Some Amazing Shorts | Between Breaths

• Cashback: 2004. This short deals with fantasy of a person drawing people in a supermarket. The models of his work are real people frozen in time. The movie was made into a movie with the same title.

• Smooth Criminal: A short film on song by the same name from album Bad by none other than Michael Jackson. Its story of a woman who is attacked by an assailant.

• Stand Up For Justice- The Ralph Lazo Story: Humane story of a person who stand for a Japanese-American friend struck in a bad situation after Pearl Harbour.

• Tag 26: A highly appreciated story of two people who almost survived a biological hazard. When one of them is dying, the other removes his security gear to share moments of death.

• Doodlebug: An interesting work by Chris Nolan reflecting existence of multi-dimensional universe, each affecting other in a deja-vu sense. Technically strong, there is not much in story but is compensated by great concept and brilliant execution.

• Precious Images: Directed by Chuck Workman, this movie is a montage of American Movies. The scenes were sorted genre-wise and was highly acclaimed for its cinematic value.

• Purge: A brilliantly directed short speaks about a girl suffering from sexual abuse and her way to handle the trauma.

Amazing Short Makers | Between Breaths

• Anurag Kashyap: Poster boy of Indian new parallel cinema, Anurag is more known for his movies like Black Friday and Dev D. However, his shorts like Last Train To Mahakali are also highly acclaimed. Over the years, he has promoted short film making in India. With Thumbhi he is working on a series of shorts.

• Andreas Samland: Brilliant German short film maker who is known for his works like Tag 26 and Der Blindgänger. His movies have a humane side. The sensibility of his works have won accolades from everywhere his works has been shown.

• Ashvin Kumar: He shot to fame with Oscar nominee short Little terrorist. His shorts include acclaimed Road to Laddakh as well. His works usually have a larger than life moral told very subtly.

• Sean Ellis: Director of short Cashback, Sean is well known for his interesting thoughts and their cinematic adaptation.

• Christopher Nolan: World-wide acclaimed for cerebral value in his works like Memento, Prestige and Inception. His short Doodlebug reflects nothing else. His works are smart and needs some grey cells.

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Introduction To Jury Members | Between Breaths

We have three cine freaks on-board. They have one thing in common... immense love for cinema.

Ali: As co-editor of TRM, he has been doing an amazing job. His understanding of cinematic detailing makes him a perfect candidate to judge the quality of shorts. He tweets at: http://twitter.com/AliNaqvi86

Gyandeep: One word describes him... AMAZING. He amazes you with his indepth knowledge of cinema. Not everyone earns admiration of Rajeev Masand. He tweets at: http://twitter.com/gyandeep4a

Yajur: He is smart and quick. His blogs are interesting and shows his love for cinema. He tweets at: http://twitter.com/YajurKochhar