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Browse 48 movies from Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute
On a summer afternoon in rural Odisha, a seven year old boy realizes that human beings are mortal and has a conversation with his ageing grandfather about this.
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Ngaihak Lambida (English: Along The Way) is a 2006 non-feature Manipuri film directed by Haobam Paban Kumar and based on a story by MK Binodini. It is bproduced by Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute. The film was selected in the non-feature section of the Indian Panorama at the 38th International Film Festival of India 2007. It also participated in the competition section of Short Fiction Films in the Third Eye 6th Asian Film Festival, Mumbai, 2007.
Jul 2006
a short film produced by srfti.
Art film about a woman dying and three princes taking a journey. Vipin's diploma film at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata (2003), looks at the ideas of entrapment and liberation.
Jan 2000
Struggling with depression, 35-year old corporate executive Keshav seeks solace from enigmatic writer Gulmohar. His quest leads him to a modest newspaper house, unravelling a transformative journey of healing and connection.
Oct 2023
Neerbhukhi, a peaceful demoness, wants nothing more than to be one of the humans. However, the villagers will not accept her because they believe she is responsible for a severe water shortage. Following a traumatic incident with the humans, the demoness hides in a dried-up well and bursts into tears. Her tears pour forth in a raging torrent and flood the well. It is said that the demoness still cries in the well and that the village has been blessed with water ever since.
Nov 2023
Set in a semi-urban coastal village of Kerala, “Beneath the Wings of Rosary Beads” follows a fishing community where faith and labor intertwine. Susan Maria, guided by recurring dreams of abundance, returns to the sea; Rosie anchors life in devotion; and Robert recalls a fading past. Through daily rhythms, memories, and conversations, the film explores belief, risk, and generational change, as faith continues to shape life by the shore.
Dec 2025
Set against the backdrop of NRC and CAA, the film navigates the life of an old man who is forced into early retirement as he fails to produce proper documents.
Jun 2023
Meenakshi, a middle-aged working woman, on this day comes home early from work and finds her husband cheating on her with their maid. But there is something more terrifying yet to be revealed.
Dec 2023
In the isolation of his hostel room, a young man attends a transactional call with a stranger.
May 2026
On the night before his exhibition premiere, a popular photographer faces an ethical dilemma when a subject from his photograph comes back from his past to haunt him.
Jul 2023
When an aging, reclusive Daskathia performer breaks decades of silence to honour a dying patron's wish, he confronts the question that has haunted his entire life— if the last audience walks away, is it still a performance?
On a stormy night, a weary detective and a keen-eyed doctor piece together fragments of a high-profile case. As evidences and unanswered questions surface, the dread draws near.
Aug 2025
A man and a woman meet in an urban space as strangers and remain so until the end whilst they steadily grow alienated from their surroundings. As they close in on their own crises, they begin to feel comfortable with their respective existences.
May 2007
A student film crew attempting to make a socially conscious movie about a girl's first period faces total collapse when societal taboos, zero budget, and a rapidly unravelling set threaten to ruin the entire production.
A writer stays away from the city with an elderly widow. His wife had desserted him. He suffers from a writer's block. The incessant mating calls of cuckoos disturb him. On one such afternoon, an old friend Shanti, abandoning his wife's funeral has come looking for him. Is he sad?
a short film, when there's a man between Kolkata the city and history of riots he had witnessed.
Aug 2011
On a rainy night, a man takes shelter in a jungle house. A blind grandmother mistakes him for Sujan, her granddaughter's lost lover. Haunted by tales of love and loss, he pretends to be Sujan to console her. But when asked if he'll truly return, he faces a haunting choice that challenges his identity and past.
Dec 2024
A person brings their partner to a doctor to treat an unknown itching fever. Two men come to see the doctor, one of them suffering from insomnia. Both patients meet at the urinal.
Sep 2025
A story of Shyamal: a runaway, a pickpocket & a tiger's cub.
Apr 2006