Vandita Jain

Vandita is a freelance cinematographer and visual artist. She is based out of Mumbai and travels frequently for projects across India and abroad. She enjoys collaborating with filmmakers in various genres and formats. She has been shooting narrative fiction, feature documentaries, commercials, music videos, miniature stop motion and installation art for over a decade. Some of her work has won awards and been part of national and international film festivals.

She did her Masters in Motion Picture Photography from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and Advanced Still Photography from Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi. She enjoys blurring genres, experiments in approach and strives to leave a smaller carbon footprint while shooting.

Highlights:

FLICKERING LIGHTS (documentary, 2023) – Cinematographer

Best cinematography Award – International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam, 2023

https://festival.idfa.nl/en/film/b292c18d-ff53-4eda-8e14-fb2fccc67e9f/flickering-lights/

RAINBOW RISHTA (Documentary series, 2023) – Director of Photography

Available on Amazon Prime, premiered at Jio Mami Film Festival 2023, nominated for the Glaad Media Awards in the Outstanding Documentary category in 2024, and recognized by Vogue Magazine as one of the best OTT shows of 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WdFB6qDVuw

GULABI LENS (Short Film, 2020) – Director of Photography

Special Jury Mention, 10th Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-mv86w06Xc

INTERFERENCE FRINGE (Installation by LN Tallur) – Cinematographer

Exhibited at Grounds for Sculpture, NJ (2019); Museum for Art and Photography, Bengaluru (2020)

https://ln-tallur.webflow.io/tallur-video

SAVING CHINTU (Short Film, 2020) – Director of Photography

Official Selections in 2020 – Iris Prize + LGBTQ Film Festival, Kashish Mumbai Queer Film Festival, New York Indian Film Festival

Saving Chintu – Official Trailer on Vimeo

More Info: https://vanditajain.tumblr.com/