White Ant

Ashish, a middle-aged businessman, is called back to his now abandoned childhood home, where he is confronted with a colony of termites eating the house from the inside out. While trying to make arrangements over the days, he realises how disconnected he is from his old self, watching helplessly from the side-lines as the house caretaker and a termite exterminator deal with the infestation. White Ant poetically explores the drastic shift in values of a country as it modernises, the universal experience of watching the world change around us and the cultural and emotional disconnect a man experiences when being reminded of his past life.

Section

  • Best Short Film

Director

Shalini Adnani

Duration

15'

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English, Hindi

Year

2022