13/05/2026
📢OFFICIAL SELECTIONS for the 9th South Asian Short Film Festival to be held at NANDAN, the Film Centre in Kolkata from 6 to 12 July 2026 (rescheduled) organised by the Federation of Film Societies of India.
🎬List of Selected Films (in Alphabetical Order)
1. A Lover in Taipei, Argentina, 2025, 20m 40s, Dir. Omar Beretta (Doc-Int)
2. A Very Normal Day of Wonders, India, Malayalam, 2025, 11m 58s, Dir. Rima Mathew (SF-Comp)
3. Acts of Kindness, India, Bengali, 2025, 14m 47s, Dir. Sagnik Dutta (SF-Pan)
4. All That Matters to Them, India, Bengali, 2025, 21m 24s, Dir. Mrinmoy Sarkar (Doc-Comp)
5. Aparajita, India, Telugu, 2026, 38m 27s, Dir. Suvasree Bagchi (SF-Pan)
6. Badhan Das - Boundless & Beyond, India, Bengali, English, 2025, 50m 55s, Dir. Subhankar Ray, Angana Chakraborty, (Doc-Comp)
7. Betelgeuse, India, Hindi, 2024, 23m 39s, Dir. Sunder Konar (SF-Pan)
8. Beyond the Act, India, Bengali, 2026, 18m 05s, Dir. Shreya Banik (SF-Comp)
9. Brownie Points, India, Hindi, 2026, 17m 00s, Dir. Mathew J Padayatty (SF-Comp)
10. Bow Barracks: Beyond the Red Bricks, India, English, 2025, 25m 25s, Dir. Vaidyanath Nishant (Doc-Comp)
11. C'est La Vie, China, 2026, 30m 00s, Dir. ZiHan Zheng (SF-Int)
12. Cheledhara, India, Bengali, 2025, 40m 00s, Dir. Dhananjoy Mandal (SF-Comp)
13. Chembarathi, India, Malayalam, 2025, 22m 38s, Dir. Neha Sivakumar (Doc-Pan)
14. City of Smoke, USA, 2025, 23m 21s, Dir. Nadia Akbar, Alicia Chiang (Doc-Int)
15. Cold Desire, Sri Lanka, 2025, 13m 43s, Dir. Tharusha Dakshina Wijesinghe (SF-Pan)
16. Cosmic Interference, China, 2025, 10m 51s, Dir. Yang Zhang (SF-Int)
17. Crimson Requiem, China, 2025, 19m 00s, Dir. Helai LU (SF-Int)
18. Dear Teacher, India, Malayalam, 2025, 22m 23s, Dir. Sreekesh (SF-Comp)
19. Die Before You Die, Germany, 2025, 28m 55s, Dir. Rafael Maria Friebe (SF-Int)
20. Dispatches From the Wall Corner, India, English, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, 2026, 39m 12s, Dir. Ninad Kulkarni (Doc-Comp),
21. Disruptors, India, Bengali, 2026, 06m 07s, Dir. Amrita Mukherjee (Doc-Pan)
22. Divine Journey : Held by Faith, Taiwan, 2026, 32m 00s, Dir. Chen-Hao YIN (Doc-Int)
23. Durga Puja of Kolkata, India, Bengali, English, 2025, 26m 49s, Dir. Debasree Dutta (Doc-Comp)
24. Elephant S**t & Other Stories, India, Hindi, English, 2025, 40m 00s, Dir. Rafeeq Ellias (SF-Comp)
25. Ekhane Durga Thakto, India, Bengali, 2025, 21m 43s, Dir. Dibyadoot Roy Chowdhury (SF-Pan)
26. Endless, India, Bengali, 2025, 23m 58s, Dir. Subhadeep Ghosh (SF-Pan)
27. Falamus, Italy, 2024, 20m 00s, Dir. Paolo Lubinu (SF-Int)
28. Fish Sucks! India, Manipuri, 2025, 17m 17s, Dir. Khogen Khoibam (SF-Comp)
29. Friends of Jilipibala, India, Bengali, 2025, 29m 23s, Dir. Debalina Majumder (Doc-Comp)
30. Gajon-Hymns of Nature, India, Bengali, 2025, 29m 24s, Dir. Debanjan Majhi (Doc-Comp)
31. Gift, India, English, Hindi, 2025, 22m 44s, Dir. Rajat Kaushik (SF-Pan)
32. Her at Work, India, Bengali, English, Hindi, 2024, 14m 16s, Dir. Chitrangada Satarupa (SF-Comp)
33. Heroine, India, Bengali, 2026, 29m 24s, Dir. Subhas Longmarch (SF-Pan)
34. Hodoud, Palestine, 2025, 13m 19s, Dir. Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu (Doc-Int)
35. Homecoming, India, Bengali, 2025, 15m 00s, Dir. Nilarun Basu (SF-Pan)
36. Hourglass, India, English, Hindi, 2025, 15m 00s, Dir. Prabhav Tiwary (SF-Comp)
37. Ice Cream, India, Bengali, 2025, 12m 26s, Dir. Niladri Sarker (SF-Comp)
38. In Search of Buddha, India, Bengali, 2025, 37m 35s, Dir. Sharanya Dey (SF-Pan)
39. In the Forest of Dreams, India, Bengali, 2026, 15m 00s, Dir. Samrat Ray Chakraborty (SF-Pan)
40. In the Heart of the Tide, India, Bengali, English, Hindi, 2026, 29m 40s, Dir. Munmun Dhalaria (Doc-Comp)
41. Jasmine's Anklet Bells, India, Hindi, 2025, 15m 17s, Dir. Shankhamala Ray (SF-Comp)
42. Jamuna Tudu - The Lady Tarzan, India, Hindi, 2025, 26m 05s, Dir. Ranveer Bhagat, Parul Kunkal (Doc-Pan)
43. Jhor, India, Bengali, 2024, 14m 26s, Dir. Satyajit Dasgupta (SF-Pan)
44. Kaju Biscuit, India, English, Kannada, 2025, 26m 30s, Dir. Abhay S (SF-Pan)
45. Kalki, India, Hindi, 2026, 11m 03s, Dir. Meghna Pandey (SF-Pan)
46. Karunasagar Vidyasagar, India, Bengali, 2026, 26m 41s, Dir. Tapas Maity (Doc-Pan)
47. Khoon Wala Ghar-Room at the Farm, India, Panjabi, 2025, 22m 54s, Dir. Jasmine Kaur Roy, Avinash Roy (SF-Comp)
48. Kuch Rishtey, Kuuch Yaadein, India, Hindi, 2025, 15m 44s, Dir. Shibu Sable (SF-Pan)
49. Kumaran, India, Malayalam, 2025, 16m 14s, Dir. Rajesh KR Radhakrishnan (SF-Pan)
50. Leela - Shades: Amplify Her, Canada, 2025, 03m 44s, Dir. Salima Stanley-Bhanji (Doc-Int)
51. Lingering Day, China, 2025, 29m 00s, Dir. Tiancheng Han (SF-Int)
52. Longor, India, Assamese, 2025, 22m 53s, Dir. Rupkamal Hazarika (SF-Pan)
53. Lost and Found, India, Hindi, 2023, 11m 32s, Dir. Swappnil Tiwari (SF-Comp)
54. Louis, Canada, 2025, 09m 40s, Dir. Akshay Shirke (SF-Int)
55. Love You Zindagi, India, Hindi, 2025, 31m 00s, Dir. Subhojit Majumdar (SF-Pan)
56. Malati, India, Bengali, 2026, 29m 18s, Dir. Falguni Bhakta (Doc-Comp)
57. Marfot, India, Assamese, 2025, 11m 35s, Dir. Arindam Barooah, Indranil Gayan (SF-Pan)
58. Martya, India, Assamese, 2025, 20m 00s, Dir. Pragya Paramita Medhi, Uday Bhasar Patar (SF-Pan)
59. Memories and Miseries, Bangladesh, 2025, 11m 22s, Dir. Mohammad Fakhrul Alam (SF-Pan)
60. Mishti, India, Bengali, 2025, 25m 15s, Dir. Rajarshi Banerjee (SF-Comp)
61. Mohenjo-daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus City, USA, 2025, 36m 41s, Dir. Omar Khan (Doc-Int)
62. Monon, India, Bengali, 2026, 7m 50s, Dir. Tridip Kumar Mridha (SF-Pan)
63. Nebula, India, Hindi, 2025, 21m 50s, Dir. Sharlee Deshmukh (SF-Pan)
64. Ocean of Bandhani, India, Gujarati, 2025, 19m 47s, Dir. Stuti Prajapati (SF-Pan)
65. Pankauri, Bangladesh, 2025, 18m 11s, Dir. Jafar Muhammad (Doc-Pan)
66. Passer Domesticus, Mexico, 2025, 26m 02s, Dir. Rodrigo V. Bustamante (SF-Int)
67. Poshun, India-USA, English, Panjabi, 2025, 17m 52s, Dir. Meenakshi Garodia (SF-Pan)
68. Red - The Color of Silence, India, Hindi, 2025, 18m 57s, Dir. Sanjay Mathew (SF-Pan)
69. Residents of Dreamland, India, Bengali, 2025, 36m 48s, Dir. Jitanshu Sharma (SF-Pan)
70. Runanubandh, India, Assamese, 2025, 37m 00s, Dir. Deep Choudhury (SF-Pan)
71. Sesh Adhay, India, Bengali, 2025, 32m 27s, Dir. Pritha Biswas (SF-Pan)
72. Shall I Kill My Mother, India, Hindi, 2026, 13m 10s, Dir. Samhita Veda Acharya (SF-Comp)
73. Sinner, Nepal, 2025, 14m 39s, Dir. Raksha Thapa (SF-Pan)
74. Sohrai - Murals of Memory, India, English, Hindi, 2025, 29m 17s, Dir. Debasish Sen Sharma (Doc-Comp)
75. Songs of Spring, India, Assamese, 2025, 21m 18s, Dir. Swaraj Priyo (SF-Pan)
76. Somporko, Bangladesh, 2025, 05m 58s, Dir. Jibon Shahadat (SF-Pan)
77. Sonia Honey, Canada, 2026, 11m 26s, Dir. Ameesha Joshi (SF-Int)
78. Sudar Kaatru : The Wind of a Hot Day, India, Tamil, 2025, 39m 39s, Dir. Anirudh Unnikrishnan (SF-Pan)
79. Suddenly One Day, India, Bengali, 2025, 17m 17s, Dir. Rayati Bhattacharyaa (SF-Comp)
80. Tanhai, India, Hindi, 2025, 30m 26s, Dir. Krishna Sainanee (SF-Pan)
81. The Alter Echo, India, Bengali, English, 2025, 27m 19s, Dir. Santanu Biswas (SF-Comp)
82. The Battle of Kamrup, India, English, 2025, 31m 04s, Dir. Padmapani Bora (Doc-Comp)
83. The Black House, China, 2025, 17m 53s, Dir. Lai Kuan LIN (SF-Int)
84. The B**g Connection – Singapore Chapter, Singapore, 2025, 27m 41s, Dir. Mithu Chakraborty (Doc-Int)
85. The Bridge, India, Hindi, 2026, 18m 41s, Dir. Anubhav Anand (SF-Pan)
86. The Butterfly Effect, India, Bengali, 2025, 09m 14s, Dir. Supratim Sengupta (SF-Pan)
87. The Day Before the Wedding, India, Hindi, 2024, 27m 00s, Dir. Sobita Shaba Kudtarkar (SF-Pan)
88. The Dirty Sky, India, English, 2024. 30m 00s, Dir. O P Srivastava (Doc-Pan)
89. The Journey- Infinite, India, Bengali, 2026, 07m 55s, Dir. Tanmoy Dutta Gupta (SF-Pan)
90. The Land We Fight For, Estonia, 2025, 39m 17s, Dir. Dimitri Nasennik (Doc-Int)
91. The Last Voyage, India, Bengali, 2026, 26m 26s, Dir. Bhaswati Roy (SF-Pan)
92. The Maverick Maestro: Guru Singhajit, India, English, 2025, 59m 00s, Dir. Bobo Khuraijam (Doc-Comp)
93. The One Who Plays, India, Hindi, 2025, 26m 35s, Dir. Shobhita Thakur (SF-Comp)
94. The Rescuer, India, Bengali, 2025, 60m Oos, Dir. Sourik Samanta, Sonali Naskar (Doc-Pan)
95. The Story of Yuvraj and Shahajahan, India, Marathi, 2024, 24m 51s, Dir. Santosh Ram (SF-Comp)
96. The Taste of Pork Belly, Taiwan, 2024, 15m 00s, Dir. Sophie SHUI (SF-Int)
97. The Tent, India, English, 2025, 29m 56s, Dir. Aditya Sane (SF-Comp)
98. The Unwritten Verses, Sri Lanka, 2025, 11m 58s, Dir. Fathima Shanaz (SF-Comp)
99. The Womb, India, Marathi, 2025, 29m 59s, Dir. Dnyaneshwar Prakash Jadhawar (SF-Pan)
100. Thou Art That, India, Bengali, 2025, 30m 11s, Dr. Dhiman Dasgupta (Doc-Comp)
101. Toilet, India, Tamil, 2025, 11m 23s, Dir. Arun Mo (SF-Comp)
102. Tres, Argentina, 2025, 24m 26s, Dir. Juan Ignacio Ceballos (SF-Int)
103. Under the Snow, India, Persian, 2025, 18m 40s, Dir. Nafiseh Zare (SF-Comp)
104. Vishaad, India, English, Hindi, 2025, 21m 49s, Dir. Navnita Sen, Nilaanjan Reeta Datta (SF-Comp)
105. Visthapana, India, English, Hindi, 2026, 45m 45s, Dir. Neha Dixit, Ashhar Farooqui (Doc-Pan)
106. What the Land Remembers, Nepal, 2026, 29m 00s, Dir. Shanta Nepali (Doc-Pan)
107. Zariyaa, India, Bengali, 2025, 33m 44s, Dir. Belljar Films (SF-Comp)
📍SF-Comp = Short Fiction Competition
📍SF-Pan = Short Fiction Panorama (out of competition)
📍SF-Int = Short Fiction International Window (out of competition)
📍Doc-Comp = Documentary Competition
📍Doc-Pan = Documentary Panorama (out of competition)
📍Doc-Int = Documentary International Window (out of competition)
⏰Final Screening of the films at NANDAN – The Film Center in Kolkata is subject to the approval of the I&B Ministry, Govt. of India.
📍For any query please contact the Festival Coordinator, SASFF at
