INDIE SHORT FEST

EK Anjaam

It is a story of two friends who came to Mumbai to work and earn their livelihood in Bollywood. They were confident about their luck and talent and were expecting to do big in the industry with their acting skills. After reaching to Mumbai they start searching for a break and they could not keep patience for the right opportunity to come to them. They finally took up wrong decision to take up criminal activities to survive and earn quick bucks. Finally they get trapped in the illegal work and get then begins their final journey of life. When both friends took crime as their livelihood, they actually selected their path towards their own death. Finally one friend gets killed by another friend only to reprieve on their wrong decision.
Directed by Om Kapoor (India)

Thief of Nothing

A man convicted of identity theft is sent to a prison run by Zen Buddhists. The warden, a Zen Buddhist master, informs him he must solve a koan (a spiritual riddle) in order to be released. He meditates for four long years, and despite being ridiculed and challenged by the other inmates, he finally solves the koan. As he is released, he steals the master’s credit cards and ID, and gives the unwitting master a koan of his own to ponder.
Written by David Rasch (USA)

Rose

Guy and girl who fell apart during high school, who broke up to go for there careers to end up back together. Ryan now has to make a decision.
Directed by Blake Kreider (USA)

Kathy

The true(ish) story of a young boy and his mother who held afternoon exorcisms in the living room- and the new friend who is so Godly, she may as well be wicked.
Directed by Jonathan Hammond (USA)

White Rope

White Rope is a rescue story of Keme – a slaughterhouse goat, by an innocent boy who is yet to understand the concept of religion, god and sacrifices in a country like India, where communities are closely bound to their cultural roots, not knowing much of the deteriorating impact it has on nature.
Directed by Mriidu Khosla (India)

The Lovers Lyfe

“The Lovers Lyfe” is based on a true story that shows no matter how long or how far apart if its meant to be, it will be. !The Lovers Lyfe” is set in Pittsburgh in the early 90s with Nina, a young, ambitious single mother from Pittsburgh, who lost her mother tragically to cancer while she was pregnant with her daughter. Her love for her daughter was so great that she turned tragedy into focus by doing what she had to do to provide for herself and her daughter. She obtained a fake ID so she could work in one of Pittsburgh’s hottest nightclubs, Forbes Studio, as a high paying bartender. With the help of friends and loved ones, she was able to hustle and make a decent living for herself and her daughter when she was just 19 years old. Chris, originally from New York, was a top student at his university in Pittsburgh and he brought his New York spirit of survival with him by opening up one of the only hot dog stands in the area as a way to take care of himself and pay for college. The two cross paths early on with a chance meeting at Forbes Studios, but time and circumstances kept them apart for a couple of decades. Who would have thought a simple Facebook message would rekindle a lost love in such an unforgettable way. Here’s the story of “The Lovers Lyfe…
Directed by Emmai Alaquiva (USA)

The Therapist

Do you really know who your therapist is? Grab a seat and share your deepest, darkest secrets. Be careful though, he might enjoy your stories a little bit too much.
Directed by John Patrick Shulak (USA)

Powerless

When Ryan and Alice, a brother and sister duo escape from a Federation Prison camp, they are forced to find medical supplies when they realise Alice is shot. Along the way they meet Sydney, an older, mysterious survivor who agrees to help them find medical supplies after her camp is destroyed by the Federation. Ryan and Alice’s relationship is tested and they soon discover that it takes more than a bullet wound, a stranger and a family to keep the two of them together.
Directed by Christian Rudd and Jack Connell (Australia)