CIFF 2024

The inaugural edition of the Cinévesture International Film Festival was held in Chandigarh from 27-31 March 2024. CIFF is unique in how it focuses on a producer-led market inviting investors and creators to collaborate on a selection of curated projects from established filmmakers. Connectment Films founder Nyay Bhushan moderated a panel discussion on indie producers titled ‘Keep…

Film Bazaar 2022

The return of the physical edition of NFDC Film Bazaar after two years of disruption.

The Path to Connectment

Connectment Films is the evolution of Connect Magazine which was co-founded by Nyay Bhushan, Niket Bhushan, Namrata B Durgan and Niyam Bhushan in November 1990. In the spirit of today’s startup culture, Connect launched as a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in the form of a photocopied, stapled magazine designed on Apple Macintosh computers. Billed as…

‘Stuck in Inner Traffic’ – Bandra Film Festival x YouTube

Rush hour isn’t always where you think it is. All those loud noises you hear? Those aren’t blaring horns. You’d be surprised where all that ruckus is coming from. Just relax and immerse yourself in this ‘filmaiku’ – where film meets haiku, the Japanese art of meditative poetry. ‘Stuck in Inner Traffic’ came about in…

‘The Saint’ – Bandra Film Festival x YouTube

Memories are movies in real life. This is what I experienced when I made my short film ‘The Saint’ back in 2007 which features my late maternal grandmother. Just some months before she passed away, I spent some time with her, video taping her memories of her life’s journey.She was going through an illness and…

‘Mango Shake’ – Bandra Film Festival x YouTube

The rhythm of life is always an open invitation for you to let go and immerse in the moment. I made ‘Mango Shake’ as an expression of what it means to be in sync with the sounds and colors of India, while capturing a moment in time in 2008 when my visual inspirations were being…

‘Backdrop’ – Bandra Film Festival x YouTube

As we battle an invisible enemy, ask yourselves, were we really at “peace” back in pre-pandemic times when the world was supposedly “normal”? And hopefully, when these tough times are behind us soon, what will “peace” be like in the “new normal”? I made my short film Backdrop in 2007 after I first witnessed the…

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