Mind-bending short films

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.

12 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller

Mark Slutsky's English sci-fi for DUST: a struggling lawyer wakes in a doorless room, chosen to negotiate for the whole human race. Eleven tense minutes.

30 min · Hindi · Thriller

Is Kavita facing reality, a dream, or something harder to explain? Try this Hindi mystery for a situation that keeps shifting beneath her feet.

9 min · English · Science fiction · Fantasy · Comedy

A burglary sends Dave on a search that takes an unexpected turn through time and space. Try this for a little everyday trouble with a science-fiction twist.

23 min · Telugu · Thriller · Fantasy

A Telugu spiritual thriller: haunted by a recurring dream of the sea and a woman in yellow, Anu follows a mysterious book to Kulashekarapattanam and her forgotten ancestry.

5 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy · Science fiction

In this breathtaking science fiction spectacle, a strange mechanical device lands on a desolate world and uses the planet to undergo a startling transformation, that has profound implications for an entire galaxy.

17 min · Kannada · Thriller

A delivery, a dangerous stretch of road and a gap in someone's memory. Try this Kannada thriller for a mystery that begins with waking up in the wrong place.

12 min · Hindi · Thriller

A mathematical idea links lives an ocean apart. Try this for a short mystery about connections across space and time.

11 min · English · Animation · Science fiction

A surreal, deliberately open-ended story about trust and the worlds people construct for one another.

31 min · Malayalam · Science fiction · Thriller · Drama

How much of ourselves do we hand over to technology? Try ESC for a confined psychological science-fiction story about identity and digital dependence.

10 min · Malayalam · Drama

Try an experimental Malayalam short that moves between reality and fantasy. A pick for viewers who enjoy exploring a story's less-defined edges.

23 min · Tamil · Thriller

Three friends take mysterious Chronicler Pills and get pulled into a story world that plays out like a living virtual life. Try this suspense thriller directed by US. Suriya.

11 min · No dialogue · Animation · Fantasy

Simon knows about ducks quite well. They make noise, fly, swim, some even roll.

29 min · Malayalam · Thriller

Explore a Malayalam psychological thriller with a mythological angle. A pick for viewers drawn to independent films that mix familiar traditions with suspense.

10 min · English · Comedy · Drama

Ben Brand's adaptation of Andy Weir's story The Egg: a man killed in a traffic accident finds himself talking to God, who has an answer to the biggest question of all.

24 min · English · Science fiction

Hashem Al-Ghaili's English sci-fi: an advanced alien civilisation runs a simulated reality where countless beings, humans included, are prisoners without knowing it.

16 min · English · Comedy · Romance

A quiet New Year's Eve gets a visitor with very big problems. Try this time-travel comedy for friendship, awkward possibilities and the fate of the universe.

28 min · Japanese · Animation

Step into the mysterious world of Alba for an animated adventure following two young people whose paths cross beneath an immense, unsettling structure.

11 min · Tamil · Science fiction · Thriller

A Tamil sci-fi mystery from Finally: on her way to the airport, Monica walks into the deserted village of Surulpatti and finds herself trapped in a loop she can't escape.

22 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller

Alone on the red planet, one commander starts questioning what happened to his crew. Try Thalamos for a compact science-fiction mystery about isolation and an uncertain mission.

20 min · English · Thriller · Horror · Science fiction

Two students create a short-cut to induce hallucinogenic visions of God, and find themselves hunted by a deadly religious sect.

22 min · Hindi · Thriller · Romance

Two strangers, one recurring dream. Try this Hindi suspense short for a mystery that blurs the boundary between sleep and waking life.

23 min · Malayalam · Science fiction · Thriller

Could déjà vu mean a moment has already looped? Try this Malayalam science-fiction short for a story built around that unsettling possibility.

21 min · Hindi · Thriller

What happens when your memories stop feeling reliable? Try this Hindi psychological thriller for a story built around mistrust.

9 min · Hindi · Thriller · Fantasy

An old cupboard offers an extraordinary shortcut—with consequences. Watch this Hindi mystery for a dark-fantasy take on curiosity and greed.

10 min · French · Science fiction

Three dangerous situations, one voice trying to find the story. Watch for a French short that keeps shifting the ground beneath its narration.

10 min · English · Drama

Michael Felker's sci-fi drama for DUST: a runaway teen finds an arcade machine that replays her deepest regret, again and again, until she finally sees it clearly.