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The actual voice of Kashmir
Film in Kashmir with the people who live here.
We make original Kashmiri cinema, and we give visiting productions everything they need on the ground: local crew, native casting, locations, permits and logistics.
First Runner-Up, 2025 TUM ChangeMaker Awards for sustainable regional cinema
International co-production lab with the 100 Second International Film Festival of Iran
Productions on the slate, directed or conceived by Mir Afnaan Nissar
Micro-shorts produced in Srinagar through the 2026 lab
Days of free public filmmaking masterclass, 2025
The studio
Our work begins inside the community: local casts, local crews, local truths. Every film is conceived with intention and crafted to travel, carrying an authentic Kashmiri voice to festivals, screens and audiences anywhere in the world.
One studio · Four divisions
Crew, native Kashmiri casting, locations, permits and logistics for productions filming in the Valley. One local partner from first recce to final wrap.
Brand films and campaigns made with cinematic craft and an authentic regional voice, plus a podcast suite in Downtown Srinagar.
Auteur-driven micro-shorts and narrative films in Kashmiri, developed, shot and finished by the studio, with room for co-producers on the slate.
Masterclasses, an international co-production lab and on-set apprenticeships that grow Kashmir's own filmmaking community.
Featured theatrical slate
From 100-second micro-shorts made with an international festival to Kashmiri-language narrative shorts in development, every Shabrang film begins with a contradiction worth sitting with.
Narrative short ▪ ~6 min ▪ Kashmiri
Driven by desperation, a father and son exploit a tragic incident to raise money through a fraudulent charity campaign, but when the truth emerges, their conscience is tested against the very circumstances they claim leave them with no choice.
A young devotee meticulously conserves water during ritual ablution before prayer, then turns and throws a bag of household waste into the sacred Jhelum River.
Following the sudden death of her parents, a grieving orphan girl watches mourning visitors offer sympathy, while quietly looting her family home.
A philosophical provocation interrogating the moral silence of ordinary citizens who look away while others suffer, invoking Socrates' cup of hemlock.
How a shoot works with us
Five moves, one local team. You bring the story; we hold the ground.
Share your script, dates and scale. We map needs, risks and budget.
Location scouting, photographs and feasibility, reported from the ground.
Crew, casting, permits, transport and stay locked before you land.
A local production team runs the floor alongside your crew, every day.
Clean exits, settled vendors and locations left as we found them.
Cinema incubator & workshops
Shabrang Films trains the next generation of Kashmiri filmmakers on real productions, in the city where the stories are made.
A Srinagar lab with the 100 Second International Film Festival of Iran, producing micro-shorts built on a strict 100-second form.
2025 · FreeA free three-day public intensive on direction, lensing, shot breakdowns and screenwriting.
Now · IntakeOn-set training in Srinagar across five departments, for emerging storytellers ready to learn on working productions.
OngoingA dataset for the Kashmiri language, built with the people who speak it. Speakers can help it grow.
Recognition · 2025
Second place, recognising Shabrang Films for sustainable regional cinema: local crews first, low-waste sets and training on every production.
Production intake
Bring your production to Srinagar. We hold the ground in Kashmir so your story is told with authenticity, from first recce to final wrap.