Alliance Française de Bombay in partnership with Wench Film Festival presents – Cinéma de l’Étrange for September 2025!

 
This month, we bring to you Strange Tales – an anthology of 6 incredible genre shorts by Sohum Shah Films, which will hook you till the end.

 Wednesday, 10 September

 6:30 PM

AF Bombay Auditorium, Churchgate

EVENT DETAILS

  • Screening is free & open for all
  • Limited seats | Registration mandatory
  • The film is subtitled in English

ABOUT THE FILMS

Movie 1: Amilam (Tamil)
Directed by: Rathindran R. Prasad
Run Time: 12 mins, 34 seconds
About the film: Arvind Swamy and Priya Anand star in a bizarre exploration of one-of-a-kind companionships deteriorating during the lockdown & the identity crises that one faced during dark, lonely times of the pandemic.
Movie 2:Batshit Crazy (Telugu)
Directed by: Mr. Yogesh Chandekar
Run Time: 14 mins, 52 secs
About the film: Targeted for his East Asian looks, a Northeast Indian man runs into some racist junkies one night during the pandemic. But neither have clue of what surprises the night holds for them.
Movie 3: Cabbage (Bengali)
Directed by: Mr. Diggi Sisodia
Run Time: 16 mins
About the film: A Senior Citizen couple’s dysfunctional marriage goes into a tailspin because of the Covid lockdown.
Movie 4: Demons (Haryanvi/Punjabi)
Directed by: Mr. Adesh Prasad
Run Time: 14 mins, 57 seconds
About the film: A man shares a newly found ‘cure’ to help his friend get rid of what haunts him. The haunting does stop, but at a gruesome cost. ‘Demons’ (alternate title: ‘High Fun’) is a queer-themed horror film about living with your demons.
Movie 5: Giallo (Marathi)
Directed by: Mr. Yogesh Chandekar
Run Time: 9 mins, 18 secs
About the film: A quirky ode to Italian Giallo cinema, a young woman returning from a party is stalked by a mysterious masked killer who’s much more than what he seems to be. Starring Saiyami Kher and BhaDiPa fame Renuka Daftardar.
Movie 6: Missing Cow (Assamese)
Directed by: Mr. Bhaskar Hazarika
Run Time: 15 mins
About the film: During the peak of lockdown of 2020 in the absence of any transportation or government assistance, millions of migrant workers in India walked back from the big cities where they worked to their respective villages, crossing thousands of miles across the country on foot. The mother of one such young migrant labourer awaits his return while searching for their lost cow in a mysterious forest that knows way more than she does. Based on a true incident, The Missing Cow is a moody horror piece written and directed by Bhaskar Hazarika (Aamis/Ravening, Kothanodi) featuring Lima Das as the protagonist.

AF BOMBAY X WENCH

Alliance Française de Bombay is excited to announce our partnership with the Wench Film Festival – for Cinéma de l’Étrange!

Mark your calendars for monthly screenings of spine-tingling horror, mind-bending sci-fi, and enchanting fantasy cinema at AF Bombay, Churchgate – every second Thursday!