Neelansh Mittra

Neelansh Mittra is a multidisciplinary artist with a foundation in documentary filmmaking. His films highlight the fragile existence of traditional musicians and folk practices in the wake of modernisation, economic strain, and digital displacement. 

Neelansh composes music and designs sound for films as well as art installations. A scholarship laureate of the International Programme for Sound Documentary at ENS Louis Lumière, Paris; his co-directed piece, L’expérience de ses fantômes (2023) was awarded Best in Documentary Arts at Mimesis Film Festival in Colorado.

His debut independent short Chorao Chorao (2025) marks the formal beginning of an experimental approach to image-making, exploring manifestations of fear through his practice.