The Waiting Room
1996, English. Directed by Asif Kapadia.
Mickey enters a large institutional waiting room and dutifully collects his ticket. When numbers are called, the relevant ticket holder exits the room, never to return. As Mickey notices that his ticket is a different colour to everybody else, he is forced to decide whether to keep or swap it.
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- 0h 9m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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How long is The Waiting Room?
The Waiting Room runs 9 minutes (0h 9m).
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Which OTT platform is The Waiting Room on?
The Waiting Room isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1996. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Waiting Room?
The Waiting Room (1996) was directed by Asif Kapadia.