A story of love, identity, and belonging — told straight from the heart.
🎬 THIS HEART IS MY NEPALI
📅 Streaming from 28th January 2026
📍 Only on ALT Cineplex
Experience a powerful Nepali film that celebrates emotions beyond borders and reminds us where the heart truly belongs.
✨ Don’t miss it.
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MKIFF-2025: Winner “Best Production Design, Short Film (Other Language)”
Film: Ostras/Oysters
Country of Origin: Spanish
Duration: 11mins
Director : José Antonio Olivares
Cast: Alba Ferrara, Alain Kortazar, José Freán Ríos, David Pinilla
Synopsis: At Marta's house oysters are eaten daily and from time to time the odd occurrence arises. She sacrifices herself to please everyone around her and they only cares about their personal interests and whims. Despite this, she doesn’t lose her smile.
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MKIFF-2025: Winner “Best Cinematography, Short Film (Other Language)”
Film: TT
Country of Origin: India
Duration: 10mins 37secs
Director, Writer & Producer: Charles Leo Panadan
Cast: Kamal Raj Mohan, Amal Raj Mohan
Synopsis: A man suffering from memory loss encounters a furious stranger who shares his face — their meeting unfolding at the edge of a cliff. With no understanding of the stranger’s rage, only driven by curiosity, he follows this mysterious double through surreal landscapes. Along the way, encounters with others in this unusual village begin to stir fragments of memory — revealing a forgotten bond that may hold the key to who he truly is, and what connects them.
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MKIFF-2025: Winner- Best Debut Director Short film (Other Language)
Film: La Première Image
Country of Origin: Greece
Duration: 25 mins
Director, Producer & Writer: Olia Verriopoulou
Cast: Konstantinos Vourloumis, Maia Mikeli
Synopsis: Athens, April of 1967.
During the first days of the military dictatorship, Loukas is suffocating in his family's apartment, which he is not allowed to leave. He then invents a new game that connects him to the outside world: answering the telephone. But the house's phone line gets mixed up with that of the Studio cinema...
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MKIFF-2025: Winner “Best Director, Student Film (English)”
Film: King’s Folly
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Duration: 10:22
Director & Writer: Mark-Antony Marini
Producer: Kate McGarry & Mark-Antony Marini
Cast: Cameron Millar, Scott Afton, Owen Coomber, Kirsten Maguire
Synopsis: A young man is offered the lead role in a play. The pressure to perform put on him by his mentor and rival drives him to madness, and tragedy befalls the both of them as the curtain rises on opening night.
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MKIFF-2025: Winner “Best Editor, Student Film (English)”
Film: The Donkey with the Baby on her Back
Director & Writer: Isabella Chaves Gutierrez
Duration: 13 mins
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Cast: Lucia Saavedra, Ben Perl
Synopsis: Daniela, a child of divorce, moves out of her childhood home. Meanwhile, she observes her parents wedding day through the eyes of the Donkey that is to carry her mother to the altar.
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MKIFF-2025: Winner “Best Student Film (English)”
Film: Mum’s Cookies
Director, Producer & Writer: Karen Holley.
Duration: 10mins 11Secs
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Cast: Louise Elliker, Richard Williams, Kate Roberts
Synopsis: Following the passing of their mother, tensions run high between siblings as they wait for the undertakers to arrive and the only way to restore peace is through their mum's cookies.
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MKIFF-2025: Winner “Best Cinematography, Short film (English)”
Film: Heaven to Know you Country of Origin: France
Duration: 38 mins 32 Secs
Director, Producer & Writer: Philip H J Gay
Cast: KATI NESCHER and MAXIME FORGO
Synopsis: After a traumatic childhood at the hands of her abusive mother and a difficult start to adult life, Lara relocates to NYC to start over, leaving behind a childhood of imaginary friends but also her dreams of song and dance.
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MKIFF-2025: Winner “Best Screenplay Short film (Other Language)”
Film: Dishearten
Country of Origin: Mexico
Duration: 15mins
Director : Alfredo Ríos Escandón
Cast: Angel Alvarado, Pamela Trejo and Antonio Manroi
Synopsis: After being heartbroken by a girl, a young man gets the chance to never suffer again thanks to the ancestral magic of a mysterious witch, who removes his heart, forcing him to walk the world without feeling anything.
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MKIFF-2025: Winner “Best Editing, Short Film (Other Language)”
Film: DUTY TO THE HOMELAND
Country of Origin: Iraq
Duration: 14mins 52secs
Director, Writer & Producer: Jaafar Murad
Cast: Salam Zahra, Ishtar Almafrajy, Ahmed Alkahtany, Mersa Auda
Synopsis: Frank confessions from SHAHEEN to his daughter FARAH, who has lived with him her entire life and knew nothing about her father's career history. SHAHEEN is currently retired, having worked loyally in Iraqi intelligence and is proud of his accomplishments. He commits numerous crimes in service of the former Iraqi regime, which he calls "achievements in the Duty to the Homeland."
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