Film Description

DEAR 202

DEAR 202

DEAR 202 || 23 minutes 4 seconds

Production Year

2025

Countries of productions

INDIA

Film Type

Short Fiction

Directors

Aniket kale

Producers

Nachiket Pendse, Sujay Waghmare

Cinematographer

Saumitra Yadnyopavit

Editors

Aniket Kale

Sound Designer

Pradyumna Chaware

List of film festival

1. Damah International Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan 2026, 2. P K Rosy Film Festival, Chennai, India 2026, 3. South Asian Film Festival of Montreal, Canada 2026

Awards

1. Runner Up Best Short Film at South Asian Film Festival of Montreal, Canada (2026); 2. Best Short Film Special Jury Mention at P K Rosy Film Festival, Chennai, India (2026)

Sale

NA

Film Synopsis

In the stillness of the Covid-19 lockdown, a young bachelor, frustrated by the ceaseless cries of a dog trapped in the flat below, finds his own restless soul stirred. Each bark, a lament, echoes the reflection of his own entrapment. As the world shuts the doors, guarding human life above all else, he alone heeds the call of another kind of suffering. Thus begins a quiet journey —tender, aching, and profound—toward connection, compassion, and the quiet strength of resilience.