‘Fireflies In The Abyss’ Won Two Top Awards At MIFF

04 February, Mumbai

Producer-director Chandrasekhar Reddy’s documentary feature ‘Fireflies in the Abyss’ bagged two top awards, the Golden Conch award for Best Documentary Feature film and the Best Cinematography in the National Competition category at the 14th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF).

The 88-minute documentary feature, which had its India premiere at the MIFF, captures the dream of an 11-year-old boy who fights his way out of life in the rat-hole coal mines, to put himself in school.The director who is excited about winning the awards, yesterday said,”While the film has been gaining tremendous attention internationally, it is special to receive this special honour at home in India. And to be recognized as producer, director and cinematographer is overwhelming. But there is also a great team of people who helped me realis this. And I am thinking of Suraj and all the miners at this time.”

The film had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival in 2015 and had earlier been screened at the market section of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival and received ‘Film Bazaar Recommendation’ at NFDC Film Bazaar, 2015.

The film is slated for a theatrical release in India in early 2016.