IEFFK SHORT 2026 – Independent & Experimental Film Festival of Kerala - 8th Edition | Kozhikode

11:30 AM – 01:30 PM

Indian Cinema

1. WHEN OUR LIP COLORS MATCH

   • Director: Sourav Yadav
   • Country: India
   • Languages: English, Hindi
   • Duration: 16 minutes

2. BATMAN AND THE BAAVALI: BATS IN THE URBAN JUNGLE

   • Directors: Pradeep Hegde, Dheeraj Aithal
   • Country: India
   • Language: English
   • Duration: 11 minutes

3. TO BE

   • Director: Diggant Surti
   • Country: India
   • Language: Marathi
   • Duration: 7 minutes

02:30 PM – 04:00 PM

Malayalam Cinema

1. BETWEEN US

   • Director: Mashhood
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 16 minutes

2. A THOUSAND CONVERSATIONS

   • Director: Vandana Kp
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 20 minutes

3. WE'RE COMPLETELY FINE

   • Director: Anagha Mohan
   • Country: India
   • Languages: English, Malayalam
   • Duration: 12 minutes

4. BATHAKKA HRIDAYAM THUNNA PONNU

   • Director: Harshappi Harsh
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 20 minutes

5. THE NOOK

   • Director: Enen Karunan
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 19 minutes

04:15 PM – 05:00 PM

Inaugural Cinema

1. PAVAZHA - CORALS
   • Director: Akanksha Sood Singh
   • Country: India
   • Language: Other
   • Duration: 37 minutes

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

Inaugural Ceremony

• Inaugurated by: R. Gowtham (Filmmaker)
• Guest: Jeo Baby (Filmmaker)

DAY 02 – 11 November 2026 (Wednesday)

09:00 AM – 11:00 AM

World Cinema

1. OLD MAN AND OLD BOY

   • Director: Seyed Mostafa Salhi
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 15 minutes

2. A LITTLE GOLDFISH

   • Director: MohammadReza Rahmani
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 15 minutes

3. PI, PIUPI & RICARDO

   • Director: Nicole Andrea Bernal
   • Country: Chile
   • Language: Spanish
   • Duration: 22 minutes

4. EVERYTHING BETWEEN US

   • Director: Ilgin G. Korugan
   • Country: Türkiye
   • Language: Turkish
   • Duration: 17 minutes

5. THE FORTUNATE

   • Director: Habtamu Gebrehiwot
   • Country: Ethiopia
   • Language: Amharic
   • Duration: 15 minutes

6. DEAR ABU

   • Director: Xoori K. Sarhadi
   • Countries: Australia, Pakistan
   • Languages: English, Urdu
   • Duration: 29 minutes

11:30 AM – 01:30 PM

Beyond Language – Tamilnadu

1. JAKKUPPATTI

   • Director: Anand T
   • Country: India
   • Language: Tamil
   • Duration: 30 minutes

2. HUMAN SCUM

   • Director: Suriyakiran
   • Country: India
   • Language: Tamil
   • Duration: 19 minutes

3. THE WIND OF A HOT DAY

   • Director: Anirudh Unnikrishnan
   • Country: India
   • Language: Tamil
   • Duration: 40 minutes

Director Focus – Akanksha Sood Singh

1. GREATER FLAMINGO
   • Director: Akanksha Sood Singh
   • Country: India
   • Language: Hindi
   • Duration: 34 minutes

02:30 PM – 04:30 PM

Malayalam Cinema

1. OTTA PETTA DOUBLE CHAARU; THE BEATS OF REBELLIONS

   • Director: Sarath S
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 40 minutes

2. A LETTER FOR TOMORROW

   • Director: Mahesh Menon
   • Country: India
   • Languages: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi
   • Duration: 23 minutes

3. APPAM AND APOLOGIES

   • Director: Anuradha Indira
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 32 minutes

4. MATTANCHERRY MAFIYA

   • Director: Ansal Muhammed
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 19 minutes

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

Open Forum

DAY 03 – 12 November 2026 (Thursday)

09:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expanded Cinema

1. GENERATOR OF HAPPY ACCIDENTS

   • Director: Ilya Komarov
   • Country: Russian Federation
   • Language: Russian
   • Duration: 23 minutes

2. PIG MILK

   • Director: Evi Minou
   • Country: Greece
   • Language: Greek (Modern)
   • Duration: 20 minutes

3. AS TOLD BY THE SEA

   • Director: Sandeep TK
   • Country: India
   • Language: No Dialogue
   • Duration: 24 minutes

4. SHAPELESS

   • Director: Ameya
   • Country: Japan
   • Languages: English, Japanese, Tamil, Telugu
   • Duration: 21 minutes

5. A 2D THINGY

   • Director: Akhil Suresh
   • Country: India
   • Language: English
   • Duration: 3 minutes

6. THE SEA ON SALE

   • Director: Darya Collective
   • Country: India
   • Languages: Bengali, Hindi, Urdu
   • Duration: 5 minutes

7. SIGH OF A SEAL

   • Director: Soumo Mahindar
   • Country: India
   • Languages: Bengali, English, Persian
   • Duration: 9 minutes

8. KEE AH REE

   • Director: KP Sidharth
   • Country: India
   • Duration: 20 minutes

9. SHE SEE SEA

   • Directors: Ramya Shanmugam, sai b
   • Country: India
   • Language: Tamil
   • Duration: 15 minutes

10. GUN BOY

    • Director: Kittikhun Seniwong Na Ayutthaya
    • Country: Thailand
    • Language: Thai
    • Duration: 25 minutes

11. (AN)OTHER SEASON

    • Director: Sarah Shamash
    • Country: Canada
    • Language: English
    • Duration: 16 minutes

12. PYREXIA

    • Director: Nico da Costa
    • Duration: 19 minutes

13. TIME UNHELD UNHEARD

    • Director: Alif
    • Country: Bangladesh
    • Language: Bengali
    • Duration: 23 minutes

14. THE EMULSION OF TIME

    • Director: Pablo Wong
    • Country: Costa Rica
    • Language: Spanish
    • Duration: 13 minutes

11:30 AM – 01:30 PM

World Cinema

1. NOBODY HERE KNOWS WHO I WAS

   • Directors: Vanessa Navari, Kate Vela, Alejandra Villegas
   • Country: Mexico
   • Language: Spanish
   • Duration: 10 minutes

2. LAND OF SMILE

   • Director: Jiranuwat Pothiphol
   • Country: Thailand
   • Language: Thai
   • Duration: 11 minutes

02:30 PM – 04:30 PM

Malayalam Cinema

1. JUST BEFORE THE END

   • Director: Bibin Joseph
   • Country: India
   • Duration: 26 minutes

2. THE PLAY

   • Director: Jeo Baby
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 11 minutes

3. HABITUS

   • Director: Kiran K R
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 20 minutes

4. THE TOY

   • Director: Vineesh Vasu
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 8 minutes

5. GLOBE

   • Director: Shijin V
   • Country: India
   • Languages: Malayalam, Tamil
   • Duration: 25 minutes

6. UPPUVEEDUKAL

   • Director: Arathi MR
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 22 minutes

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

Open Forum

DAY 04 – 13 November 2026 (Friday)

09:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Frame Shot – Animation Cinema

1. THREE THINGS I LEARNED IN FRANCE

   • Director: Te-Gao Hong
   • Countries: France, Taiwan
   • Languages: English, French, Mandarin Chinese
   • Duration: 16 minutes

2. WITH BARE THINGS

   • Director: Ariana T Gerstein
   • Country: United States
   • Duration: 5 minutes

3. UNDER THE DREAM

   • Director: Saelyx Finna
   • Country: United States
   • Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese
   • Duration: 14 minutes

4. READING YOU

   • Director: Angeline Teh
   • Country: Malaysia
   • Languages: Chinese – Min Nan, English, Mandarin Chinese
   • Duration: 14 minutes

5. METANCHERRY – A GRAPHIC ANIMATION

   • Director: Sunil Nambu
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 24 minutes

6. THE CHAIR

   • Director: Triparna Maiti
   • Country: United States
   • Duration: 10 minutes

7. HOST

   • Director: Deniz Türker
   • Country: Türkiye
   • Languages: Arabic, Hebrew
   • Duration: 6 minutes

8. COCK TALE

   • Directors: Sarath Prakash, Hritvik K Varijakshan, Navya EVS
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 3 minutes

9. ₹100

   • Directors: Abhirami TP, Abel John Sabu, Amit Sewda
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 3 minutes

10. HEARTBEAT

    • Director: Eisha Nair
    • Country: India
    • Language: Hindi
    • Duration: 8 minutes

11. ALL WE HAVE

    • Directors: Mahmoud Ghalwa, Amer Hiehel
    • Countries: Australia, Canada, Palestine, State of
    • Languages: English, French
    • Duration: 16 minutes

11:30 AM – 01:30 PM

Indian Cinema

1. A WOMEN’S COURT

   • Director: Samiksha Kherde
   • Country: India
   • Language: Hindi
   • Duration: 18 minutes

2. THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW

   • Director: Pradeep Dharmapalan
   • Country: India
   • Language: English
   • Duration: 7 minutes

3. SPIRITS REBELLIOUS: A NEO-SEQUENCE FOR BEGUMPURA

   • Director: Karkhana Collective
   • Country: India
   • Languages: English, Hindi
   • Duration: 35 minutes

4. BEFORE COLOURS

   • Director: Leena Patoli
   • Country: India
   • Duration: 11 minutes

5. HOW RED IS A LOSS

   • Director: Niveditha S
   • Country: India
   • Language: English
   • Duration: 14 minutes

6. COMPARTMENT

   • Director: Abhinand
   • Country: India
   • Duration: 3 minutes

7. DECONSTRUCTION OF DREAM

   • Director: Abhradip Ghatak
   • Country: India
   • Language: Bengali
   • Duration: 17 minutes

02:30 PM – 04:30 PM

Malayalam Cinema

1. BLUEBIRD
   • Director: Rashida Nasriya
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 36 minutes

New Wave Package

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

Open Forum

DAY 05 – 14 November 2026 (Saturday)

09:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Women Voices – Iran

1. SAUCE

   • Director: Goli Forootan
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 20 minutes

2. AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED

   • Director: Sonia Panahi
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 15 minutes

3. AGAINST MY WILL

   • Director: Fatemeh Tavakoli
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 13 minutes

4. THIRTEEN BENDS

   • Director: Pegah Mousavi
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 15 minutes

5. THE 3RD OF MAY

   • Director: Maryam Sayari
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 12 minutes

6. WIND’S HERITAGE

   • Director: Nasim Soheili
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 30 minutes

11:30 AM – 01:30 PM

Malayalam Cinema

1. KARANGI KARANGI KARANGI

   • Director: Neeraj S A
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 20 minutes

2. AFTERWARDS

   • Director: Amal Krishnan PT
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 23 minutes

3. JENNY

   • Director: Akhil Dev M
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 19 minutes

4. AS WE SEE US

   • Directors: Jijo Kuriakose, Vrinda Bee
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 25 minutes

02:30 PM – 04:30 PM

Cinema Bioscope

1. ANALOGUE NATIVES

   • Director: Bernd Litzeler
   • Countries: Germany, India
   • Language: English
   • Duration: 26 minutes

2. A FICTION FILM

   • Country: Brazil
   • Language: Portuguese
   • Duration: 22 minutes

3. HALF A DECADE OF PROJECTING

   • Director: Jana Rankov
   • Country: Canada
   • Duration: 6 minutes

4. DEAR WALTER

   • Director: Fatima Beltran
   • Country: Bolivia
   • Language: Spanish
   • Duration: 9 minutes

Country Focus – Kurdish Cinema

5. BELOVED

   • Director: Shahoo Ahmadi
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Kurdish
   • Duration: 12 minutes

6. WHITE FLAG

   • Director: Perviz Rostemi
   • Countries: Iran, Iraq
   • Language: Kurdish
   • Duration: 15 minutes

7. ISHAQ

   • Director: Tuna Kaptan
   • Country: Iraq
   • Languages: English, German, Kurdish
   • Duration: 20 minutes

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

Open Forum

DAY 06 – 15 November 2026 (Sunday)

09:00 AM – 11:00 AM

International Competition

1. TEA POWDER

   • Director: Bhavya Karthikeyan
   • Country: India
   • Languages: Gujarati, Malayalam
   • Duration: 24 minutes

2. KUTTIKKALI (CHILD'S PLAY)

   • Director: Rhithu J
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 22 minutes

3. THE BROKEN EMBRACE OF THE MULBERRY TREE

   • Director: Navid Aghaz
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Persian
   • Duration: 20 minutes

4. SHAMARAN

   • Director: Sharmin Soltanian
   • Country: Iran
   • Language: Kurdish
   • Duration: 15 minutes

5. ADRIFT, ACROSS

   • Director: Daevan
   • Country: India
   • Language: Malayalam
   • Duration: 33 minutes

6. HOW TO DOWNLOAD A FOREST

   • Director: Annette Jacob
   • Countries: Belgium, Hungary, India, Portugal
   • Languages: English, Portuguese
   • Duration: 18 minutes

7. THE DAY'S MOTHER, THE NIGHT'S END

   • Director: Anna Zalevskaya
   • Country: United States
   • Languages: English, Russian
   • Duration: 5 minutes

11:30 AM – 01:30 PM

International Competition

1. VALLEY OF MISERY

   • Director: Jose-Luis Rangel
   • Country: Mexico
   • Language: Spanish
   • Duration: 31 minutes

2. A SMALL DESIRE

   • Director: Muntaha Amin
   • Country: India
   • Language: English
   • Duration: 28 minutes

3. TRISTESSE

   • Director: Yuri Muraoka
   • Country: Japan
   • Language: Japanese
   • Duration: 11 minutes

4. INVENTORY

   • Director: Ivan Marković
   • Country: Serbia
   • Language: Serbian
   • Duration: 20 minutes

02:30 PM – 03:30 PM

International Competition

1. DENMO – HIMALAYAN BROWN BEAR

   • Director: Akanksha Sood Singh
   • Country: India
   • Duration: 38 minutes

2. THE BRIDGE

   • Director: Léa Triboulet
   • Country: France
   • Language: French
   • Duration: 22 minutes

04:00 PM – 04:30 PM

Closing Film

1. LEGATO
   • Director: Rohini Molleti
   • Country: India
   • Language: Tamil
   • Duration: 24 minutes

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

Awards Ceremony

Q&A sessions: A Q&A session will follow each screening section.

Event Details

• 📅 Date: 10th–15th November 2026
• ⏰ Festival Schedule: Daily sessions from 9:00 AM onwards; closing activities on 15th November.
• 📍 Location: 3D Theater, Krishna Menon Museum, East Hill, Kozhikode, Kerala
• 💰 Ticket Price: Delegate Fee – ₹500; Student Fee – ₹300
• 🎤 Inaugurated By: R. Gowtham (Filmmaker)
• 👥 Guest: Jeo Baby (Filmmaker)
• 📞 Registration Payment: GPay – +91 98952 86711