Rung Film Festival is excited to announce THE INCREDIBLE 2026 LINE UP
ABC (Short, DRAMA)
Director: Javaria Waseem
SYNOPSIS: A woman teaches a ghost classroom as she struggles to find a word in the Urdu language for the crime that has been taking place for decades.
Country: PAK
DATING (Short, COMEDY)
SYNOPSIS: Meet OMAR. He’s 18, at a party, and on top of the world after his FIRST kiss! But when his date’s unstable ex, who was just discharged from the Marines, storms in hoping to “talk,” Omar must decide if he’ll come to the rescue, or simply cower off. The real question is - will either choice win him the girl?
Director: Ammad Shaikh
Country: US
EXIT INTERVIEW (Short)
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Director: YASIR RAZA
Country: US
Soul of the mountain (Short)
SYNOPSIS: Through breathtaking visuals and heartfelt storytelling, Soul of the Mountain captures Fareed’s transformation from a young dreamer to an emblem of resilience, illustrating the power of perseverance and the pursuit of seemingly impossible dreams.
Director: Sapna Zamir
Country: Pakistan
A Better Place (Short, drama)
SYNOPIS: After being abandoned by her mother on a bus stop in the city of Seoul, 7-year old Jia has nowhere to go. As the night gets darker, she sees light in a stranger, an illegal South Asian immigrant stuck in South Korea after unsuccessfully performing “Donkey Flight”. The unlikely pair survives the night by forming an unusual connection by making brave and at times, difficult choices.
Director: Ali Sohail Jaura
Country: Pakistan
Leveled (SHORT, drama)
SYNOPSIS: Safa, a 17-year old hijabi is about to embark on a day like no other but time is of the essence. Growing up in a multi-generational, Pakistani household, Safa is forced to adhere to cultural ideologies by her over-bearing, traditional grandmother, while caring for her mother who is sick with cancer. When Safa realizes her mother’s medication has run out, on one of the most important days of her life, she’s forced to navigate a path that’s filled with levels of cultural stigma and islamophobia from the community around her.
As she races against the clock, will she be able to help her mother and believe in herself enough to see her dreams become a reality?
Director: Dalphinium Media
Country: CANADA
The Boy with the Dinosaur Head (SHORT)
SYNOPSIS: A troubled first-grader is convinced he's a dinosaur, much to the chagrin of the teacher tasked with bringing him back down to earth. What passes between them, though fragile, tender and brief, is enough to change how they'll remember this day forever.
Director: Imran J Khan
Country: US
Dear Bird (SHORT)
SYNOPSIS: A woman searches for resolution after the death of her enigmatic father.
Director: Solana Mirza
Country: US
Don't be late, Myra (SHORT, Thriller)
SYNOPSIS: A missed school bus leaves ten-year-old Myra stranded in Lahore, where her journey home spirals into a tense fight for survival against the men who stalk her every step.
Director: Afia Serena Nathaniel
Country: PAKistan
DISCIPLINE (SHORT)
SYNOPSIS: As a star student advocates for his best friend’s sobriety during his disciplinary trial, he realizes that the court has already been rigged in his favor.
Director: Don Ahmad
Country: US
SPECTATOR (SHORT, drama)
SYNOPSIS: A young woman with an eating disorder battles with the contrasting urges to binge and purge. Over the course of a day, she spirals into eventual loss of self control.
Director: Imaan Hasan
Country: US
So What If You Are A Gold Medalist? (SHORT)
SYNOPSIS: Janet struggles to find a job despite being a top student. So what if she is a gold medalist?
Director: Vicky Zhuang Yi-Yin
Country: Hong Kong
Indus Echoes (FEATURE, drama)
SYNOPSIS: Indus Echoes explores the relationship between humans and the great Indus River through five stories set on, across and around the mighty river.
Director: Rahul Aijaz
Country: PAKISTAN
Hungama (SHORT, comedy)
SYNOPSIS: Chaos ensues when Sabeen's younger cousin, Alaina, drinks her contacts on her wedding day.
Director: Nawal Mubin, Mayra Corena Gutierrez
Country: US
Bismillah (SHORT)
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Director: Asif Abbas Quraishi
Country: CANADA
Jyoti (FEATURE, Drama, psychological)
SYNOPSIS: Jyoti is a psychological drama about Sharmeen, a reserved seamstress in Karachi who begins to fall for her neighbor, Jahanzeb. But as she opens herself to love, long-buried trauma resurfaces in the form of Jyoti — a voice from her past shaped by violent fiction and generational silence. The film explores how we inherit stories, and how those stories can both protect and imprison us.
Director: Azfar Ali
Country: US
Stakeout (short, thriller, horror, crime)
SYNOPSIS: On a tense stakeout, two weary cops debate the value of their work—unaware that something sinister stalks the streets… and them.
Director: Micah Khan
Country: US
The Martial Artist (feature, drama)
SYNOPSIS: An MMA fighter destined for greatness must face his biggest rival yet: himself.
Director: Shaz Khan
Country: US
Hi Roof (Short, Student, drama)
SYNOPSIS: On a daily university van ride, two strangers exchange nothing but silent glances and louder thoughts. As days pass, their unspoken bond grows - until the silence becomes the story.
Director: Ali Raza
Country: PAKISTAN
Attock (Short, drama)
SYNOPSIS: In Attock, a small town in Pakistan, a 10‑year‑old boy returns home from school only to discover that his beloved pet pigeon has been eaten by his father, who believed it would help treat his illness, Bell's palsy. Heartbroken and feeling betrayed, the boy wanders outside, climbs to the rooftop, and drifts into sleep. When he awakens, he encounters a magical moment of love descending from the sky, an unexpected gift that transforms his sorrow into wonder.
Director: Awais Gohar
Country: PAKISTAN
JISM (body) (Short, Documentary)
SYNOPSIS: In conservative Pakistan, a photographer and his ambitious muses challenge social norms in pursuit of recognition and self-worth in today's social media-driven world as they engage in candid discussions about culture, identity, body image and vulnerabilities – during a photoshoot.
Director: Husain Qaizar, Saad Zuberi
Country: PAKISTAN
Ghost School (Feature, DRAMA)
SYNOPSIS: When Rabia, a ten-year-old girl, finds her village school closed, rumours start that the school is haunted and her teacher is possessed by a Jinn. This fable is a ghost story with a tinge of magical-realism that explores corruption from a child’s perspective.
Director: Seemab Gul
Country: PAKISTAN
Karmash (SHORT)
SYNOPSIS: The last heir of the Karmash tribe recollects his now-forgotten ancestral traditions. He wanders through fragmented memories of his past, his lineage, and the city, which is slowly fading into the ruins of his consciousness.
Director: Aleem Bukhar
Country: PAKISTAN
Gudgudi ("Tickle") (SHORT)
SYNOPSIS: Trapped in the midst of the riots that engulfed Gujarat, India, in 2002, a mother and daughter resort to a unique method of survival when predators come looking for loot – and for prey.
Director: Abhiroop Basu
Country: INDIA
On The Mountain (SHORT)
SYNOPSIS: ON THE MOUNTAIN is the story of Rabia
Noori, an English teacher from Kabul, and the
impossible choice she has to make to save her family. A
poetic drama inspired by true events
