

Arya Rothe
Guest mentor
Arya Rothe is an independent filmmaker from Pune, India, and co-founder of NoCut Film Collective. Her debut feature-length documentary film A Rifle and a Bag (2020, India, Romania, Italy, Qatar) won the Special Mention of the Jury at the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in the in the Bright Future Competition.
The film received support from prominent documentary funds, including the DMZ Docs Fund, Creative Media Europe, Netherlands Film Funds, and others.
Her short documentary film Casa da Quina (2015) had its World Premiere at DocLisboa and won the Special Mention Jury Award at the International Film Festival FILMADRID in Spain. Her short film made in Hungary, Daughter’s Mother (2018) had its world premiere at the 61st Dok Leipzig Film Festival. She graduated in 2016 from the DocNomads Master Course. Before DocNomads, she studied at FAMU – National Film School of the Czech Republic.

R. V . Ramani
Guest mentor
Guest Mentor
Spanning a career of 35 years, with over 25 films directed and many more as a cinematographer, R V Ramani has made an invaluable impact on Indian independent documentary practice. His one-man-army, impressionistic films have earned him global and national recognition, including India’s National Film Awards,
Best Film at the Mumbai International Film Festival, and the prestigious Bala Kailasam Award, among others. His notable films include “Oh, That’s Bhanu,” “My Camera and Tsunami,” “Santhal Family to Mill Re-Call,” “Brahma Vishnu Shiva,” “Saa,” and many more. His works have been showcased at significant festivals such as Yamagata, Busan, IDSFFK, Jeonju, and many others. Additionally, retrospectives of his films have been featured at festivals like documentArt in Germany, MIFF-India, and the Asia Pacific Triennale, among others. Prior to graduating from FTII with a specialization in cinematography, Ramani worked as a photojournalist. He has been teaching and mentoring generations of young filmmakers at various Institutions

Mukul Haloi
Guest Mentor
Founder, Mentor
Mukul is a filmmaker and educator from Assam. his works dwell between sensorial exploration and reflection on the socio-politics of his homeland. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Docnomads European Masters, Berlinale Talents, Locarno Filmmakers Academy, and the University of Delhi.
He's also a fellow of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship, Early Career Fellowship-TISS, and Nagari Film Fellowship-Charles Correa Foundation. His notable works include ‘Tales from Our Childhood,’ ‘Letter to Home,’ and ‘Days of Autumn´, which have received numerous awards, including the ‘Bala Kailasam Memorial Award,’ ‘Best Short at IDSFFK,’ and ‘Best Short – Cinema Experimenta,’ among others.
His films have been showcased at renowned film festivals such as the Locarno Film Festival, Yamagata Film Festival, Mumbai Indian Film Festival, Arkipel Jakarta, Curtas Vila do Conde, and many more. He has been teaching film through numerous online and offline workshops and at various Indian universities, including short courses at FTII and Ashoka University.