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Sandhya Suri

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Sandhya Suri
OccupationFilmmaker

Sandhya Suri is a British-Indian film director and documentarian.[1]

Early life

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Sandhya Suri was born in England and raised in Darlington.[2] Her father, Yash Pal Suri, had emigrated from India to work at a hospital in Teesside.[3]

Career

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After earning a degree in mathematics, Suri worked as a teacher in Japan. Her experiences documenting this period on camera inspired her to study documentary filmmaking at the National Film and Television School.[1][2]

In 2005, Suri's released the documentary I for India detailing her father's experiences as an 20th-century Indian immigrant in the United Kingdom based on his own tape recordings.[3] I for India was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.[4]

Suri's second film, the silent 2018 documentary Around India with a Movie Camera, used archival British Film Institute footage to explore life in British India.[5] That same year, Suri released the narrative short film The Field,[6] which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film in 2019.[2]

Suri's narrative feature debut, Santosh was selected to screen in the Un Certain Regard portion of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.[7] She first began work on Santosh in 2016 when she was accepted to the Sundance Institute Director's Lab.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2005 I for India Documentary [3]
2018 Around India with a Movie Camera Documentary [5]
The Field Short film [6]
2024 Santosh [7]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2006 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize I for India Nominated [4]
2018 British Independent Film Awards Best Short Film The Field Nominated [8]
London Film Festival Best Short Film Nominated [8]
Toronto International Film Festival Best International Short Film Won [8]
2019 BAFTA Film Awards Best Short Film Nominated [8]
Melbourne International Film Festival Best Fiction Short Film Won [8]
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film Nominated [8]
2024 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Santosh Nominated [7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sundance Institute Selects Eight First-Time Filmmakers for Directors Lab, May 30-June 23". Sundance. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Dalton, Ben. "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Sandhya Suri (writer-director)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c French, Philip. "I for India". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "I for India - Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b Kripalani, Coonoor. "Around India with a Movie Camera: Film Review Essay by Coonoor Kripalani". Association for Asian Studies. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b Bartlett, Penelope. "Love at Harvest Time: A Conversation with Sandhya Suri". Criterion. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Kaushal, Sweta. "Two Indian Films In Official Selection At Cannes Film Festival 2024". Forbes. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "The Field (2018) - Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
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