| TITLE OF THE FILM | Flickering Lights |
| DIRECTED BY | Anupama Srinivasan, Anirban Dutta |
| LANGUAGE | Tangkhul (English subtitles) |
| YEAR | 2023 |
| DURATION | 90 minutes |
| SPECIAL NOTE | Kolkata Premiere |
PRINCIPAL CREW
| WRITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING | Anupama Srinivasan |
| WRITING, PRODUCING, ILLUSTRATIONS | Anirban Dutta |
| ADDITIONAL CAMERA | Vandita Jain, Mrinmoy Mondal, Srikanth Kabothu |
| LOCATION SOUND | Sandeep Kumar Singh, Suchisuvro Sen, Partha Halder, Sabyasachi Pal, Aparna Das, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Biswajit Das |
| SOUND DESIGN | Shreyank Nanjappa |
| MUSIC | Rao-de Haas |
ABOUT THE FILM
In a Naga village near 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. 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.
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Anirban Dutta is a filmmaker, still photographer and media educator based in Delhi. He has directed and produced several documentary films and created many photographic essays. He was part of the Eurodoc Training Program for Creative Producing in 2021 and Film Independent’s Global Media Makers LA Residency in 2022 with the award-winning film ‘Nocturnes’, which premiered at Sundance 2024.
Anupama Srinivasan is a filmmaker, film educator and curator based in Delhi. An alumna of Harvard University and FTII Pune, she has been making documentaries for over two decades. She co-directed, shot and edited ‘Flickering Lights’, that received the Best Cinematography award at IDFA international competition 2023. ‘Nocturnes’, which she co-directed and co-edited, received the Special Jury Award for Craft at Sundance 2024.
DIRECTORS’ STATEMENT
“The treatment of our film is guided by an urge to reframe stories of marginalization of indigenous communities, and to present Tora as a living, thriving entity rather than essentializing the people here as victims of underdevelopment or violence. In a world of increasing cacophony and polarisation, we want to express ourselves with gentleness, allowing small gestures, everyday conversations to reveal the lived philosophy of a people, their dreams and anxieties.”
