Why finding the right way to talk about a film matters. When you’ve spent two or three years making a short film, it’s very easy to forget that almost nobody else knows it exists. You have read the screenplay hundreds…
Why finding an audience is part of making the film. There is a wonderful moment in the life of every short film when you finally get to say: it’s finished. After months, sometimes years, of writing, financing, shooting, editing, sound…
A story about a woman who repeatedly fails online CAPTCHA tests until she begins to doubt her own humanity is, on paper, a highly specific, slightly absurd premise. It is an exploration of the quiet, everyday friction that occurs when…
There is a persistent, tired narrative in the film industry that treats the short film as a stepping stone. The conventional wisdom dictates that a short is merely a calling card, a student exercise, or a financial sacrifice you endure…
The film industry has a carbon footprint problem, and historically, our response has been layout-driven. We are highly proficient at creating illusions on screen, but behind the scenes, our sustainability efforts often mimic that same illusion. Handing out reusable water…
We live in a strange paradox. Recently, the Mumbai International Film Festival hosted a 48-hour AI Cinema Hackathon exploring algorithmic storytelling, running in the exact same week that I’m Not a Robot, our dark comedy about the profound anxiety of proving…