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PEOPLE

Different backgrounds.
A shared belief.

Programmers, directors, producers and organisers across South Asia and the diaspora, building the pathways they wish had existed for them.

Founders

Where it all 
started.

South Asian Lens was born from a shared belief in the power of storytelling and the need for more space, access, and representation for South Asian voices in global cinema.

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Shailaja Rao

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Sandhya Nathan

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Founding Members

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Gursimran Datla

Filmmaker & Producer, BetterHalf Films

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Priya Vashist

Filmmaker & Educator

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Advisors

Tathagata Ghosh

Filmmaker & Producer

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Initiative Leads

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Chithra Jeyaram

Diaspora Film Archive

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Liz Sankarsingh

Fireside Conversations

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There's room for more.

Founding membership, advisory roles and initiative support are all open. If you want to help build this, we'd like to hear from you.

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