MUMBAI:
TATA Sky ShortsTV, the world’s only TV channel dedicated to short films, has acquired 18 shorts from Terribly Tiny Tales (TTT).
The service features the best short movies from India and around the world, including hours of award-winning movies. This acquisition will further bolster ShortsTV’s repertoire of Indian shorts and offer an opportunity for the burgeoning audience of short films in India to enjoy some of the commended films such as ‘Kheer’ and ‘El’ayichi’, among others, on television for the first time.
Sharing details on the same, Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive of Shorts International Ltd said, “TTT is one of India’s largest and most celebrated storytelling platforms and we are delighted to partner with them. Each film is a simply narrated beautiful story and I am confident that they will receive a warm response from our audience.”
He further added, “We are the largest curator of short form content in the world and aim to help viewers easily find the best short movies by packaging them in a viewer-friendly manner and a commercial free environment. This acquisition of films from TTT is a step towards our endeavour to feature the best short films from India on our service.”
Anuj Gosalia, CEO of Terribly Tiny Tales said, “Partnering with ShortsTV is a great way for TTT to bring our memorable short stories to a new and relevant audience. ShortsTV is a reputed curator of the world’s finest shorts and for our films to find a place in their catalogue is a win for the stories we choose to tell. We see this as a long standing and meaningful partnership as we move ahead.”
Watch ‘Kheer’, starring Anupam Kher on Monday 14 January at 21:00; ‘Deuce’, starring Mandira Bedi on Monday 21 January at 21:00; and ‘El’ayichi, starring Nimrat Kaur on Monday 28 January at 21:00. All on TATA SKY ShortsTV – channel HD 112 and SD 113.
