Aarti Shrivastava

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Aarti Shrivastava
File:Aarti shrivastava.jpg
Born
1983

Nagpur,
Maharashtra India
Alma materWilson College, Mumbai University
OccupationDirector
Notable workForesting Life

Aarti Shrivastava (born 1983) is a national award-winning Indian documentary filmmaker and Asia 21 IPRYLI Fellow based in Mumbai.[1]

After graduating from Wilson College, Mumbai, she began a career as a news reporter working with CNBC. She subsequently worked as a researcher on an Australian Documentary based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks,[2] before directing her two award-winning documentaries, Land of Widows and White Knight, which were well received in the international festival circuit including Official Nomination in 7th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival, Doha, 2011.[3]

In 2013, she directed her third documentary Foresting Life which won the National Award. 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]

She has been a jury member on various film festivals including the International Film Festival of India (Goa),[7][8] Cebu International Documentary Film Festival,[9] IDPA Awards for excellence,[10] Jaipur, International Film Festival to name a few,[11] is currently engaged in producing and directing a multi-year feature-length documentary project on Water crisis in India.

Besides managing the Humanity Watchdog Foundation, for which she had the idea while she was studying social entrepreneurship at Stanford University, she also manages production on commercial Bollywood film projects like Kick, My Name Is Khan, and reality show Sur Kshetra[12][13][14]

Filmography

Awards

  • National Film Award for the Best Environmental Film[4]
  • Opening Film Water Doc Film Festival Canada 2013[15][16]
  • Official nomination 9th Al-Jazeera Documentary International Film Festival Doha 2013[3][failed verification]
  • Official Selection Jaipur International Film Festival 2013[17][failed verification]
  • Official Selection Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival[18]
  • Official Selection South Asian Film Festival Canada 2012[19]
  • Official Selection Colorado Film Festival 2013[20][failed verification]
  • Special Mention Women Deliver Cinema Corner Conference[21][failed verification]
  • Official Nomination 7th Al-Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival Doha 2011[22][failed verification]
  • Livelihoods Award 6th CMS VATAVARAN Environment and Wildlife Film Festival Delhi 2011[23]

References

  1. ^ http://asiasociety.org/asia21-young-leaders/2014-ipryli-fellows#Asia 21 IPRYLI
  2. ^ "Surviving Mumbai (TV Movie 2009)". imdb.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival". Festival.aljazeera.net. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film
  5. ^ "National Awards for five northeast films - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Molai's green journey to Padma Shri glory". theshillongtimes.com. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Indian Panorama Selections for IFFI Goa 2016". iffigoa.org. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ cppajuay (24 August 2015). "Cebu festival attracts 500 international films". sunstar.com.ph. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  10. ^ "IDPA-Indian Documentary Producers Association". www.idpaindia.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  11. ^ "First list of films nominated for 6th Jaipur International Film Festival - Filmfestivals.com". www.filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  12. ^ Bhattacharya, Budhaditya (6 September 2012). "The show must go on". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Kick (2014)". imdb.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Aarti Shrivastava". IMDb. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Water Docs 2013 | Ecologos". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Toronto Premier of White Knight opens the Water Docs Film Festival - Humanity Watchdog Foundation". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  17. ^ http://www.jiffindia.org/documents/OVERALL%20SCHEDULE-Final-JIFF%202013.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  18. ^ Last Name: Invalid Input (22 February 2013). "Reel Earth Environmental Festival - White Knight". Reelearth.org.nz. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  19. ^ "Films". Saffcanada.org. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  20. ^ "Colorado Environmental Film Festival 2013 Program". Ceff.net. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  21. ^ "Updates » Women Deliver Announces Cinema Corner Finalists for Women Deliver 2013". Women Deliver. 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  22. ^ "Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival". Festival.aljazeera.net. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  23. ^ "Awardess Details". Cmsvatavaran.org. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

External links

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