MUMBAI: Marathi short film Vartul has been selected to be screened at the eighth edition of the Third Eye Asian Film Festival.

The festival will be held from 8-15 October in Mumbai.

The 19-minute film, written and directed by Santosh Ram, talks about a 10-year-old boy Damu.

According to the plot of the story, Damu leaves his home to buy jaggery as told by his mother and on the way meets his friend Manya. The film dwells on their travails and the premise that greed harms.