Masterchef - Ritesh Batra (2014)

1 of 5 films created for an innovative awareness campaign funded by the Sundance Institute in association with the Gates Foundation, Masterchef  by Ritesh Batra (Director of 'The Lunchbox') is a simple but elegant story of poverty, gumption and the power of dreams.

The project, the Sundance Institute Short Film Challenge, is a mixture of commissioned work and a film contest, dedicated to “inspire discussion, shift perception and dismiss stereotypes of poverty and hunger.”

Sundance and the Gates Foundation are inviting filmmakers the world over to participate by sending in short film submissions. 5 winners will be selected, each receiving $10,000 and a trip to Sundance 2015 where their films will be screened.

For more info:   http://tongal.com/sundance

Glas (1958)

'Glas' is a beautiful short documentary on the Glass industry in the Netherlands by Dutch filmmaker Bert Haanstra. It contrasts the process of making hand made glass from the automated bottle making machines at the Royal Leerdam Glass Factory.

'Glas' won an Oscar Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1959. First watched it during my student days in Manipal.