The corner house

Synopsis

Bengaluru is a city steeped in memory, yet its elderly are increasingly forgotten. MEERA RAO, an architect overseeing renovations at her husband’s ancestral home, encounters Mary Ann, an elderly woman, clutching a gas cylinder and threatening to set the house alight. As Meera attempts to resolve the situation, a troubling family secret emerges, exposing the quiet cruelty of abandonment. THE CORNER HOUSE is a 17-minute Kannada - English film, exploring Alzheimer’s and Mary Ann’s experience of abandonment, examining the fragile ties between memory, family, and human dignity.

Director

Swathi Abhishek Shetty

Swathi Abhishek Shetty is an Indian filmmaker and entrepreneur based in Bengaluru, working across fiction, documentary, and community media. Drawn to stories that challenge social conventions, her work explores overlooked perspectives and underrepresented experiences. She trained at Digital Academy, Mumbai (2012–2014), before working in production with Gaurang Doshi Productions and as an assistant director and writer alongside director Siddharth Sinha on short films. She is the founder of Studio Interpolation, a content studio behind projects including Kids Around the Block and Jam Around the Block, which explore community, creativity, and everyday life. She also founded Karmanye Studios, a Kannada-language production company, and ElderWorld, an eldercare service based in Bengaluru. THE CORNER HOUSE, marks her debut as a fiction director.