Ranjan Palit
Still: A Knock on the DoorCinematographer and documentary filmmaker Ranjan PALIT (India) completed a Bachelor's degree in Economics and went to FTII, Pune where he studied cinema. He became a specialist documentary cinematographer after filming Anand Patwardhan's film Bombay - Our City, and went on to shoot more than 100 documentaries over 35 years. Palit also shot 20 fiction feature films. He has directed ten documentaries, including Voices from Baliapal (1988), Forever Young (2008) and In Camera – Diaries of a Documentary Cameraman (2010). His latest feature, A Knock on the Door, was selected for IFFR 2023.
Filmography
(selection) Voices from Baliapal (1988, short), Forever Young (2008, doc), In Camera – Diaries of a Documentary Cameraman (2010), Lord of the Orphans (2020), A Knock on the Door (2023)
Ranjan Palit op IFFR
Karvaan
104'
India
IFFR 2000
Celluloid Man
164'
India
IFFR 2013
Such a Morning
85'
India
IFFR 2018
A Knock on the Door
Vervolgde academici strijden tegen ongeloof in een eigenaardige, heerlijk gestileerde psychologische thriller.
118'
India
IFFR 2023
The Men in the Tree
Verontrustend inkijkje in een extreemrechtse paramilitaire beweging vanuit het perspectief van jonge rekruten.
98'
India
IFFR 2023