Susant Misra - Filmography

Nischal Badal (The Silent Cloud) - B/W, 35mm, 25 min. - 1989

Selected and screened in the Competitive Section at the Oberhausen Film Festival, West Germany in 1990.

Indradhanura Chhai (Shadows of the Rainbow) – Oriya language, Color, 16mm -35mm, 112 min. - 1993

Official Selection in Un Certain Regard at the Festival International du Film, Cannes in 1995.

Grand Prix for the Best Feature Film at the Sochi International Film Festival, Russia in 1995.

Citation: “For poetic conciseness and preciseness of cinematic language.”

Special Jury Mention at the National Film Awards, 1994

Citation: “The poetic exploration of a woman’s experience of loneliness in the context of the inexorable flow of time culminating in a positive note of redemption in symbolic images.”

Best Direction, Best Dialogues & Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Special Jury Award by the Orissa State Government in 1994.

Selected and screened at:

Cairo International Film Festival

Rotterdam International Film Festival

Moscow International Film Festival

International Film Festival for Noveau Cinema, Montreal

Festival at Institute Lumiere, Paris

Screened as the Closing Film of the Indomania “100 Years of Indian Cinema” Celebration in Paris.

Dhenkanal – A Multifaceted Paradise – English, Color, 16mm, 30 min. - 1995

Screened in the “Spectrum India” section of the Mumbai International Film Festival 1996

Samarpanam – Documentary on the eminent Bharat Natyam dancer Malavika Sarukkai - 1997

Screened in the Information Section of the Mumbai International Film Festival, 1998

Biswaprakash (The Young Rebel) – Oriya language, Color, 35mm, 140 min. - 1999

Selected and screened at:

Shanghai International Film Festival, 1999

Cairo International Film Festival, 1999

Critics Choice, Rotterdam Film Festival, 2001

Singapore International Film Festival, 2000

Indian Panorama section, International Film Festival of India, 2000

Silver Lotus for Best Oriya Film, National Awards 2000

Dharini (Whispers of Change) – Hindi language, Color, 35mm, 130 min. - 2002

Pearls of Wisdom (Documentary on Oriya Literature for the Children’s Film Society of India) – Oriya language, Betacam, 30 min.  - 2003

‘Dharini’ - Whispers of Change

A Susant Misra Film