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