INT. SCREENING ROOM – LIGHTS DOWN

Three shorts, in the order they should be watched. Each card is a title card: what it is, who made it, and where it has been.

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01 · Short · 20 min · Drama

The Silence Between Us

Written, directed & produced by Devansh Saraf
Premiere · Dec 5, 2025Culver City Film FestivalRKS Entertainment
Poster for The Silence Between Us: a father and son in white kurtas sit apart on a sofa, each holding a phoneThe Silence Between UsPoster

After the grandfather's death, a father and son stand in the same house and cannot speak. When a cherished shawl is given away, the grief and love neither will name finally surface.

4Awards
12Festival laurels
20Minutes
  • Best Indian Short FilmKodaikanal International Film Festival
  • Best Indian Short FilmTamizhagam International Film Festival
  • Best Indian Short FilmIndian Independent Film Festival
  • Outstanding AchievementKollywood International Film Festival
  • SelectionCannes World Film Festival
  • SelectionLos Angeles Film Awards · IndieX Film Fest
  • Selection13th Indian Cine Film Festival · Crown Wood International Film Festival
  • SelectionIndependent Shorts Awards · Critics' Choice International Film Festival
  • SelectionSHORTS! European Short Film Festival
  • PremiereCulver City Film Festival, December 5, 2025
02 · Narrative feature · 2022 · Satire

X or Y

Conceived, co-written & produced by Devansh Saraf · Directed by Shadab Khan
Streaming · Disney+ HotstarConceived at 16RKS Entertainment
Poster for X or Y: a young mother holds a newborn while a man behind her talks on the phone; the title is set in chromosome shapesX or YPoster

A satire that asks Indian households one plain question: whose role decides the sex of a child? Acquired by Disney+ Hotstar, where it reached the platform's top charts for three days and made its producer one of the youngest on the service.

2M+Views
8.5IMDb
17Laurels
  • AwardFirst Gender Influencer Award, Stree Shakti Mahotsava
  • Best Narrative FeatureBright International Film Festival · Cineville Calcutta Global Cinefest · Istanbul Film Awards · Madras Independent Film Festival · Gangtok International Film Festival
  • Best Feature FilmSan Diego Movie Awards
  • Best Indian FilmWhite Pearl International Film Festival
  • Best Film on Women · Special Jury AwardWhite Unicorn International Film Festival
  • Outstanding AchievementLuis Buñuel Memorial Awards
  • Best Actress · Best ActorMadras Independent Film Festival (Shafaq Naaz, Iqbal Khan)
  • Honourable mentionCine Paris Film Festival 2023
  • Semi-finalistLos Angeles Film Awards
  • Finalist4theatre selection
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03 · Short · 8 min · 2026

Memory Exercise

Written, directed & produced by Devansh Saraf
Streaming · YouTubeRKS Entertainment
Title frame from Memory Exercise: a figure stands in a dark living room, lit only by a window, beside a blank television00:00:00:00Memory ExerciseTitle frame

A figure alone in a dark room, lit by one window and a television that shows nothing. Eight minutes, released on the RKS Entertainment channel, where it has passed 112,000 views, and an award nominee at Indie Short Fest in Los Angeles.

112K+Views
8Minutes
  • Award nomineeIndie Short Fest · Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, September 2026
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INT. SCREENING ROOM – LIGHTS UP

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