The Asian Selections at this month's Monthly Indie Shorts has been announced and it includes films from China, UAE, Iran, Japan, Russian Federation and India. Here are all the titles and their descriptions.
Rain Dogs
Directed by Dujuan Liu
Country: China
Short Film
The boy preliminarily sought explanations for his 17-year-old sister's unexpected pregnancy, but things lost control step by step. The truth of the matter made the boy unable to bear, and his subsequent actions made his future life fall into a quagmire.
The Last Chance
Directed by Ursula Manvatkar
Country: United Arab Emirates
Short Film
Four friends venture out for a rather delayed camping trip but things take a strange turn after a brief stop-over at a tea-shop.
The Castle
Directed by Saba Ghasemi
Country: Iran
Short Film
There's only 23 days left until the house is demolished. Arya is back home to pack his books. He asks for help from a rubbish-collector boy, Qasem. Qasem asks if he can stay in the house until the demolition and finally Arya says fine. But he decides to stay in the house himself to make his final memories at home.
White Light
Directed by Fusako Yamamoto
Country: Japan
Short Film
A dance performance video titled “White Light” by Fusako Yamamoto, a “Hanamai” artist who dances in harmony with the movement of arranging flowers.
The Moon 2050™
Directed by Paul Lapushkin
Country: Russian Federation
Animation Short
The Moon 2050™ – a fictional cosmic universe in which biological beings and artificial intelligence confront each other. The AI has already gained control of the universe and has established its own orders, according to which, at a certain frequency, some biological creatures disappear and fall into the Black Hole Inc. – it is like a large research center, where AI conducts research on biological creatures, studying the brain, studying the structure of organs, bodies, skeleton, etc.. And then they transplant a special chip and take control of the biological shell and use that shell to clone new vessels so that new AI-controlled creatures can appear.
WORKING MAN
Directed by Bishal Swargiary
Country: India
Short Film
This film is the story of a farmer's life.
The farmer goes to work in the farm after waking up early in the morning ,the money he gets from the work is the money that bears the expenses of the family.
Barren Bride
Directed by Shreeya Tiwari
Country: India
Student Short Film
Barren Bride is a story of a young married woman desolated from her household due to her inability to bear a child. As she spends her life alone raising cattle, she meets someone who enchants her life with real happiness and leaves her content.
An Anarchy of Existence
Directed by Shreeya Tiwari
Country: India
Student Short Film
An Anarchy of Existence, or rather the freedom of living life till the last breath is a story of a couple in their 70s. Curtis and Elena has been married for more than 40 years and are a pillar of support to each other. However, Elena is a victim of the harsh reality of aging and finds discomfort in the current lifestyle.
The Obscure Life of a Teen (by a teen): the beginning
Directed by Kunwar Mahajan
Country: India
Student Short Film
The Obscure Life of a Teen is a three short film series, all based on the same topic i.e teenage life. Teens have a lot on their minds. Substantial shares point to anxiety and depression, bullying, and drug and alcohol use (and abuse) as major problems among people their age. Excessive usage of social media is also a major problem in teenage life. According to reports, exposing life is the major problem that can cause cyberbullying.
The Obscure Life of a Teen (by a teen): the beginning, is a silent short film that portrays every day of teenage life in brief by a teen. Basically, the teenage life of generation z.
