Short Films

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YOU 'n' ME

A Short Film by Screwdriver Films

OFFICIAL SELECTION

16th Dada Saheb Phalke Film
Festival 2026

THE STORY

After three years of failed IVF, Nidhi and Anant's marriage exists in careful silence.

She endures injections, invasive procedures, and relentless family questions—fighting a battle everyone can see. He watches from the margins, paralyzed by a fear he won't name.

When a diagnosis confirms what Anant's suspected for months, 'low sperm count, poor motility,' he runs, leaving her alone with the truth. Again.

That night, the silence breaks.

What happens when the emptiness you're trying to fill becomes the space between you?

Her pain. His despair. Their battle: Fought together, yet alone.

WHY WE MADE IT

Because silence kills intimacy faster than any diagnosis.

Infertility conversations in India focus almost entirely on women.. their bodies, their treatments, their "failure." But a significant percentage of cases involve male factors. And most men carry that alone.

You 'n' Me tells the other side of the story.

Not the medical procedure. The human one.
The midnight Google searches.
The guilt that sits in your chest like a stone.
The moment you realize you've stopped reaching for each other.. not out of anger, but exhaustion.

This isn't a film about babies. It's a film about what happens when two people stop talking and start assuming the worst about themselves.

THE CRAFT

What We Focused On

Silence as language:

50% of this film has no dialogue. We let faces, hands, body language carry the weight. Because that's how real couples fracture, quietly.

Intimate cinematography:

Tight frames. Close-ups. We wanted the audience inside the apartment, inside the marriage, inside the unspoken.

The Reveal:

Night sequence exposes buried emotions; three years of silence, guilt, and distance shatter into real tears.

Hope without shortcuts:

We didn't tie this up with a miracle baby ending. The hope comes from them choosing each other again. That's the real resolution.

Festival Recognition

Official Selction

16th Dada Saheb Phalke Film
Festival 2026

THE CAST

Kunal Verma

as Anant

Pooja Banerjee

as Nidhi

Komal Chabbria

as Dr. Sharma

Three actors who understood the breif

Dont't perform grief. Just carry it.

Genre

Drama

Runtime

13 minutes 15 seconds

Language

Hindi

Lead Cast

Kunal Verma, Pooja Banerjee