for quite a few years together remya raj was nurturing a dream of directing her first feature film with those like fahadh faasil as part of the cast it was the pet project of the kochi native however when it fell apart despite years of hard work remya felt dejected she even lost her motivation to workall thanks to her husband and media personality maneesh narayanan she tiptoed back into work through a short film recently and it took her to lengths that she never imaginedremyas 14minute long debut short film midnight run which has directoractor dileesh pothan playing the role of a truck driver and guppy fame chethan jayalal as a youngster was selected to the indian panorama of international film festival of india iffi this year and whats more it was the only malayalam short film selected in the category and won judges praises galoremidnight run was screened in iffi on november 25 and it remains a glowing day in my memory says the filmmaker who was one among the seven female directors whose movies were lined up in the category that had 21 works in total the jury noted that aspect in itself as a noteworthy fete one of them also said that its he who had pushed for the inclusion of this film as he loved it and apparently he was also amazed by dileesh pothens acting says remya she recalls that according to the audience at iffi the thriller mood of the film kept them engaged the story of the short film revolves around a young boy who accidently goes on a trip with a truck driverremya shot midnight run within three nights in kochi city in april 2017 the experience of working on it was unforgettable we were shooting on the busy roads of the medical college and every time a vehicle had to pass we had to take off our equipment and reassemble things from scratch but thanks to our passion for it none of it affected the work much she saysit was first screened in the 11th international documentary and short film festival of kerala in thiruvananthapuram in july this year i was awfully tensed when my film was first screened i could see people watching it seated on floors and the rush to enter the hall and all of it stressed me further however things slowly got better as there was applause even between shots while screening says remya she still remembers director siby malayils words after the screening he said usually the applause erupts after the screening as the credits roll but its great that your film got such a welcome in the beginning itself only quality films are lucky to be treated in this manner and my joy knew no boundsremya who has assisted director siby malayil for a few years says the experience helped her gain confidence as a filmmaker immensely my husband maneesh narayanan is my pillar of strength and all credits go to him for pushing