This is Ismail’s Merchant’s first production. The musical fable begins with the story of the Hindu god Brahma, whose role …
Genre - Shorts
Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
This film documents the film career of Helen, a famous dancer in Bollywood films. Stepping neatly around the puritanical codes …
Hitchcock Shorts
Arriving in London in 1943 shortly after completing Lifeboat, Hitchcock was anxious to do his bit for the war effort …
The Island & From the Family of Reptiles
Ute, an eight-year-old girl, keeps running away from her family to stand transfixed by the crocodiles in the zoo. What …
Jane Campion Shorts
A GIRL’S OWN STORY Shot delicately in black-and-white, this is the story of three suburban teenage girls in 1960’s Australia. …
Mahatma and the Mad Boy
In a single day (from dawn to dusk) this film records the wanderings of an Indian youth who sleeps on …
Peter Greenaway Shorts
DEAR PHONE The quintessentially English red phone box is photographed in every conceivable setting as the droll narration weaves a …
Silent Shakespeare
This unique collection of early film adaptations of Shakespeare includes The Tempest (1908), King Lear (1910), A Midsummer Night’s Dream(1909), …
Sweet Sounds
This short documentary follows the progress of prospective young students being initiated into the practice of music at the Mannes …
The Sword and the Flute
James Ivory’s intelligent script, narrated with feeling by Saeed Jaffrey, and accompanied by the music of Ravi Shankar and Ali …