His debut feature Autohead, traveled across major international festivals garnering acclaim before releasing on Netflix worldwide. Director Rohit Mittal’s sophomore effort, Megalopolis, …
Often times, the best works go unnoticed, unappreciated. Even the greatest filmmakers aren’t impervious to failures. They’ve all had their …
After a successful debut with Revelations (2016), Tamil filmmaker Vijay Jayapal returned this year with his second feature. Nirvana Inn …
Kolkata-born Rajshree Ojha went to the US in 1994 to study computer science and ended up studying filmmaking following her …
Film critic and independent filmmaker Sudhish Kamath has subverted stereotypes with his unconventional style of storytelling. ‘After Four-Letter Word’ (2006), ‘Good Night …
Vishal Furia showed promise with his debut horror feature Lapachhapi (2016) winning several nominations and awards at prestigious film festivals both …
Ravaged by divisive politics and religious conflicts, the once peaceful valley is now a hotbed of hatred and war. Several …
An adaptation of the Spanish thriller The Invisible Guest, Badla is a riveting, briskly-paced murder mystery that keeps you at …
Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers (2018) aims to narrate the travails of a dying industry and skill. An industry …
Anurag Kashyap doesn’t make love stories in the conventional sense. His cinema is visceral, chaotic, and brutally honest—where romance isn’t …
After assisting director Prakash Jha on films like Gangaajal and Rajneeti, LSR alum Alankrita Shrivastava debuted with Turning 30 in …
New York-based filmmaker John Morena challenged himself to a unique idea called Area52, which involved creating 52 experimental short animated …
I made my first film LENS (2015) out of desperation. After lot of failed attempts at getting a break as an …
The caveat was simple and singular: Do it. When I was several months into my fifth year of existence, my …
Indie filmmaker Sudhanshu Saria, whose debut feature Loev (the gay drama made it to Flickside’s top 9 must-watch indie films of 2017 list) won …
Founder of Flickside, a film journal that explores the craft of filmmaking through essays, reviews, and scene breakdowns. A former journalist and longtime editor, she’s helped shape a platform whose work has appeared on CNN, No Film School, and Industrial Scripts—and earned a quiet nod from the UK’s Independent Cinema Office (backed by the BFI) as one of the best resources on cinematography. Off the page, she paints abstracts and gets lost in music.
