Aarti Shrivastava
Aarti Shrivastava | |
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| Born | 1983 |
| Notable work | Foresting Life |
Aarti Shrivastava is a national award-winning Indian documentary filmmaker & Asia 21 IPRYLI Fellow based in Mumbai. Her quest to tell human stories with a vision to drive change led her to produce documentaries, which got her critical acclamation globally.[1]
After graduating from Wilson College,she embarked on her career as a news reporter working with CNBC. She subsequeltly worked as a researcher on an Australian Documentary based on Mumbai terror attack of 26/11[2] before directing her two Award winning documentaries titled Land of widows and White Knight (Documentary), which were well received in the international festival circuit including Official Nomination in 7th Al-Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival Doha 2011.[3]
In 2013, she directed her third documentary titled Foresting Life which won the National Award for its earthly look at a man, forest he created all by himself, and the heroic effort that is necessary to sustain that forest without any government help. This documentary focuses on the life of Jadav Payeng who singlehandedly planted trees over the last 35 years and transformed a 1400 acre sandbar into a self-sustaining forest ecosystem.[4][5][6]
Jury member on various prestigious film festivals like Cebu International Documentary Film Festival,[7] IDPA Awards for excellence,[8] Jaipur, International Film Festival to name a few,[9] is currently engaged in producing and directing a multi-year feature length documentary project on Water crisis in India.
Besides Managing Humanity Watchdog Foundation, Which was conceptualized while she was studying social entrepreneurship at Stanford University, She also manages production on mega budget commercial Bollywood film projects like Kick, My Name Is Khan, and reality show Sur Kshetra[10][11][12]
Filmography
- Kick (2014) (Executive Producer)
- Foresting life (2013) (Director)
- White Knight (Documentary) (2012) (Director)
- Land of widows (2011) (Director)
- My Name Is Khan (2010) (Production Executive)
- Kambakkht Ishq (2009) (Production Executive)
Awards
- National Film Award for the Best Environmental Film[4]
- Opening Film Water Doc Film Festival Canada 2013[13][14]
- Official nomination 9th Al-Jazeera Documentary International Film Festival Doha 2013[3][failed verification]
- Official Selection Jaipur International Film Festival 2013[15][failed verification]
- Official Selection Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival[16]
- Official Selection South Asian Film Festival Canada 2012[17]
- Official Selection Colorado Film Festival 2013[18][failed verification]
- Special Mention Women Deliver Cinema Corner Conference[19][failed verification]
- Official Nomination 7th Al-Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival Doha 2011[20][failed verification]
- Livelihoods Award 6th CMS Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival Delhi 2011[21]
References
- ^ http://asiasociety.org/asia21-young-leaders/2014-ipryli-fellows#Asia 21 IPRYLI
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1565436/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast
- ^ a b "Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival". Festival.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ a b National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/National-Awards-for-five-northeast-films/articleshow/33834736.cms
- ^ http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2015/01/29/molais-green-journey-to-padma-shri-glory/
- ^ http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/entertainment/2015/08/24/cebu-festival-attracts-500-international-films-426379
- ^ http://www.idpaindia.org/awards/awards_winners.htm
- ^ http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/first_list_of_films_nominated_for_6th_jaipur_international_film_festival?page=9
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/radio-and-tv/the-show-must-go-on/article3865863.ece
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2372222/fullcredits/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3315973/
- ^ http://ecologos.ca/waterdocs-2013
- ^ http://www.humanitywatchdog.org/toronto-premier-of-white-knight-opens-the-water-docs-film-festival
- ^ http://www.jiffindia.org/documents/OVERALL%20SCHEDULE-Final-JIFF%202013.pdf
- ^ Last Name: Invalid Input (2013-02-22). "Reel Earth Environmental Festival - White Knight". Reelearth.org.nz. Retrieved 2013-05-19. [dead link]
- ^ "Films". Saffcanada.org. 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2013-05-19. [dead link]
- ^ "Colorado Environmental Film Festival 2013 Program". Ceff.net. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ "Updates » Women Deliver Announces Cinema Corner Finalists for Women Deliver 2013". Women Deliver. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ "Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival". Festival.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ "Awardess Details". Cmsvatavaran.org. Retrieved 2013-05-19.