Bipuljit Basu, a Sundance Institute and IDFA Grantee, is an aspirant filmmaker in Indian Factual cinema/Reality cinema and documentaries. His foray is to bring the less-known South Asian marginal stories into mainstream film and media. Postgraduate in Social Development, Bipuljit finds out the unexplored stories which have a social significance in popular culture, creating some impact values in the broader social spectrum. He believes in showing Inclusion, which is an instrument for social change. Bipuljit was also an oversea distributor who brought the best curated social issue based stories in North America and Europe from 2016 to 2019.
Bipuljit also worked as an Asian Jury at Science Film Festival, hosted by UNDEP and Goethe Institute, held in 94 countries.
Filmography includes – REDLIGHT TO LIMELIGHT, his first Feature-length Factual Cinema (Work In Progress), 2021-24, India –Finland- Latvia Coproduction, supported by Sundance Institute (DFP), IDFA Europe, Hotdocs Crosscurrent International Doc Fund, AVEK Finland, and Inmaat Foundation, Film Independent, USA, selected at international pitching forums of DMZ Docs’23, Hotdocs Forum’23, Sheffield Doc Fest Meet Market'22, Dok Leipzig Co-Pro Market’21, Docedge Kolkata’21,India, Dhaka Doc Lab’21.
MIDNIGHT BLUES, Short, 2022, 26 Min, selected NFDC Film Bazaar, India, and in the Competition section (India Premier) at Kolkata International Film Festival’22, Popular Choice Award, SEQUIFF’22, San Fransisco, USA, distributed by Library of Congress, Dept. of State, USA.
