RTL
Redlight To Limelight
Red Light to Limelight strikes a fine balance between the tragic stories of individual sex workers in Kolkata’s Kalighat red light neighborhood and the joyous community activity of filmmaking. Bipuljit Basu’s documentary follows CAM ON, a film production
At the heart of CAM ON, the creative community dedicated to telling the stories of folk within Kolkata’s red-light community, is Rabin, himself the son of a sex worker. “He could have become a pimp, but instead became a storyteller,” director Bipuljit Bas
Taskovski Films has picked up sales rights to “Redlight to Limelight,” about a high-spirited group of Indian sex workers and their families as they make a short film. The film, directed by Bipuljit Basu, has its world premiere at Sheffield DocFest in the
Sheffield DocFest turns 32 this year, and it’s still the UK's documentary heavyweight – the place where you'll spot next year's must-watch docs before they hit cinemas or streaming platforms
The festival will also feature Billy Porter, docs on Billy Idol, Israel-Palestine, the aftermath of Brexit, 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin,' and 'Redlight to Limelight,' about Indian sex workers who make short films.
Celebrated for its documentary filmmaking, especially for the “Poetic New Wave” of the 1960s, the Baltics are pushing for larger visibility for today’s talented directors and producers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Sheffield DocFest, the UK’s premier documentary festival and one of Europe’s largest gatherings of its kind, has unveiled the full line-up for its 32nd edition, running from 18–23 June. A total of 116 films from 68 countries will screen this year, includi
“As the UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects,. DocFest champions and presents the breadth of documentary form – film, television, immersive and art – made possible with the huge support
Dreams are everywhere; everyone has them. In Bipuljit Basu’s empathetic Redlight to Limelight, we see those who are the most fragile dreaming, and all you can do is dream with them.
Directed by Bipuljit Basu, sex workers and their kids in a Kolkata brothel run Cam-On, a video production unit where they create stories. Beyond their harsh reality, they find joy in storytelling and hope to improve their environment.
A recent documentary shows how Kolkata’s sex workers are reclaiming their narrative – one film at a time.
Bipuljit Basu’s “Redlight to Limelight” is a plunge into the full-bodied resilience, dreams, and struggle for daily grace in Kalighat’s sex worker community. We are taken through alleys and humble houses as the director opens out windows into the fragilit
Meet Meena, Afsara, Bilkis, Rabin and many other remarkable individuals from Kolkata’s impoverished Kalighat red-light district. They are part of CAM-ON, a creative community that learns filmmaking through online tutorials. Regularly uploading dynamic vis
The dream of telling their own stories brings sex workers together with the young ones to form a self taught film unit in a Kolkata brothel. The resilient film crew eventually scales the battle up to resist prostitution among the present generation and ma
How an ‘accidental filmmaker’ from Kolkata won Sundance Institute Documentary Fund honour
Kolkata docu film-maker receives Sundance grant
Kalighat, in central Kolkata, is one of the most sacred pilgrimage centres
It’s a film movement, away from all the glittery flashlights, all the
The documentary tracks a group of sex workers and brothel youth who form a
35 film projects from 36 countries have been selected for the 17th DOK Co-Pro Market of DOK Leipzig . The projects are in development or at an early stage of production and arde given opportunity at DOK Co-Pro Market to connect with potential co-productio
Kalighat, in central Kolkata, is without doubt one of the most sacred
“আজকে জাতীয় স্তরেই বাংলা ছবি আর তেমন গুরুত্ব পাচ্ছে না। বিশ্ব
The film-maker Bipuljit Basu collaborates with youngsters from Kalighat to make what he claims i
Interview with the film-maker Bipuljit Basu.
Welcome to Fiscal Spotlight, a special monthly round up of projects—at all stages
The IDFA Bertha Fund is delighted to announce the IBF Europe selection,
Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Panicaro
Sundance Institute’s Documentary Fund will be supporting 23 selected
The Fund prioritises supporting and empowering historically
Kolkata: City boy Bipuljit Basu’s film ‘Redlight to Limeligh
Bipuljit Basu’s ‘Redlight to Limelight’ follows children from a Kolkata brothel
workers and their children together to form a tiny self-taught film unit in a
Funds Support Four Documentaries Four films will receive funding from Hot Docs’ CrossCurrents Funds. The festival announced recipients for the CrossCurrents Doc Fund International Theatrical Stream and the CrossCurrents International Doc Fund Short/Exper
A year after Payal Kapadia's 'A Night of Knowing Nothing' won the L'Oeil d'or (Golden Eye)
Sundance Institute has named the 2023 grantees of its Documentary Fund, supporting the work of
The forum, an international financing event aimed at securing
We are thrilled to announce the slate for the 17th edition of our
Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, has unveiled the
Where do sons of Kalighat’s sex workers go when their own rooms are
The recent Supreme Court verdict on sex workers has generated mixed reactions
The 2023 Sundance Institute Documentary Fund has officially unveiled its grantees. The non-profit announced the 2023 recipients of over $1 million in unrestricted grant support for 23 projects from non-fiction filmmakers across the world. Six winning proj
35 film projects from 36 countries have been selected for the 17th DOK Co-Pro Market of DOK
The documentary is the only film from India to be selected at the co-
The Sundance Institute has named the 2023 grantees of its Documentary Fu
The Sundance Institute has announced the 2023 grantees for the annual
There’s just over three months to go before the 2023 Sundance Film
The film-maker Bipuljit Basu collaborates with youngsters from Kalighat to make what he claims is the first participatory film in a red-light area in Kolkata, but more importantly, he provides them an opportunity to reimagine their lives.
Welcome to Fiscal Spotlight, a special monthly round up of projects—at all stages of production—working their way through Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship pipeline.
n an exciting announcement today, the Sundance Institute revealed the recipients of this year’s grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund.
Hot Docs has announced its project selections for the 24th edition of the Hot Docs Forum. The forum, an international financing event aimed at securing coproduction partners and funding for feature-length
Where do sons of Kalighat’s sex workers go when their own rooms are blocked by their mothers’ clients? This is the theme of a hybrid fiction titled ‘Midnight Blues’ that is competing at the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival.
© 2026 Redlight To Limelight is Designed & Developed BY Thinkbizz Marcom PVT LTD.
