Shortfilm
NoMasala - Traveling Indian Short Films
NoMasala is a package of short films with a focus on India. In collaboration with The Short Circuit Bombay, NoMasala presents a modern India beyond the Bollywood mainstream and challenges outdated cliches. The films cover a wide aesthetic and thematic range, from fiction through animation and experimental films to music clips.
NoMasala is traveling to various German and European cities throughout the year.
Shortfilm in India
India is dominated by the mono culture of the commercial hindi cinema (Bollywood). There is almost no space for independent low- and no-budget productions. Only recently the increasing influence of Hollywood, the omission of trade restrictions and the distribution of cable-TV networks have now led to a slowly opening to the west.
In this climate of westernization there's a lot of enthusiasm amongst Indian filmmakers and audiences about an ever-increasing variety of cinematic expressions alternating the Bollywood mainstream. More and more opportunities for screening short films have arisen and have gained a small amount in public recognition.