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.
Feel-good short films
357 Feel-good short films in the cafe, running 2 to 43 minutes. Many are light-hearted or bittersweet. They span 20 languages. Each is a complete standalone short film, chosen by the cafe and played through its original video provider.
8 min · English · Comedy
A Short of the Week selection: an irreverent alt-history of the lazy susan, the spinning table at Chinese restaurants, and the spectacularly lazy woman who invented it. Seven very funny minutes.
5 min · No dialogue · Animation · Romance
Spend four sweet minutes with “In a Heartbeat”, where a shy boy's runaway heart says exactly what he is too nervous to admit.
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.
4 min · Malayalam · Animation
Studio Eeksaurus's four-minute sequel to Kandittund!: storyteller P.N.K. Panicker's animated self explains how Arana, the red-tailed skink, got its tail. Sound design by Resul Pookutty.
15 min · English · Comedy
A big Italian-American family keeps Sunday pasta night alive after their parents' passing, until Don announces he's gone vegan. Fourteen loud, loving, very funny minutes.
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.
37 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
A modern matchmaking story gives this Kochi-set romantic comedy a familiar starting point: the hopes and awkwardness of meeting someone new.
9 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
Try “KSEB Pranayam” when you’re in the mood for a short comedy.
12 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
An eleven-minute Malayalam rom-com that drops a police officer into an unexpected love story.
30 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Romance
Kiran Josey's Malayalam rom-com for AVISIO: a workshop owner looking for love meets a woman who just wants to get on with her life. Thirty well-loved 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.
18 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
A hospital drip and a chance meeting set off an unlikely romance in this eighteen-minute Malayalam rom-com.
27 min · Malayalam · Romance
Let the songs lead in this Malayalam musical romance with Sarjano Khalid and Gouri G Kishan, scored by Vishnu Shyam and featuring the track 'Vellai Poove'.
23 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
Try “Laddu” when you’re in the mood for a short comedy.
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.
22 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
The excitement and complications of love take centre stage. Watch this Malayalam romance for a story about two women and the relationship they build.
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.
11 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
A Malayalam rom-com in which a marriage visit turns into romantic misunderstandings and comic complications. Ten and a half 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.
20 min · Tamil · Romance · Drama
School memories and an affection never spoken come back in this nostalgic Tamil romance. Twenty minutes.
5 min · Tamil · Comedy
Pradeep Ranganathan, later of Love Today, stars in Kamal Prakash's four-minute Tamil comedy about a die-hard single guy, styled after a Rudy Mancuso music video.
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.
22 min · English · Romance · Comedy
Joe Gillette's English romantic dramedy: a melancholy best man escapes the wedding crowd and meets Jessie. A sweet, witty twenty-two minutes about how strangers really connect.
25 min · Malayalam · Comedy
Netflix India's Malayalam comedy: the boss leaves early, and the office staff attempt a heist of their own. Twenty-five minutes; MMC viewers have watched it to the end.
17 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Romance
A Malayalam comedy about a newly married couple and the gap between expectation and reality. Seventeen minutes.
8 min · Malayalam · Thriller · Comedy
A small-time thief finds a bag of cash and two gangsters on the way out. This eight-minute Malayalam crime comedy from Yellow Submarine, directed by Viswanathan S, packs a full caper into a tea break.
12 min · English · Comedy
Alexandra Robinson's dramatic comedy: Cece comes out to her traditional Italian-American family over Sunday dinner. Twelve warm, funny minutes.
27 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Romance · Drama
A Malayalam rom-com about the question every young couple in Kerala hears sooner or later: when's the wedding? Twenty-six warm, funny minutes.
21 min · Kannada · Drama
Bhuvan Sathya's coming-of-age Kannada drama, presented by Rishab Shetty Films, which its makers say premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival and Chicago South Asian Film Festival in 2021.
35 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
Shyamlal's thirty-four-minute Malayalam romance follows a just-married couple through one misty midnight of love, anger and old wounds. Starring Sourav Syam and Ashika Asokan.
5 min · Tamil · Comedy
A four-minute Tamil satire about modern relationships, which its maker calls the turning point of his career.
20 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
An unexpected taxi ride reunites two former lovers and unsettles the distance between them. A twenty-minute Malayalam rom-com.
17 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
Some first meetings change the shape of a day. Try this Malayalam romance for an unexpected connection between two strangers.
13 min · English · Romance · Drama
Arthur is sure that love at first sight is real the moment he meets Ruth. Settle in with John Hurt and Phyllida Law for a tender British romance about love that refuses to run out of time.
25 min · Malayalam · Drama · Comedy
A Malayalam drama about children and their teacher that mixes humour, tension and real emotion. Twenty-five minutes.
31 min · Kannada · Drama
Sharath Raysad's Kannada drama follows young Ayush and his grandmother Giridajji on a journey together. Thirty-one warm minutes with songs by Sumedh K.
20 min · Malayalam · Drama · Romance
A Malayalam drama about friendship and the uncertainty of young love. Twenty gentle minutes.
28 min · Malayalam · Drama
Settle in with “Mallika Vilasam”, a feel-good Malayalam story about a protective man whose suspicion of a young writer, drawing close to the woman he calls mother, may give way to something like family.
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