Shorts & Mid-length · Filmmaker Q&A
Flowers We Couldn’t Touch
Directed by Manikanta Raj
Screens as part of Programme 8: No Man’s Land.
Screening at DIFF 2026
Fri30
to Friday 30 Oct · PictureTime 3
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- Runtime
- 15 min
- Year
- 2026
- Country
- India
- Language
- Kannada
- Subtitles
- English
Synopsis
A tribal girl and her mother struggle to hold onto their land as conflict between the state and an armed resistance movement tightens around their community.
Director
Manikanta RajManikanta Raj is a Bengaluru-based writer and director focusing on social justice, human conditions, and non-predatory futures. His award-winning short films have screened at Indian and international film festivals.Cast and crew
- Producer
- Manikanta Raj
- Writer
- Manikanta Raj
- Cinematographer
- Enosh Olivera
- Editor
- Sunil Bharadwaj
- Sound
- Shashank KS & Rajiv CN
- Cast
- Dhanya Shivakumar, Shwetha Rani HK
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