13 min · English · Drama · Romance
What do you hold on to when everything is changing? Try this for a teenager's search for meaning at the end of high school.
Drama short films
741 Drama short films in the cafe, running 1 to 51 minutes. Many are thought-provoking or bittersweet. They span 40 languages. Each is a complete standalone short film, chosen by the cafe and played through its original video provider.
15 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Drama
A cat named Mottu tells his own story of companionship, heartbreak and finding himself. A gentle Malayalam film that MMC viewers watch all the way through.
20 min · Telugu · Drama
Spardha means a fight within. This Telugu drama follows a would-be world kickboxing champion whose biggest opponent is himself. Nineteen minutes, with English subtitles and festival recognition its makers list.
21 min · Malayalam · Drama
An independent Malayalam film directed by Sonu and Dinoop, and one of the cafe's quietest discoveries: under 5,000 YouTube views, but an unusually high 5.6% like rate. Twenty minutes to find out why.
10 min · Malayalam · Drama
A child, a cat and a fish share a small story about hope and survival. Nine and a half Malayalam minutes with a 5.5% like rate on YouTube.
20 min · Malayalam · Drama
A Malayalam family drama about a woman's life hemmed in by domestic expectations, which has sparked a lot of discussion among its viewers. Twenty minutes, with a 5.1% like rate on YouTube.
13 min · Tamil · Drama · Romance
A phone call reaches across an old relationship and a difficult lockdown. Try this short reunion with Karthik and Jessie for a conversation about longing, boundaries and finding the will to continue.
25 min · Hindi · Drama · Romance
Settle in with a Hindi love story about loss and the choices that shape a relationship, one that quietly asks what love, happiness and sacrifice really mean.
31 min · Malayalam · Drama
A dark-skinned young woman faces everyday prejudice about her looks and finds her own worth. Indiark Entertainments' Malayalam drama with Lakshmika Sajeevan, one of the cafe's best-liked films.
26 min · Punjabi · Drama
Try Jimmewari for a Punjabi drama centred on responsibility and the resilience it takes to carry it.
13 min · English · Comedy · Drama · Horror · Fantasy
For Owen, resisting a compulsion feels as if the world could end. This dark comedy takes that fear literally, mixing an everyday struggle with wildly escalating stakes.
11 min · English · Drama
Pull up a chair for “No More Wings”, a warm, bittersweet two-hander in which childhood friends Isaac and Jude catch up over fried chicken as their lives drift in different directions.
24 min · Malayalam · Drama
A Malayalam drama with Sonu TP: a telecaller who has never cared about the people on the line is handed an unexpected responsibility. MMC viewers have watched it to the end.
6 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy · Drama
A wordless animation: a strange creature races against time to finish the most important thing it will ever make. Six minutes that linger long after.
12 min · Malayalam · Drama
Pooja's online persona raises questions about identity and loneliness. A twelve-minute Malayalam drama for the social-media age.
28 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
Dileep is there to photograph an engagement, but meeting Shalini changes the picture. Settle in with this sweet Malayalam romance starring Aswin Jose and Mamitha Baiju.
12 min · Tamil · Drama · Fantasy
A Tamil fantasy-drama about an aspiring filmmaker whose imagination starts writing itself into the story he's trying to make. Eleven playful, layered minutes.
22 min · Tamil · Drama
Karishma writes and directs this Tamil drama with Ram Nishanth and Priyadharshini Rajkumar. Twenty-one minutes.
12 min · Hindi · Drama
Sheeba Chadda and Shantanu Maheshwari in Ajay Shivan's Hindi drama: Ved has his birthday all planned, until his mother's surprise reminds him whose special day it really is.
31 min · Malayalam · Drama
Anish Mohan's dialogue-free Malayalam anthology, inspired by Kamal Haasan's silent classic Pushpaka Vimanam: a blocked writer finds his stories in a strange vision. Its makers list a FEFKA festival selection.
20 min · Malayalam · Drama
Vivek Joseph Varughese's Malayalam drama about a housewife who is loved but not respected, and the day she claims for herself. Billed as award-winning by its makers, with English subtitles; MMC viewers have watched it to the end.
2 min · No dialogue · Drama
A wordless, under-two-minute short made, as its maker puts it, for those still awake at 2 a.m. Pour a late cup and settle in.
17 min · Tamil · Drama · Romance
An Idly Upma original shot, edited and directed by Sujith S: a simple, gentle Tamil tale from the lockdown months.
36 min · Malayalam · Drama
Make a little room for a man and his dog. Try this Malayalam short for a story of companionship and family feeling.
20 min · Malayalam · Fantasy · Drama
A young man escapes his routine and stumbles into a mystical village that changes how he sees life. A nineteen-minute Malayalam fantasy with a 3.5% like rate on YouTube.
16 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller · Drama
An English sci-fi thriller: two estranged brothers caught in a repeating chain of events try to stop a tragedy. Fifteen tense, emotional minutes.
19 min · English · Drama
One night, a teenager with nowhere to sleep and a deafblind man waiting for his bus find their way to each other. Settle in for a warm, quietly moving drama about empathy.
12 min · Tamil · Romance · Drama
An introvert's carefully closed-off world is upended when an outgoing woman pulls him out of his shell. Settle in to see whether he makes sense of love or bends who he is.
8 min · Tamil · Romance · Drama
Spend a little time with the love story in “Kooravarthaigal”.
20 min · Tamil · Romance · Drama
School memories and an affection never spoken come back in this nostalgic Tamil romance. Twenty minutes.
28 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
Sanjay Damodhar Renjith's Malayalam romance: Abey is sure he's dying, until lively Twinkle crashes into his grey world. For someone ready for death, learning to live might be the real danger.
24 min · Malayalam · Drama
A Malayalam family drama that brings the experience of postpartum depression into the open. Twenty-four honest minutes.
17 min · English · Drama · Science fiction
During a lethal epidemic, a quarantined father faces an impossible choice when his daughter falls ill. A sixteen-minute English sci-fi drama that lands close to home.
7 min · English · Drama
Liam has six weeks to live and has told no one. Settle in for a quietly affecting British drama about keeping up appearances while time runs out.
35 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
Settle in with this Malayalam romance from Nahas Hidhayath, starring Unni Lalu and Nayana Elza, with Joel Johns's song 'Hello Hello' setting the mood.
14 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
A Kutti Stories Malayalam drama about a young woman whose relationship choices run into family expectations and dependence.
8 min · Tamil · Drama
A seven-minute Tamil drama in which one traffic-police encounter becomes a reflection on power and fairness.
20 min · Malayalam · Drama · Thriller
A Malayalam drama-thriller about empathy and vengeance between a father, his son and the man who came between them. Twenty minutes, with English subtitles.
30 min · Kannada · Drama
Raghu Raghava's coastal Kannada meta-tale, presented by Rishab Shetty Films. Its makers report Best Film (Karnataka section) at the Oscar-qualifying Bengaluru International Short Film Festival 2022.
22 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
From the makers of Jeevana, a Malayalam romance starring Unni Lalu and Aparna Janardhanan. Twenty-one bittersweet minutes.
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