14th Chennai Int Doc & Short Film Festival 2026 : Short Fiction

14th CIDSFF 2026

21-28 February, Chennai 

Organised by MARUPAKKAM 30

Shortlisted Short Fiction 

Indian films : 

Dongar

Dir : Sanjivani Kamble ; 24.53 min

Tea Kottu 83’

Dir : Sai Harini Vasanth; 19.33 min

Knot

Dir : Abhay Parveen Gupta; 14.30 min

Every Bullet’s Account

Dir : Ravish Pathan; 14 min

Two Sinners

Dir : Samir Zaidi; 11.52 min

Ripples

Dir : SHREEHARSH KHANDEKAR; 9.08 min

Lunch Box

Dir: Kavin B; 23.43 min

Akam

Dir : Hari Krishnan M; 15.25 min

Occha

Dir : Sreelakshmi M; 24.55 min

Kasra

Dir : Bharat Mohan Sunita; 19 min

A Good Son

Dir : Manish Jha; 14.23 min

Lincoln 

Dir : JEEVAN MANI; 29.30 min

Wishful Water

Dir : Sinoop raj, Subhash k; 8.52 min

Zero Bulb

Dir : Soham Prasad Bhende; 17.42 min

Rumi

Dir : AAKASH JAGAD; 19.32 min

Dvand

Dir : SANDEEP SINGH; 19.30 min

Almari Ka Aachar

Dir: Raakesh Rawat; 19.40 min

Tick Tick

Dir : Shridhar Sudhir; 23 min

Koli

Dir :  Jyotirmoy Mazumdar; 14.20 min

Bagoon

Dir : Aman Thangellapally; 10.50 min

Gulaam (Slave)

Dir : Saurabh Nandakishor Kolekar; 13.03 min

Holy Water

Dir : RAMESH NANDHAN; 14.33 min

The Daily Bread

Dir : Anil Kumar Anand; 21.57 min

Red Letter

Dir : Ajit Arora; 30 min

14th CIDSFF 2026 : International Short Fiction 

Beneath the Veil

Dir : Hareem Fatima; 21.58 min; United Kingdom

Awakening

Dir : Sonya Dukhon; 5.51 min; Israel 

Saxo

Dir : C Tarun Arvind; 28.50 min; Germany

Hunter Hunted

Dir : Balaji V; 13.40 min; Germany

Reliefs

Dir : Juan Manuel Gonzalez Fernandez; 17.40 min; Mexico

Milky Girl

Dir : Olga Dobromyslova; 15 min; Russian Federation

Knalrot

Dir : Elias Förderer; 6.49 min; Germany

Puzzleak

Dir : Kote Camacho, Anonymous; 15 min; Spain 

I want to comeback

Dir : Sara Brun Moreno; 14 min; Spain 

Nur Sultan

Dir : Xoan Escudero; 14 min; Spain 

Memonto Fabulan

Dir : Candela Núñez Gutiérrez; 22 min; Spain 

Monologue 

Dir : Danae MOSSMAN; 13.25 min; New Zealand

Mounir

Dir : Xose Dopazo, Javier Rúa; 15 min; Spain 

Astronauta

Dir : Giorgio Giampà; 16 min; France, Guatemala; Italy; Mexico

Unwritten Verses

Dir : Fathima Shanaz; 11.58 min; SriLanka 

Dissonance

Dir : Chaochen LI; 21.52 min; China 

A Dream Like a Dream

Dir :Linjie Sheng; 13.16 min; China 

Bob wanna Kill

Dir : Y Yang; 19.20 min; Norway

Gaunyin Hostel

Dir : Qiancao Xiao; 15 min; China

Don’t Kill My Memory

Dir : Liquan Zeng; 23 min; China

Selection 

Dir : Yaoyuan Zhang; 23 min; China, Japan