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Shuchi Talati is a filmmaker from India whose work challenges dominant narratives around gender, sexuality, and South Asian identity. Her feature film, GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS, premiered in competition at Sundance where it won an Audience Award and a Special Jury Award. The film has been a recipient of Aide Aux Cinémas du Monde and Sørfond grants, and the ArteKINO and VFF Talent Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market. It has also been selected for Gotham Week, Berlinale Script Station and Cine Qua Non Script Lab. Her short film, Period Piece, about an afternoon of period sex, was selected for SXSW. Mae and Ash won numerous awards before becoming a Vimeo Staff Pick. Shuchi is an alum of Berlinale Talents, and her work has also been recognized by the New York State Council for the Arts and Région Île-de-France. She is a graduate of the American Film Institute. She lives in NYC and is a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, the Bitchitra Collective and the Freelance Solidarity Project.

Shruti Ganguly is a filmmaker and writer based between New York City and Oslo. Shruti serves on E.C.C.O., a committee of entertainment and media leaders that has worked with members of the White House and Senate caucuses, chairing its Asian subcommittee. She has produced several feature films (including Spirit-winner H., and the Nora Ephron Prize-winner INITIALS SG) that have premiered at Sundance, Venice, Tribeca, Telluride, and Berlin, and she was a Co-EP on the Oscar-nominated feature documentary, TO KILL A TIGER. Her feature directorial debut, the comedy TRIPPED UP, starring Leah Lewis, Ariel Winter, and Vanessa Williams was acquired and distributed by Decal and Universal this year, and she is currently working on too many things that this word count wouldn’t allow. She hails from India, by way of Oman.

Supported by a Humanities New York Action Grant

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