Unlock to stream instantly
Already unlocked? for access

Give as a gift

1 film in package
This virtual screening is eligible for audience awards! Unlock it to cast your vote.
Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: North America.
$5After unlocking, you'll have 6 days 20 hours to start watching. Once you begin, you'll have 10 days to finish watching. Need help?

'Dream Factory' is a personal essay on the power of storytelling and the magic and contradictions that is the Indian film industry. The hybrid documentary follows the precarious lives of the "below-the-line" crew of a big-budget Bollywood film, from the perspective of an Indian woman's ambivalent relationship with her culture's myth-making machinery. It is a reverie on the intensely physical, yet invisible, labor behind India's most popular art form. Borrowing Bollywood's grammar to tell the stories of its most marginalized workers, the film raises questions about the price that must be paid to manufacture dreams for a billion people – and who pays

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    80 minutes
  • Language
    English, Hindi
  • Country
    India
  • Director
    Aarushi Nigam
  • Screenwriter
    Aarushi Nigam
  • Producer
    Aarushi Nigam
  • Cinematographer
    Varun Kodamana
  • Editor
    Anny Dai, Aditi Bhande, Brystin Ivey
  • Sound Design
    Krishnan N. Swamy, Nate Gardner, Qi Zhu
  • Music
    Nika Ko, Carlos Magana Bru, Hannah Kwon, Antonio David, Bartosz Gruchala