Aparna Asok

Buried in 1994 is a Malayalam crime thriller short film centred around a police investigation into a 22-year old murder mystery. As detectives reopen a cold case investigation, hidden secrets and shocking twists emerge, leading to a gripping investigation thriller filled with suspense, mystery, and emotional drama.

The first still-image feature in India, inspired by Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon's 1958 poem. It portrays marginalized lives held in an illegitimate detention centre, using dry leaves and storms as metaphors. An omniscient narrator from an undefined future recalls fragments lost to censorship, inviting others to complete the story. Through static images, memories, and voices, the film reflects on art, poverty, imagination, divinity, and power.