CinéV Market Projects has selected 22 projects for its second edition, taking place during Cinevesture International Film Festival (CIFF, March 20-23) in Chandigarh, India.
CinéV Market has also partnered with the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) to launch CinéV-IFFLA, through which South Asian projects from Cinevesture will be intergrated into IFFLA’s Industry Days program (May 6-10).
CinéV-CHD marks the first in a series of planned film markets aimed at bridging the gap between filmmakers, investors and distributors. The team includes Cinevesture founder and CEO Nina Lath, with Namrata Joshi as Project Market Curator.
CIFF’s first edition was held from March 27-31, 2024, in Chandigarh with more than 1,000 delegates attending.
CINEV-CHD SELECTED PROJECTS 2025:
Avi & Smi (working title)
Director: Nandita Das
Producer: Nandita Das
Genre: Drama
Language: English, Hindi
Logline: After 6 months of separation, Avi and Smi revisit their 16-year marriage over a day and night – what held them together, what drove them apart. Will they find closure?
Beyond The Border Lines
Director: Bijukumar Damodaran
Producer: Manju Warrier
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Language: Chinese, English, Hindi, Malayalam
Logline: An archaeology team stranded at the Indo-China border negotiates a tough journey back home.
Black Mountain Monpa
Director: Shonali Bose
Producer: Anshulika Dubey
Genre: Drama
Language: Hindi, Marathi
Logline: A linguist sent to propagate Hindi in Arunachal Pradesh tries to “save” an endangered language by coaxing two enemies to speak. A sudden death makes him realize language is not power but memory, identity, belonging.
The Blade Runner
Director: Honey Trehan
Producer: Varun Bajaj, Chirag Bajaj, Honey Trehan, Abhishek Chaubey
Genre: Biography, Drama
Language: Hindi, Punjabi
Logline: War hero D.P. Singh defies death and systemic injustice, finding redemption and respect as India’s first Blade Runner, inspiring others through his relentless pursuit of justice and life.
Chronicles Of A Confession
Director: Prateek Vats
Producer: Ranjan Singh
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu
Logline: A young shawl seller’s confession to a crime he didn’t commit spurs an investigation revealing truths as absurd as everyday life in Kashmir.
Friends And Fascism
Director: Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy
Producer: Aishwarya Sonar, Shuchi Dwivedi (co-producer)
Genre: Comedy
Language: English, Hindi
Logline: In an all-girls Catholic boarding school in India, a know-it-all Rinky is desperate to become the School Captain. Her dreams are disrupted by an election when she’s forced to compete against her former best friend.
Guptam (The Last Of Them Plagues)
Director: Kunjila Mascillamani
Producer: Jeo Baby, Kani Kusruti (co-producer), Pushing Buttons Studios (co-producer)
Genre: Drama
Language: Malayalam
Logline: When her daughter disappears in a graveyard, a single mother moves to a conservative rural town in Thrissur, Keralam. As disasters follow, she must prove to the locals that she isn’t causing God’s wrath.
Ghol (The Catch)
Director: Rishi Chandna
Producer: Rishi Chandna
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: Gujarati, Hindi
Logline: A struggling fisherman, yearning for a better life, sees a glimmer of hope in a rare, valuable catch. But life, with its usual sense of irony, has other plans.
Hanere De Panchi (Birds In The Dark)
Director: Shashank Walia
Producer: Hansal Mehta, Sahil Saigal, Reema Kaur
Co-Producers: Mauli Singh, Gagan Deep Kaur
Genre: Drama
Language: Punjabi, Kahmiri, Urdu
Logline: A disillusioned police agent and a wrongly accused man find unexpected love. Reunited in a caste-divided village, their bond navigates an unresolved past while forging new solidarities amidst a rising farm revolution.
Ko Ko Ko
Director: Venkatesh Maha
Producer: Venkatesh Maha
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Language: Telugu
Logline: In a village where pride and prejudice hinge on victory or defeat in brutal cock-fights, a constant loser challenges the violent tradition, forcing his community to embrace compassion over competition.
Koyta (Sickle)
Director: Radhika Apte
Producer: Vikramaditya Motwane
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Language: Hindi, Marathi
Logline: When a forced medical procedure unexpectedly gives her superpowers, a young migrant sugarcane cutter incurs the wrath of the local powers as she uses her new abilities to pull her family out of debt.
Marx And Lenin
Director: Ajitpal Singh
Producer: Jugni Films
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Language: English, Hindi
Logline: In 2008, two ambitious friends—a journalist and a filmmaker—venture into a Maoist-controlled jungle for a career-defining story, but brutal realities force them to choose empathy over ambition, emerging as better human beings.
Masthishka Maranam (A Frankenbiting Of Simon’s Memories)
Director: Krishand RK
Producer: Krishand RK
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Language: Malayalam
Logline: A grieving father enters a VR game that lets users experience others’ memories, only to witness an actress’s private moments—and a shocking crime—forcing him into a mind-bending, comedic thriller of capitalism, content, and digital voyeurism.
Papita
Director: Aakash Bhatia
Producer: Richa Chadha
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Language: Hindi
Logline: Porus Bisht, a paparazzi photographer in Mumbai, dreams of becoming a revered photographer. His life takes a dramatic turn when he captures a shocking incident involving a popular celebrity.
Prem Patra (Love Letter)
Director: Atul Sabharwal
Producer: Atul Sabharwal
Genre: Romance
Language: Hindi
Logline: In the time of war, a forlorn postman tries to find love by manipulating the letters sent to a woman by her soldier husband.
Punishment
Director: Jeo Baby
Producer: Jomon Jacob
Genre: Drama
Language: Malayalam
Logline: An arrogant teacher’s authority is challenged by an outspoken eight-year-old who rejects corporal punishment, turning their feud into a battle of wills that forces him to face his failures and changes his life forever.
Savvy Savitri
Director: Disha Rindani
Producer: Anushka Shah
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: English, Hindi
Logline: Gracy Gupta, secretary of Paryavaran Park, handles everything from leaky pipes to pests. When her husband becomes a sex offender, she’s ostracized and embarks on a journey of self-discovery at the failing women’s magazine, Savitri.
Table For One
Director: Debjyoti Saha
Producer: Dhruv Sehgal
Genre: Animation
Language: Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi
Logline: An Indian adult animated anthology series that uses food as a prism to explore complex human narratives that are both, intimate and universal.
Taimur
Director: Mohammad Gani
Producer: Atif Khan, Sanjay Gulati
Genre: Drama
Language: Hindi
Logline: Kind-hearted Taimur keeps his infertility a secret from his wife. When she conceives another man’s child, his anguish pushes him to a breaking point, leading to tragedy.
Talaab (The Pond)
Director: Pranav Brara
Producer: Sanita Chittilappilly
Genre: Drama
Language: Hindi
Logline: Sneha Kohli becomes aware of her schizophrenic behaviour caused by toxic parenting and traumatic dysfunctional family ties.
Ummeed (Hope)
Director: Karan Tejpal
Producer: Dimpy Agrawal
Genre: Drama, Horror
Language: Hindi
Logline: In a small town in India, a same-sex couple conceives through an illegal sperm donation, unleashing a mysterious force that feeds on hatred and threatens to destroy them.
An Unreal Story
Director: Utpal Borpujari
Producer: Prasanna Vithanage
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Language: Hindi
Logline: At a militant camp in India’s Northeast, a hostage breaks the ice with a child ‘soldier’ by telling a story. Will the hostage be able to escape manipulating the child? Or, is his fate doomed?