Professor Hemal Trivedi
Hemal Trivedi (India/U.S.) has been editing and directing films for 20 years. Her entire body of work has won one Oscar, three Emmys, one Peabody and seven Emmy nominations, a…
Professor Priya Vashist
Priya Vashist (she/ they) is a filmmaker and an Assistant Professor of Film at Old Dominion University. Priya’s film work focuses on social justice and representation of queer South Asian…
Shirish Nene
Shirish Nene, Shirish Néné has served on the jury of the DC South Asian Film Festival every year since 2016, and can regularly be seen at this and other film…
Mansoor Ahmed
Mansoor Ahmed, Mansoor Ahmed (Moonie), DCSAFFs Technical Director, retired as the Division Director for Astrophysics at NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center. During the day he studies the stars and in…
Shilpa Sharma
Shilpa’s musical foundation was laid as a child in Mumbai when she learnt Hindustani classical music under Pdt. D V Jadhav. Throughout her school and college years, she performed in…
Suma Muralidhar
Suma is an avid theater buff, Suma has been involved in theater since childhood, primarily as an actor. Since her move to the USA in 1979, she has played the…
Arindam Ghosh
Arindam Ghosh is a filmmaker specializing in micro-budget films on Indian stories with a global theme. His first film, Shyamal Uncle Turns off the Lights, was world premiered at the…
Anshulika Kapoor
Anshulika Kapoor, also known as Anshulika Choudhuri, is a versatile and award-winning actor, producer, and TEDx performer who is dedicated to amplifying significant global stories, with a special emphasis on…
Shruthi Mukund
Shruthi Mukund brings more than 20 years of experience in arts programming, research, special events, and grassroots methods together with an equity lens to inform her work in socially accountable community…
Christina Marouda
Founded the festival as a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit arts organization presenting in Los Angeles an annual film festival dedicated to Indian cinema. Created, developed, and expanded the now well-established and…