Boris Mitić
Guest lecture
Born in 1977 in southern Serbia. Lived on a few continents, worked for a few years for the most prestigious global media, understood a few things and dedicated the rest of his life to creative parenting, creative football and creative documentaries: a Gypsy Mad Max recycling saga, a claustrophobic tragicomedy of the
Heejung Oh
Guest lecture
Heejung Oh is a prominent and dynamic producer of documentaries and fiction films and the founder of Seesaw Pictures (2017). She grew up in South Korea, and her life is divided between Seoul and Amsterdam/Paris. She is an alumna of EAVE, Eurodoc, Rotterdam Lab, and Berlinale Talents, and has been
Mehdi Jahan
Guest lecture
Mehdi Jahan is a filmmaker and educator from Guwahati, Assam. His work challenges conventional image production methods by drawing from regional oral storytelling traditions. He creates a sensorial aesthetic that blends personal and collective histories, resulting in a cinematic language akin to poetry and dreams.
Payal Kapadia
Guest lecture
Payal Kapadia, an FTII alumna, is a prominent voice in contemporary Indian cinema. Her debut fiction feature “All We Imagine As Light” won Grand Prix at Cannes, 2024. In 2021, “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” earned her the prestigious Golden Eye award at Cannes. In 2017, her short film “Afternoon Clouds” was the sole Indian
Ranabir Das
Guest lecture
Ranabir Das is a cinematographer based in Mumbai, India. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India. His recent cinematographic work “All We Imagine as Light” (directed by Payal Kapadia) won the Grand Prix at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. His first feature film as a cinematographer, “The Shepherdess and the
Saumyananda Shahi
Guest lecture
Guest Lecture
Born in Bangalore, Saumyananda Sahi originally studied philosophy at St Stephens College in Delhi before deciding he wanted to be a cinematographer, attending the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.
Surabhi Sharma
Guest lecture
Surabhi has been an independent filmmaker making feature-length documentaries and short films since 2000. Her documentaries, fiction, and video installations engage with cities in transition using the lens of labor, music, and migration. Her works have been screened at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival,