In just five minutes and 33 seconds, a film by students of Gossner College, Ranchi, captured various hues of a boy-girl relationship.
Twenty-one films in three categories - short film, documentary and ad - are competing at Cynosure 2017, the two-day students' film festival at St Xavier's College, Ranchi, hosted by its journalism and mass communications department.
The festival that began on Friday, will screen 13 short films, four documentaries and an equal number of ad films. The maker of the best film in each category will get Rs 3,000 in cash and a certificate.
But, it's not for the prize money that budding film-makers from eight colleges/universities - namely hosts St Xavier's College, Gossner College, St Paul's College and Amity University (Ranchi), Central University of Jharkhand, (Brambe), Karim City College (Jamshedpur), National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad) and MG University (distance learning, Kottayam) - are taking part.
They want to showcase their fresh ideas at the festival that has since 2010 built a name for itself as a platform for young talent.
Diverse themes came alive at the films screened o Friday.
Commitment, a short film by a group of students from Karim City College, Jamshedpur, showed how tobacco addiction can break a relationship. Stolen Innocence by Central University of Jharkhand students showed how child labour robbed children of their childhood. But, Rishtey by Gossner College students impressed the audience with its deft handling of young love.
A 12-minute documentary, Abu Paika Kabu Bageya, on paika dance by Sneha Mundari of NID, Ahmedabad, had impressive cinematography.
"The films may not be perfect technically but topics are interesting," Shubhangi Singh, a journalism student, said. "I loved what I saw."
The organisers also invited young filmmaker Niranjan Kujur to screen his award winning film Edpa Kana and speak on film-making. On Saturday, well-known documentary film-maker Sourav Sarangi will host a workshop after screening his acclaimed film Char - The No Man's Land.
"We have also added two new competitions this year, DSLR photography and phone photography," said department head Santosh Kiro.
