Experiencing Interruptions?

Those Stars in the Sky

When people die, they become stars is a common belief. This film promulgates such belief in view of those killed by the State forces like in police firing, fake encounter, in custody, and by the private armies of the corporations. The killing of common people and the rise of corporations have been a reality since economic reforms in India. In this background, this film is essayed between 2013 and 2018 when the State is engaged with a battle among its people for land acquisition of various corporations in India.

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  • Deba Ranjan
    Director
  • Deba Ranjan
    Writer
  • Deba Ranjan
    Producer
  • Sini Soy
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Human rights, Indigenous, India, Enviornment, Tribals, Corporations, Climate, Niyamgiri
  • Runtime:
    43 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 10, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    4,327 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Other
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 13th Gorakhpur Film Festival
    Gorakhpur
    India
    January 20, 2019
    India premier
  • 10th Jagaran Film Festival
    New Delhi
    India
    September 27, 2019
  • 13th Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    October 14, 2019
    Asia premier
    Best Documentary film
  • Lift-Off Global Network sessions 2019 official selection
    London
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection for the First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
  • 7th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2019
    Chennai
    India
    February 8, 2019
  • 27th VESOUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF ASIAN CINEMAS
    VESOUL
    France
    January 26, 2021
    Europe
  • Political Film Festival, Best Environmental Film, 2024
    Los Angeles, CA 90015
    United States
    September 24, 2024
    North America
    Best Environmental Award
  • Africa Films For Impact Festival, 2021
    Abuja
    Nigeria
    November 21, 2021
    Africa
    Semi - Final
Distribution Information
  • Deba Ranjan
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Deba Ranjan

Deba Ranjan (full name: Deba Ranjan Sarangi) is a human rights activist, writer and documentary film-maker of Odisha/India. His first documentary film is ‘The Conflict “ Whose Loss Whose Gain’ is on indigenous people who are caught up between present-day corporate globalization and religious communalism. "From Hindu to Hindutva" was his second film which won prestigious Sarat Chandran Award from ViBGYOR Film Festival, 2012.

His third film, titled “At the crossroads”, is on how Indian state is waging war against its own people.

Recently he made "Formless Form" on religious movements arisen across the subcontinent to abolish oppressive caste system. This has been selected by Sign film festival and others also.
He has already done seven documentary films. Besides filmmaking, Deba Ranjan also writes short stories and articles in different magazines/newspapers. His Odia short story collection ‘ Pahadara Peeda’ is carrying ten such stories on the life of the people of Odisha.

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Director Statement

Film making is not a subject of entertainment. Rather it is part of one's expression of own thoughts through images. The script dies when the characters come in the film and they carry the script definitely in a order chosen by the director. One can't survive without expressing his / her own feelings and filmmaking is a medium of such. Creativity is based on how we look at our surroundings and our society. My society is engulfed with several such human crises and a day is not passed on which a painful incident around me is not happening. My films are voices of my people to whom I love most.

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