The film is about a newspaper editor who exposes the politics-media corruption nexus. A journalist investigating a politician’s murder uncovers an MP who ordered the hit. His editor’s probe reveals higher-level involvement, sparking local riots and efforts to silence the…
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to…
This screening brings together four thrilling short films, Bobby Beauty Parlour, Aakhri Ride, Bhed Bakri Bhoot, and Incognito. Bobby Beauty Parlour, takes us through the lives of two young women who contemplate on friendship, moving cities, and the complications of…
A son fights corrupt officials while his mother tends their poppy farm in India. As authorities strike back at their lower-caste family, they must choose between keeping food on the table and standing up for what’s right. Filmed observationally for…
This screening brings together four evocative short films, Kuchar, Warm Shadows, Embers, and An Orphanage of Memories, each tracing intimate journeys through memory, desire, and loss. In Kuchar, a young girl’s moment of awakening unsettles the quiet rhythms of a…
Songs of Forgotten Trees Thooya, a migrant and aspiring actress, survives the city by leveraging beauty and wit, occasionally trading intimacy for opportunity. When she sublets her sugar daddy’s upscale apartment to Swetha, a fellow migrant working a corporate job,…
Flames [Laptein] Mahesh, a docile farmworker, has his world shattered when his wife is brutally murdered by the village head, Pradhan Ji. He is left to care for his traumatised 10-year-old son, Mohit and his mother-in-law Nani. Mohit, struggling with…
Step into the world of film festival strategy with this in-depth panel discussion designed for filmmakers and producers navigating the circuit. From identifying the right festivals to building visibility and momentum, the session unpacks how to position and market your…
PSBT Doc_Commune Short Films This screening brings together four distinctive short documentaries that trace lives lived at the edges of visibility — across celebrity culture, silence, language, memory, and alternative cinematic spaces. From Mumbai’s relentless paparazzi circuits to a deaf-mute…
Baksho Bondi Maya lives with her husband, Sundar, and their teenage son, Debu, in a bustling suburb of Kolkata. She works multiple jobs: cleaning houses, working on a chicken farm and ironing laundry. Sundar, a retired soldier suffering from PTSD,…
Rehana Rehana, an assistant professor at a medical college, struggles to keep the harmony between work and family, as she has to play all the complex roles of a teacher, doctor, sister, daughter, and mother. One evening, she witnesses a…
Pooja, Sir When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case. However, upon her arrival, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, compelling…
G5A imprint presents its second print edition. This physical magazine is a selection of the work published, digitally, in Volumes 05 to 09. This Edition 2 of the magazine features selected pieces from our digital edition alongside some pieces exclusively for print.