Dream Factory (India)

Date and Time: Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 6pm to 8pm

Entry: Free (Seating on a First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue: M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003, India
Landmark: Next to the Annexe building of India International Centre
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Area: Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description: Alliance Française de Delhi, in collaboration with the Aravali Film Festival, is delighted to present a special screening of Dream Factory — a deeply personal and poetic documentary by Aarushi Nigam.

Synopsis: Dream Factory is a meditation on the power of storytelling and the contradictions within the Indian film industry. Blending documentary and essay film, it follows the precarious lives of the “below-the-line” crew working behind the glittering façade of a big-budget Bollywood production. Seen through the eyes of an Indian woman negotiating her ambivalent relationship with her culture’s myth-making machinery, the film becomes both an act of reflection and revelation.

Borrowing Bollywood’s own cinematic language to tell the stories of its most invisible workers, Dream Factory offers a poignant exploration of labour, dreams, and the hidden costs of creating cinema for a billion people.

Film Duration: 1 hour 21 mins

Director: Aarushi Nigam

Language: French with English subtitles

Join us for the screening, followed by a Q&A session with the director, who will share insights into her journey and creative process.

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