Ashvin Kumar is a writer / director / actor / producer with an Oscar® nomination for “Little
Terrorist” (2005) also, nominated for European Film Academy | honourable mention BAFTA/LA, Aspen | Grand Prize, Tehran Film Festival | 1st Prize, Montreal Film Festival | Best Film - Docufest FF, Flanders FF, Manhattan FF | Audience Award, Almeria En Corto | Winner, Best Short Film, Satyajit Ray Film awards | Bell Expressvu Award, Reelworld FF, Canada | Silver Conch, MIFF (Mumbai) | Winner, Montreal, Sao Paulo, Luciana (Italy), Salento, Sousse
(Tuniese), Temecula Valley, Alternative Film Festival (Romania) | in competition Tribeca, Telluride, Sydney, Bangkok, Palm Springs, London, Chicago Children’s FF, Berlin Shorts FF, Motovun FF, Odense, San Francisco, Tampere, Tobor, Asiana | and, over 150 other film festivals. His latest feature film, “No Fathers in Kashmir” Alumni, Sundance Lab / Development Grant, Asia Pacific Screen Awards released theatrically in the UK (2020) to glowing reviews from Hollywood actor Joanna Lumley, BBC’s Mark Kermode, Sight & Sound, Movie Waffler with 4 stars in UK’s Time Out, Total Film, Morning Star, Eye For The Film, Daily Express. Its Indian theatrical release (2019) saw critical acclaim from Alia Bhatt, Mira Nair, Shabana Azmi,
Shashi Tharoor, Aparna Sen, Kalki Koechlin | Huff Post | 4.5 stars from Rediff & 4 stars Times
of India, Film Curry, Republic World, Desi Martini. He is also a two-time National Award winner for his feature documentaries “Inshallah, football” (2010) Jury Prize winner Dubai FF | winner AND grant - Pusan Film Festival | official selections of Chicago & Pusan and “Inshallah, Kashmir” (2012) also, Al Jazeera Doc Film Festival. Other films include road-movie “Road to Ladakh” (2004) official selections, Raindance & Vancouver Film Festivals | 2004 starring Irrfan Khan. “Dazed in Doon” (2010), an educational-filmmaking experience, teaching 60 school-going teens of Doon School, India while creating a feature film. And, thriller “The Forest” (2009), Raindance & Stiges Film Festivals. He has also made short documentaries - “I am Not Here” (2015) about undocumented migrants in Switzerland, USA and Malaysia, commissioned by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; and, “4 Daughters in Kashmir” (2020 – awaiting release). Ashvin spent the lockdown breaking down the mysteries of cinema in a series of online film- making classes for aspiring film makers which will roll out on YouTube and on his website in 2021. He has also written a romantic feature film, “Swift Desire”, and is in development with four other feature-films in genres such as comedy, thriller, drama and coming-of-age. Ashvin is a voting member of the European Film Academy and TEDx speaker. He continues to encourage aspiring film-makers to join his crews, mentoring and sharing his passion for filmmaking.
www.ashvinkumar.com
His films, behind-the-scenes videos, synopsis are available to view on his YouTube channel :
https://www.youtube.com/user/ashvinalipur
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