12 min · Malayalam · Animation
Follow a stream through the eyes of three curious children—a little adventure for anyone who remembers asking big questions about the world.
Malayalam short films
322 Malayalam short films in the cafe, running 4 to 55 minutes. Many are thought-provoking or feel-good. 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.
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.
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.
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.
12 min · Malayalam · Animation · Fantasy
Studio Eeksaurus's Malayalam animation: storyteller P.N.K. Panicker shares the uncanny spirits and tall tales of his neighbourhood. Twelve playful, eerie minutes.
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.
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.
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.
14 min · Malayalam · Thriller
A theft in the dark leads into an encounter whose other side stays unseen. A thirteen-minute Malayalam thriller.
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.
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'.
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.
23 min · Malayalam · Romance · Comedy
Try “Laddu” when you’re in the mood for a short comedy.
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.
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.
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.
17 min · Malayalam · Thriller
Budget Lab's Malayalam crime thriller: an ordinary incident pulls its characters into a widening mystery. Seventeen dark minutes that only 12,000 YouTube viewers have found so far.
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.
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.
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.
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.
17 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Romance
A Malayalam comedy about a newly married couple and the gap between expectation and reality. Seventeen minutes.
22 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
From the makers of Jeevana, a Malayalam romance starring Unni Lalu and Aparna Janardhanan. Twenty-one bittersweet 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.
18 min · Malayalam · Drama
Kay K writes and directs this Malayalam drama about memory and human connection. Eighteen reflective minutes.
22 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
Settle in with Manu and Reenu, an aspiring actor and a dance student, as everyday moments become the heart of their romance.
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.
12 min · Malayalam · Thriller · Drama
A barber's late-night customer brings an old wound back into his life. Twelve tense Malayalam minutes.
20 min · Malayalam · Horror · Thriller
Budget Lab's Malayalam horror-thriller: three friends drinking in an abandoned ancestral house find their evening turning into something they never planned.
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