies of two brothers manifest, after the younger brother get into a street fight. Standing at a cliff, while having younger brother on his feet, elder brother asks him to look at the deep pit and feel the fear. He wants him to understand his ideology of fear. What happens next changes their lives forever. The movie is an attempt to display how clash of different ideologies turn people’s life upside down."

Country:  India

NMIFF welcomes the entry of a short film “Kissa” from India, DIRECTED by GAURAV SADH.

"When India was divided in two parts back in 1947, it wasn’t just the land that was divided. There was a lot more that was split up during that time. The relationships, unity and brotherhood was ripped apart into pieces. Kissa unfolds the story of two best friends separated by their fathers during partition. The religious hatred had destroyed the deep friendship they shared since childhood. Years later, in 1960, a friend from Pakistan travels to India to meet his long lost friend. With him he carries a gift and an explanation to an old question his friend used to ask.
Kissa puts across the strong message of love, peace and brotherhood. It gives us the picture of emotions that a common man goes through, when big political decisions are taken. It tells us that we might be divided by nation, but our roots and origins are same. That there is no bigger language than love in this whole world."

Country:  India

NMIFF welcomes the entry of a short film “The Third Eye” from India, DIRECTED by SIDDHARTH DHAKRE.

"‘The Third Eye’ revolves around a day in life of a starving beggar in search of something to eat. Having not eaten anything in days, he tries to beg, borrow and steal in the quest to somehow fulfill his stomach, but fails. Saddened by his state, he decides to give up. He decides to cut open his starving stomach through a knife and end his hunger once and for all. That’s when he receives a helping hand, asking him to follow into the other side, where food is not just need but a luxury.
Parallel to the luxurious world we live in, where food is a easy access. There is a world of poverty. ‘The Third Eye’ helps us witness that world. On broader level it gives us an important message from God. The message of seeing yourself in everybody. It tells us that God never leaves alone anybody who follow his teachings and is always there to protect them."

Country:  India

NMIFF welcomes the entry of a short film “THE PROFESSOR” from AUSTRALIA, DIRECTED by SURAYA GURUNG.

"Suraj Thapa, at his mid 40's, well recognized professor of a popular university,his family got kidnapped ten years ago and still missing, kidnaps the Nepalese prime minister's son. The family tragedy and the growing of kidnapping activities in Nepal leads the highly educated university professor Mr. Suraj to challenge himself against the government."

Country:  Australia

NMIFF welcomes the entry of a short film “Marie et les Gargouilles: Mary and the Gargoyles” from FRANCE, DIRECTED by Nicolas Trame.

"Prophetic and apocalyptic messages from the Virgin Mary during her various appearances around the world, with some gargoyles..."

Country:  France

NMIFF welcomes the entry of a short film “Elegy for a Revolutionary” from USA, DIRECTED by Paul van Zyl.

"Betrayal knows no limits when two friends turn to violence to fight racial equality. Encouraged by his friend, a young, idealistic journalist joins the African National Congress (ANC) to protest apartheid. When their acts of sabotage turn to murder, their relationship falls apart. The notoriously brutal police are hot on the trail. When captured, do these two friends turn on each other for survival or remain quiet, facing torture and death? Then one of them cooperates with the security police and becomes a witness for the state. With a country divided and loyalty strained, two men are forced to choose sides -- and suffer their fate. Right or wrong? Only one thing is certain: Betrayal knows no limits."

Country:  USA

NMIFF welcomes the entry of a short documentary film “KRISHNA'S DANCER” from Germany, DIRECTED by Dirk Hilbert.

"KRISHNA'S DANCER is true documentary and dance film With music and rhythm in the editing, the spectator will know a touching and devoted young female dance artist. Emotional and playful, vivid, like the art of KATHAK is.(KATHAK-PERFORMING: KASTURI MISHRA)."

Country:  Germany