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Original name: Nocturnes
English name: Nocturnes
Year: 2024
Run time: 83 minutes
Language: Hindi, English, Bugun
Type (Colour/Black & White): Colour
Country: India, USA
Director: Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan
Producer: Anirban Dutta
Cast: Mansi Mungee, Gendan “Bicki” Marphew, Ramana Athreya
Screenplay: Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan
Cinematographer: Satya Rai Nagpaul, ISC
Editor: Yaël Bitton
Sound Designer: Tom Paul, Shreyank Nanjappa
Music Composer: Nainita Desai
Production Company: Metamorphosis Film Junction, Sandbox Films
World Sales: Dogwoof
Anirban Dutta, a Delhi-based filmmaker, photographer, and media educator, founded Metamorphosis in 2003. His award-winning documentaries on diverse social issues have screened at festivals like Sundance, IDFA, and Busan. Co-directing Flickering Lights and Nocturnes, he has earned accolades such as IDFA’s Best Cinematography (2023) and Sundance’s Special Jury Award (2024). Anirban also engages globally through residencies and exhibitions.
Anupama Srinivasan, a Delhi-based filmmaker and educator, studied at Harvard and FTII Pune. Her award-winning documentaries, including Flickering Lights and Nocturnes, have screened at major festivals like Sundance and IDFA. She has taught at leading institutions and directed film festivals, including IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival (2013–15) and Peace Builders Film Festival (2016).
In the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, moths are whispering something to us. In the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on this secret universe. Together, a female scientist and a young man from the indigenous Bugun community are on an expedition to decode these nocturnal creatures in a remote ecological “hot spot” on the border of India and Bhutan. The result is a deeply immersive film that transports audiences to a rarely-seen place and urges us all to look more closely at the hidden interconnections of the natural world.
