Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha - becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Hindu scriptures say that a soul has to undergo 8.4 million rebirths before reaching the human form, the only form one can attain moksha, and dying in Varanasi and being cremated along the banks of the river is believed to be the ideal way of achieving this. Several so-called ‘death hotels’ exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death - some for as long as 40 years. Director: Dan Braga Ulvestad Producer: Charu Menon DOP: Caleb Ware In association with Heckler Executive Producers: Charu Menon, Jamie Watson, Will Alexander, Media StockadeFinanced in association with Screen Australia.Editor: Andrew Holmes Colourist: Greg Constantaras Assistant Editor: Adrian Maurici Production Company (India): ShotReady Productions Line Producer (India): Siddharth Bhavnani Production Manager (India) Neha Gowda Assistant Camera: Esteban Rivera Original Music Score: Dustin Lau Sound Design: Rubin Henkel & Nylon Studios Re-Recording Mixer: Casimir von Oettingen Official Selection: DocEdge, 2020 St Kilda Film Festival, 2020 (Nominated for 3 Awards including 'Best Documentary') Euregion Film Festival 2020 Melbourne Documentary film festival 2020 Antenna Film Festival 2019 Ozdox Documentary Festival 2019 UNAFF 2020 DocsMX 2020 Broadcast: ABC - Australia in March 2020 Other Accolades: Young Directors Award - Shortlist Gold Tripod at National ACS Awards 2020 Silver for Editing at Oslo International Film Festival 2019 Trailer featured in Best Ads of the world