Surabhi Sharma is a filmmaker, educator and curator,[1] based in Mumbai, India.[2] She has worked on several feature-length documentaries apart from some short fiction films and video installations.[3] Her key concern has been documenting cities in transition through the lens of labour, music and migration, and most recently reproductive labour. Cinema verite and ethnography are the genres that inform her filmmaking.,[4][5]
Surabhi Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Alma mater | Film and Television Institute of India, Pune |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, Educator, Curator |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Website | https://surabhisharma.wordpress.com |
Educational background
editSurabhi Sharma studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. She holds a post-graduate diploma in Social Communication Media from Sophia College for Women and a BA in Anthropology and Psychology from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
Curating and teaching
editSurabhi Sharma curated for FD Zone, a weekly programme of independent films and films from the archives of the state run Films Division of India.[6] The programme was a result of curation by a small group of Mumbai-based Independent filmmakers. FD Zone ran successfully from 2012 until 2015. She co-curated a film festival titled, Shehernama: a city/film festival, in 2014. The festival traveled to a few cities and universities after premiering in Mumbai. She was the guest festival director of ViBGYOR Film Festival, 2014. Surabhi Sharma conducts intensive 2-3 weeklong documentary filmmaking workshops[7] at the National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts, Kottayam, Kerala. and Whistling Woods International Institute, Mumbai. She has been a guest lecturer at the School of Media and Cultural Studies Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Social Communications Media, Sophia College for Women, Mumbai, Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and at the Symbiosis International University, Pune.
Fiction and television
editScripted fiction tele-films for the programme titled ‘Rishtey (TV series)’ and 'Gubbare' on Star TV in the late 1990s. Did research and scripting for various non-fiction programmes for television. 'Bhoomi'[8] was a proposed series on the environment and 'Teen Talk'[9] was telecast over a year. Wrote Hindi dialogues for a television serial, 'Sehar'. The programme was telecast on Star TV in 2000–2001. Direction and scripting of more than 10 episodes of a fiction programme on concepts of science for children meant for telecast, produced by the Karnataka State Government.
Filmography
edit| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Phir Se Samm Pe Aana/ Returning to the First Beat[10] |
| 2013 | Bidesia in Bambai[11] |
| 2012 | Can We See the Baby Bump Please?[12] |
| 2011 | Tracing Bylanes [13] |
| 2009 | Labels from a Global City [14] |
| 2008 | Pregnancy, Prescriptions and Protocol [15] |
| 2007 | Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean [16] |
| 2004 | Above the Din of Sewing Machines [17] |
| 2003 | Aamakaar (The Turtle people),[18][19] |
| 2001 | Jari Mari: Of Cloth and Other Stories [20] |
Video Art
edit| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Riyaaz [21] |
| 2015 | Making Music, Making Space [22] |
| 2011 | The Enactment of Exile in Mumbai [23] |
Awards
edit- The MPA-APSA fund for film development of 'Music in a Village Named 1 PB' (2015).
- Bidesia in Bambai, nominated as the five best documentaries at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2014
- Special mention by the Jury at the Jeevika Film Festival 2013 for 'Can We See The Baby Bump Please?’[24]
- The Puma Catalyst Award in 2011 by the Britdoc Foundation. It is awarded for the development of the project titled 'Bidesia in Bambai'.
- The Turtle People (2003) was awarded the first Ramsar- Medwet Award at Eco-Cinema, Greece.[19]
- Majlis Fellowship of in 2002 for the project title From the Post Man to the Courier Boy'.
- Jari mari: of cloth and other stories' won awards at Film South Asia, Nepal; Karachi Film Festival, Pakistan; and The Festival of Three Continents, Argentina[25]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "GDPR compliance". mid-day.com. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Bhojpur to Bambai". The Indian Express. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Swaminathan, Chitra (9 November 2017). "Exploring Mumbai's musical past". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "CSAS Seminar - Surabhi Sharma - Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean". soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Winners announced at the 8th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Choose Brisbane. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Documentary Filmmaking Workshop by Surabhi Sharma (Filmmaker) | Time Out Mumbai". timeout.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "#1 School for Filmmaking, Acting, Communication & Creative Arts | Whistling Woods International".
- ^ "Bhoomi (TV Series 2003– )". IMDb. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Teen Talk (TV Series 2002– )". IMDb. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Swaminathan, Chitra (9 November 2017). "The connecting rhythm". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Bidesia in Bambai". 8 December 2013 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Film: Can We See the Baby Bump Please?". 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Magic Lantern Movies LLP". magiclanternmovies.in.
- ^ "Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean". 15 September 2009.
- ^ "Tête-à-Tête - Conversation with Documentarian Surabhi Sharma".
- ^ Basu, Indira (20 April 2016). "Sailing across cultures". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Staff Reporter (26 November 2013). "Short film festival to create awareness on gender violence". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Rice to celebrate work of documentary filmmaker Surabhi Sharma". news.rice.edu.
- ^ a b "Indian film wins first Ramsar/MedWet prize for wetlands- and water-related cinema, June 2004 - Ramsar". www.ramsar.org.
- ^ "CSAS Seminar - Surabhi Sharma - Jari Mari: Of Cloth and Other Stories AND Aamakaar - The Turtle People". www.soas.ac.uk.
- ^ "Surabhi Sharma - Shanghai Biennale". www.shanghaibiennale.org.
- ^ "The music of spaces - Mumbai Mirror -".
- ^ http://anthropology.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/fischer_Time_Camera_Pen.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Awards at the Jeevika 2013 - Magic Lantern Movies LLP". magiclanternmovies.in.
- ^ "Film Southasia 2017 - Jari Mari: Of Cloth and Other Stories". www.filmsouthasia.org.