Tasveer Reels: Best of TSAFF 2022 Shorts

Join us for the screening of the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival 2022 audience and Grand Jury choice award winners.

FILMS

Kiss
15 min. Director: Varun Grover

At a preview theatre, a filmmaker waits in the hope of getting his sci-fi film certified with 'no cuts' by the conservative all-male jury of the Indian Censor Board. The jury finds a particular kissing scene in the film beyond the duration stipulated by official rules. As the men argue over the length of the kiss, the laws of physics start falling apart around them.

My Mother's Girlfriend
15 min. Director: Arun Fulara

Two working-class women, Renuka and Sadiya are in love with one other. They enjoy their day out celebrating Renuka's birthday and head home to spend the night together. But when Renuka's son confronts them, the two most important relationships in her life collide.

God's Buffalo
15 min. Director: Bishnu Kalpit

Homan Singh Shivabhakti ekes out a living farming in the hills of Sindhupalchowk district, east of Kathmandu. He loves and worships his buffalo which has brought him all the good things in his life. All is well until devastating floods ravage the area and the buffalo disappears.

Desi Standard Time Travel
20 min. Director: Kashif Pasta

When a new father suddenly loses his own dad, an opportunity to travel back in time for an evening gives him a chance to end things on a better note. Starring Adolyn Dar (The Expanse), Ali Kazmi (Funny Boy), and Anika Zulfikar.

Hide & Seek
10 min. Director: Anuka Sethi

A poetic exploration of a girl's struggle to navigate the in-between spaces of her multicultural identity.