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Synopsis
In a village of the Naga community on the Indo-Myanmar border, seventy years after Indian independence, news floats that electricity might arrive. People are skeptical as they have been let down too often in the past. An enterprising woman dreams of a better future for her family. A century-old man feels that nothing will ever change. Life flickers between hope and frustration as the village waits. Does electricity arrive? When it does, will it bring the promised joy?
Producer(s) or Production Company: Anirban Dutta
Screenplay: N/A
Director of Photography: Anupama Srinivasan
Editor: Anupama Srinivasan
Music: Saskia Rao-de Haas
Sound: Shreyank Nanjappa
Cast: NA
Awards - Winner: IDFA (Best Cinematography Award)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Busan IFF (Documentary Competition), IDFA (International Competition), Official Selection at Yamagata IDFF, Taiwan IDF, Sydney IFF
Director's Biography
ANUPAMA SRINIVASAN, ANIRBAN DUTTA
Anupama Srinivasan is a filmmaker, film educator, and curator based in Delhi, India. She has been making documentaries for the past two decades, often shooting and editing her work. Her films have been screened at various film festivals including Sundance, IDFA, Busan, Peloponnisos FF, and Kara FF. She was the Festival Director of the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival for three years (2013-15) and of the Peace Builders International Film Festival in 2016. Anirban Dutta is a filmmaker, still photographer, and media educator based in Delhi, India. He set up his company, Metamorphosis in 2003. He has directed and produced several documentary films and created many photographic essays on diverse topics such as children’s rights, biodiversity, environmental issues, health, and gender and sexuality. His films have traveled to various film festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, IDFA, New York Short FF, Al Jazeera IFF, and Mumbai IFF.
- Asian Cinema Competition
- Indian Cinema Competition
- Kannada Cinema Competition
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Country Focus - Germany
- Critics Week
- Bio-Pics
- Kannada Cinema of Popular Entertainment
- Women Power in Filmmaking
- Unsung Incredible India - Films from little known languages
- Retrospective
- Centenary Tributes
- Homages & Remembrances
- Thematic Films on Human Resilience, Rights and Values