Rajula Shah

Masterclass

Rajula is a Poet who draws,  photographs, collage-s, tells stories, directs films, and coaches young filmmakers. She is a painting drop out of the Fine Arts Faculty Baroda. After that, she studied Sanskrit Language, English Literature, and History for her Bachelors, took a Masters in English Literature, and studied cinema at FTII, Pune,

Deepa Dhanraj

Masterclass

Masterclass

Deepa Dhanraj is one of the most renowned and highly regarded Indian documentary filmmakers, who has been directing and producing films since the eighties. Her legendary works include “Something Like a War,” “We Haven’t Come Here to Die,” “The Legacy of Malthus,”“Sudesha,” “Nari Adalat,” and “What Has Happened

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

R. V . Ramani

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, 

Saumyananda Sahi

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.

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

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,

Dorottya Zurbó

Screening & talk

Talk

Dorottya Zurbó is a Hungarian filmmaker and educator. She has been teaching at the prestigious DocNomads Joint Master program in Europe. She premiered her first feature-length documentary ‘The Next Guardian’ (co-directed by Arun Bhattarai), – an intimate family story set 

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.

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

Lipika Singh Darai

Mentor

Talk

Lipika Singh Darai is a director, writer, and editor based in Odisha. Trained in sound recording and design from the FTII, Lipika left the Mumbai film industry around 2013 to make her own films in her home state where she belongs to the Ho indigenous community.

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

Arun Bhattarai

Screening & talk

Talk

Arun Bhattarai is a filmmaker from Bhutan. His recent film Agent of Happiness debuted at Sundance Festival 2024 where it was a Grand Jury Prize nominee. It also won awards at the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Margaret Mead Film Festival, and the Biografilm 

Rajan Kathet

Screening & talk

Talk

Rajan is a filmmaker based in Kathmandu working in both fiction and documentary films. He is an alumnus of the DOCNOMADS European Masters, Berlinale Talents (2017, 2024), and the Global Media Makers LA Residency (2021/22). His first feature documentary, “No Winter Holidays”;

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.

Sunir Pandey

Screening & talk

Talk

Sunir Pandey is a film director and producer based in Kathmandu and an alumnus of the Global Media Makers program. Since 2012, he has worked as a journalist in Nepal and as a writer, translator, and editor. Sunir’s debut film, “No Winter Holidays,” won the Nativa Award at the

Mukul Haloi

Guest 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.

Sachin

Mentor

Sachin is a Rajasthan-based filmmaker who employs lens-based art to comprehend the world around him and express his ideas with an experimental approach. Coming from a family of farmers, Sachin is deeply invested in the visual exploration of agricultural practices in rural communities and their interconnectedness with

Siddhant Sarin

Mentor

Siddhant Sarin is a filmmaker and educator from India. His films delve into the everyday mundane lives of people through observational methods. With an intimate and delicate approach, he traverses the interplay between individuals’ internal and external worlds.

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