THE WEIGHT OF LIGHT

ANNA HINTS

2024

Screenwriter: Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash
Cinematographer:  Karan Thapliyal
Production designer:  Tiya Tejpal
Costume designer:  Rajan Bhandari
Make-up designer:  Dinesh Upadhyay
Editor:  Marion Koppel
Sound designer:  Gabriel Solis
Composer:  Ann Reimann
Producers:  Evelin Penttilä (EST), Johanna Maria Paulson (EST)
Co-producers:  Emilie Dubois (FR), Anaïs Bertrand (FR), Pascaline Saillant (FR)
Produced by:  Stellar Film (EST), Insolence production (FR)

Short film / 20min

Awards:

Baltic Pitching Forum – Baltic Producers Media Award (2021)

Participation:

Tampere Film Festival – International Competition (2024)

Surya, a teenage ragpicker, finds a camera on a huge garbage mountain in Delhi. The camera becomes her window to the untold stories of women surrounding her. The film walks the line between documentary and fiction and focuses on a community of garbage collectors who try to find their place in the world amidst garbage and scorching heat.