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.
Romantic short films
283 Romantic short films in the cafe, running 4 to 42 minutes. Many are feel-good or bittersweet. They span 18 languages. Each is a complete standalone short film, chosen by the cafe and played through its original video provider.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
32 min · Kannada · Romance · Drama
For the goodbye that arrives before you are ready. A former couple shares one last stretch of time together.
42 min · Tamil · Romance · Drama
Joan Ashik's forty-one-minute Tamil romance for Vijay Sethupathi Productions: two strangers fall for each other in a dream before they ever meet. Poetic, unhurried and best for an evening.
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.
40 min · Tamil · Romance · Comedy
For a longer short-film break, try Kadhal Ondru Kanden's mix of romance, comedy and mixed emotions, with Ashwin Kumar, Rio Raj and Nakshathra Nagesh.
9 min · Tamil · Romance · Drama
An eight-minute Tamil romance about family judgement and the choice to stand beside the person you love.
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.
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.
19 min · Tamil · Romance · Drama
Thamizh Vannan writes and directs this Tamil romance about words the eyes can say. Eighteen bittersweet minutes.
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.
14 min · English · Romance · Drama
A journey to recreate an old photograph becomes a chance to begin something new. Try Reappear for an English-language romantic short connecting a father's memory with a son's next chapter.
17 min · Malayalam · Drama · Romance
A misunderstanding brings two people in their thirties together for a conversation about loneliness, health and companionship. A seventeen-minute Malayalam romance.
17 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama
A brief encounter leaves memories that last far longer than the meeting itself. A sixteen-minute Malayalam romance.
14 min · Spanish · Romance · Comedy
A quick coffee becomes a meeting with an unfinished past. Watch for a Spanish short about lost love and the difficulty of moving on.
20 min · Malayalam · Drama · Romance
A Malayalam drama about friendship and the uncertainty of young love. Twenty gentle minutes.
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