Flickering Lights
2023 IDFA
2023 Busan IFF
In a remote village on the Indo-Myanmar border, seventy years after Indian independence, news floats in that electricity might arrive. People are skeptical as they have been let down too often in the past. A woman dreams of a better future. A century-old man dreams of sovereignty for his people. Life flickers between hope and frustration as a village waits.
Directors
Anirban Dutta
Anirban is a filmmaker, still photographer and a media educator based in Delhi, India. He set up the film company, Metamorphosis in 2003. He has directed and produced several documentary films and created many photographic essays. His films have traveled to various film festivals including Sundance, CPH, Busan, IDFA, Hot Docs, Sheffield, DOC NYC, Yamagata, and MIFF. He was part of the Eurodoc Training Program for Creative Producing in 2021. He was also part of Film Independent’s Global Media Makers LA Residency in 2022 with the project Nocturnes. The film premiered at the Sundance in 2024 and went on to be shown at over 50 festivals across the world, winning awards at Sundance, Thessaloniki, Mumbai and others.
Anupama SRINIVASAN
Anupama Srinivasan is a filmmaker, film educator and curator based in Delhi, India. An alumna of Harvard University and FTII Pune, she has been making documentaries for over two decades. Flickering Lights, the feature documentary that she co-directed, shot and edited received the Best Cinematography Award at IDFA international competition 2023. Nocturnes, which she co-directed and co-edited, premiered at Sundance 2024 where it received the Special Jury Award for Craft. Her work has received support from Catapult, Doc Society, IDFA Bertha, Sundance, Visions Sud Est and other funds.