Preview Committee - Indian Competition
Unmesh Amrute
Unmesh Amrute is a film maker, publisher and editor.. He has spent 25 yrs in Film and Television industry.
He has edited any books in marathi. Some are yet to be published among them are about famous marathi writer Pu. La. Deshpande. He also writes articles in leading newspapers like Navbharat times, etc. Unmesh Amrute is also publisher of some marathi books.
He regularly attending film festivals and is part of their preview committees as well.
Sakshi Gulati
Sakshi Gulati is an Indian writer-director and media educator who has worked with various non profits, creating non-fiction films, documented folk cultures, and rural employment initiatives. She engages in screenwriting, documentary practice, film studies, and media literacy programs focused on children and marginalized groups. Her films explore social realities, people’s relationships with their spaces and anxieties of modern living. Alienation, desire for connection, desire for individuality, resisting conformity and underlying sense of dystopia and confusion often seeps into her work.
Saniya Bhalerao
Ms. Saniya Bhalerao is an academician with research and entrepreneurial experience of 15 years, currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of pharmaceutics, in MET institute of pharmacy, bhujbal knowledge city Nashik.
She writes articles and news paper columns on Movies, International authors and books. She has also written a movie review podcasts with snovel named मला (बि) घडवणारे चित्रपट..
She is a movie buff at heart, she loves cinema and it is like movies flow through her veins..
Gorakshnath Khande
Gorakshnath Khande is a film editor with over 12 years of experience in the industry. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India and has conducted workshops and served as an external editing faculty for reputed film schools. He has worked on numerous multi-lingual films and documentaries. He regularly attending film festivals and watching Indian, world cinema, Gorakshnath keeps himself abreast of current trends and evolutions in the cinematic landscape."
Vaibhav Abnave
Vaibhav Abnave (b.1985) is an independent researcher and film maker. Presently, he is an Assistant Professor (Direction) at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
Through his films, he explores the intersection of theatre and cinema, documentary and fiction.
His films - 'Blur' (2008), 'Monologue' (2013) - have been shown at various international film festivals. He has recently completed a feature length documentary titled 'I am only making a Report' (2023).
