SCHDULE - 2025
Venue: Veda Black Box – 120, Aram Nagar - 2, Versova, Andheri West, Mumbai
📅 21st June 2025 (4:00 PM – 10:00 PM)
🎬 Program 1 – Festival Opening Films (Starts at 4:00 PM)
| Film | Premiere Status | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changing Tides | Asian Premiere | Gabriel Hudson | Canada |
| Carpobrotus | Asian Premiere | Simon Frenay | France |
| Crave | World Premiere | Lois Norman | United Kingdom |
| I Know Him So Well | Asian Premiere | Chance Calloway | United States |
| IRIS | Asian Premiere | Iris Kea Pontoni Wachowicz | Netherlands |
| My Parents | Asian Premiere | Keli'i Grace, Lance D Collins | United States |
| The Little King | – | Romulo Correa | Brazil |
| Ampersand | – | Sean Paul Franget | United States |
| I'm Dead Right? | – | J. Mehr Kaur | United States |
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🎬 Program 2 – Indian & International Mix Shorts (Starts at 5:30 PM)
| Film | Premiere Status | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiskey Sour | Mumbai Premiere | Udbhavi Upadhyay | India |
| Hidden Battles of a Fragile Mind | – | Debjani Bhadra | India |
| Inside Me | Mumbai Premiere | Alessia Buscarino | Italy |
| How to Say Goodbye | Maharashtra Premiere | Thibaut Buccellato | France |
| Ladies Night | – | Shayla Han Nguyen, Lucy Dianne Bubalo | Australia |
| POLANCO | – | Santiago Sierra Soler | Mexico |
Q&A: Cast & Crew of Whiskey Sour and Hidden Battles of a Fragile Mind
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🎬 Program 3 – Film in Spotlight (Starts at 6:45 PM)
| Film | Premiere Status | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Out | – | Dennis Alink | Netherlands |
| Heer Minus | – | Kanad Gangawane | India |
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🎬 Program 4 – Closing Films of Day 1 (Starts at 8:30 PM)
| Film | Premiere Status | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane | Indian Premiere | Javier Ruiz | Mexico |
| Macho Man | No Premiere | Agustí Estadella | Spain |
| The Old Stories Under the City Wall | – | Wu Zhenhui | China |
| Sitore Xemaka Rati (The Winter Rain) | No Premiere | Dipankar Kashyap | India |
📅 22nd June 2025 (3:30 PM – 10:00 PM)
🎬 Program 5 – 2nd Day Opening Shorts (Starts at 3:30 PM)
| Film | Premiere Status | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Out | Asian Premiere | Thiago Camacho, Fátima Sudário, Daniel Perseguim | Brazil |
| Velipādu: The Revelation | – | Jijo Jessy Kuriakose | India |
| ARTHUR AVE. | – | Joey Medina | United States |
| Visitor's Login | – | Aditya Parekh | India |
| Sunflowers at Night | – | Quentin Delcourt | France |
| Under the Currents | – | Zhedan Deng | China |
Q&A: Cast & Crew of Visitor's Login, Velipādu
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🎬 Program 6 – Indian & International Mix Shorts (Starts at 5:10 PM)
| Film | Premiere Status | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samlingi | – | Mohan Singh Aulakh | India |
| Sawyer | – | Eve Shiels | United Kingdom |
| Under the Glitter | Asian Premiere | Paul Marques Duarte | France |
| The Othering | Mumbai Premiere | Harshit Patil, Veechika Durga Pingali | India |
| SUBIKSHA SUBRAMANI | SHADES | – | Salima Stanley-Bhanji | Canada |
Q&A: Cast & Crew of Samlingi, The Othering
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🎬 Program 7 – Indian Shorts (Starts at 6:45 PM)
| Film | Premiere Status | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAAYAZ (Rightful) | – | Pratap Harode | India |
| TU YAHIN HAI (You Are Here!) | – | Vaibhav Hatkar | India |
| OAS | – | Kartika Nainan Dubey | India |
Q&A: Cast & Crew of JAAYAZ, TU YAHIN HAI, OAS
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🎉 Program 8 – Closing Ceremony (Starts at 8:15 PM)
- Award Distribution
- Performances
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🎬 Program 9 – Closing Film (Starts at 9:15 PM)
| Film | Premiere Status | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| What We Wrote Together | – | Nicolás Teté | Argentina |
