The laurel wall

Three films, thirty laurels, one wall.

X or Y took Best Narrative Feature at five festivals and Best Feature at San Diego; The Silence Between Us won Best Indian Short Film three times and premiered at the Culver City Film Festival on December 5, 2025; Memory Exercise is an award nominee at Indie Short Fest.

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
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
Devansh Saraf at the Culver City Film Festival, in a black shearling jacket in front of the festival backdropDevansh SarafCulver City Film Festival, Dec 2025
Award Nominee, Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, September 2026
Award nominee · Memory Exercise
Best Indian Short Film, Kodaikanal International Film Festival 2025
Best Indian Short Film
Best Indian Short Film, Tamizhagam International Film Festival 2025
Best Indian Short Film
Outstanding Achievement Award, Kollywood International Film Festival 2025
Outstanding Achievement
Official Selection, Cannes World Film Festival 2025
Official selection
Official Selection, Los Angeles Film Awards 2025
Official selection
Official Selection, IndieX Film Fest 2025
Official selection
Official Selection, 13th Indian Cine Film Festival 2025
Official selection
Official Selection, Crown Wood International Film Festival 2025
Official selection
Official Selection, Independent Shorts Awards 2025
Official selection
Official Selection, Critics' Choice International Film Festival 2025
Official selection
Official Selection, SHORTS! European Short Film Festival 2025
Official selection
Laurel wall
AwardStree Shakti MahotsavaFirst Gender Influencer Award · X or Y
Best Indian Short FilmKodaikanal International Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
Best Indian Short FilmTamizhagam International Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
Best Indian Short FilmIndian Independent Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
Outstanding AchievementKollywood International Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
Official selectionLos Angeles Film AwardsThe Silence Between Us · X or Y
Official selectionIndieX Film FestThe Silence Between Us
Official selectionCrown Wood International Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
Official selectionIndependent Shorts AwardsThe Silence Between Us
Official selectionCritics' Choice International Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
Official selectionSHORTS! European Short Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
Official selectionCannes World Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
Official selection13th Indian Cine Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us
PremiereCulver City Film FestivalThe Silence Between Us · 5 Dec 2025
Award nomineeIndie Short Fest, Los AngelesMemory Exercise · September 2026
Best Narrative FeatureBright International Film FestivalX or Y
Best Narrative FeatureCineville Calcutta Global CinefestX or Y
Best Feature FilmSan Diego Movie AwardsX or Y
Best Narrative FeatureIstanbul Film AwardsX or Y
Best Narrative FeatureMadras Independent Film FestivalX or Y · also Best Actress, Best Actor
Best Narrative FeatureGangtok International Film FestivalX or Y
Best Indian FilmWhite Pearl International Film FestivalX or Y
Best Film on Women · Special JuryWhite Unicorn International Film FestivalX or Y
Outstanding AchievementLuis Buñuel Memorial AwardsX or Y
Honourable mentionCine Paris Film FestivalX or Y · 2023
Semi-finalistLos Angeles Film AwardsX or Y
INT. NEWSSTAND, CONNAUGHT PLACE – MORNING, JULY 2022

A seventeen-year-old's film is in the papers. The clippings.

Hindustan Times

Delhi youngster bats for real gender equality through the reel

Read the piece → Firstpost

Filmmaker Devansh Saraf on his gender equality film X or Y

Read the interview → The New Indian Express

Dispelling gender myths on screen

Read the piece → Video interview

Devansh on making X or Y at sixteen

Watch on YouTube → Emirates Loves India

Feature on X or Y

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