Lipika Singh Darai
Lipika SINGH DARAI is an Indian filmmaker, writer and editor from Odisha, a recipient of four National Film Awards, India’s most prestigious cinema honours.
Her film Some Stories Around Witches (2016) made for national television exposed the humanitarian crisis of witch-hunting and screened at social justice festivals worldwide; The Waterfall (2017) won the National Award for Best Educational Film; and Backstage (2021), on Odisha’s last generation of puppeteers, premiered in feature competition at the 39th Asolo Art Film Festival, Italy.
Her film essay Night and Fear (2023) premiered in the Tiger Short Competition followed by B and S (2025) in the Short & Mid-length section at IFFR. She is developing her debut fiction feature Birdwoman, supported by the Hubert Bals Fund Development Support scheme in 2023 and selected for CineMart 2026, and is recognised by BAFTA Breakthrough India 2023.
Filmography
A Tree a Man a Sea (2012, short doc), Kankee O Saapo/Dragonfly and Snake (2014, short doc), Some Stories Around Witches (2015, doc), The Waterfall (2016, short), The Sound Man Mangesh Desai (co-dir. 2018), Backstage (2021, doc), Raati O Bhaya/Night and Fear (2023, short), B and S (2023, short)
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Lipika Singh Darai at IFFR
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B and S
Lipika Singh Darai | 30' | India | World premiere
A letter to B and S. To love, friendship, and to the creation of a home. -
Night and Fear
Lipika Singh Darai | 28' | India | World premiere
An engaging film, carefully crafted from archival footage from the filmmaker’s earlier projects.
