POLY TICKS (India, 5 min)

Directed by Rishi Sahani

In a dingy, dimly-lit room a dhoti clad Gandhian is trying to keep his earth safe from the buzzing flies and insects. He initially just scares them away but then his quest reaches fanatic proportions. The Gandhi follower starts smashing and killing the flies with his hands and he begins to enjoy the killing spree. In a metamorphosis which is both visual and moral the man becomes one of those dark insects and flies…