Miriam is the Founder Director of Filament Pictures, dedicated to creating a brand of social documentaries that have won acclaim in India and internationally. She has been chosen as BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Breakthrough Talent from India. She is one of 18 fellows selected in the first cohort of the Global Media Makers Fellowship by Film Independent and US State Department of Education and Cultural Affairs. Her award-winning films are about everyday heroes, From the Shadows, The Leopard’s Tribe, Lyari Notes, The Rat Race, Robot Jockey, Stuntmen of Bollywood and a 7-part series Back to the Floor. Her films have premiered at the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam IDFA, the biggest documentary festival in the world and she is an alumnus of the IDFA Academy. Her most recent feature documentary From the Shadows won the Industry Choice Award at EIDF Korea, had a special Women’s Day screening in the run up to South by SouthWest and is one of 10 global films that won the Hatched Impact Grant from Chicken & Egg Pictures for Impact screenings Her films have been broadcast on channels like National Geographic Channel, BBC, Al Jazeera, TV2 Denmark, Arte France and Netflix. She served as jury member on the International Documentary Association IDA awards (USA), Kashish LGBTQ Festival and Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA) Awards.
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Ranu Ghosh is an independent film Director-Producer-Cinematographer, who has experienced working on both celluloid and video medium. Her recent film ‘Quarter Number 4/11’, has seen much acclaim in many countries. She is presently working as the Director - Producer & Cinematographer of ‘Dare to Dream.’ The research is being supported by Filmförderung Hamburg and AJWS,USA She is also Joint Director/Camera Person & Location Sound of ‘Indian Democracy’, a film funded by MIT and Harvard University and the Associate Producer, Co-Director, and Co-Cinematographer of ‘Like Whirlwinds’, a film supported by TED and Sundance. Her other important recent works as Cinematographer are ‘Revolutionary Optimist, Wagah, If it rains, Who Wants to be Gurkha, Better Seeds.’
Aliya Furniturewala has worked as a producer/director in non-fiction and factual programming for more than a decade. She currently has the challenging jobs of keeping the production and timeline on track, given the COVID 19 crisis. The previous documentaries she has worked on are - Last King of Burma, Robot Jockey and Stuntmen of Bollywood, which are all issue, based films. In her wide spectrum of work experience with a reputed production house - UTV, she has produced content for channels like National Geographic and BBC
Sharon has been with Filament Pictures since 2016. With over a deacde of experience in accounting and finance, she grounds us to our reality! Her experience also includes Office Administration, Sales and Marketing. She is a Commerce Graduate with Diploma in Airlines Travel and Tourism Management.
a Mumbai-born filmmaker, honed her craft in the Indian film industry before earning her MFA in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. She writes, directs, and contributes to film projects in various other capacities, aiming to blend new media with traditional filmmaking, captivating audiences with relatable slices of life and compelling twists.