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Sandhya Suri is a British-Indian film director and documentarian. [1]
Sandhya Suri was born in England and raised in Darlington. [2] Her father, Yash Pal Suri, had emigrated from India to work at a hospital in Teesside. [3]
After earning a degree in mathematics, Suri worked as a teacher in Japan. Her experiences documenting this period on camera inspired her to study documentary filmmaking at the National Film and Television School. [1] [2]
In 2005, Suri's released the documentary I for India detailing her father's experiences as an 20th-century Indian immigrant in the United Kingdom based on his own tape recordings. [3] I for India was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. [4]
Suri's second film, the silent 2018 documentary Around India with a Movie Camera, used archival British Film Institute footage to explore life in British India. [5] That same year, Suri released the narrative short film The Field , [6] which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film in 2019. [2]
Suri's narrative feature debut, Santosh was selected to screen in the Un Certain Regard portion of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. [7] She first began work on Santosh in 2016 when she was accepted to the Sundance Institute Director's Lab. [1]
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2005 | I for India | Documentary | [3] |
2018 | Around India with a Movie Camera | Documentary | [5] |
The Field | Short film | [6] | |
2024 | Santosh | — | [7] |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Sundance Film Festival | Grand Jury Prize | I for India | Nominated | [4] |
2018 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Short Film | The Field | Nominated | [8] |
London Film Festival | Best Short Film | Nominated | [8] | ||
Toronto International Film Festival | Best International Short Film | Won | [8] | ||
2019 | BAFTA Film Awards | Best Short Film | Nominated | [8] | |
Melbourne International Film Festival | Best Fiction Short Film | Won | [8] | ||
Sundance Film Festival | Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film | Nominated | [8] | ||
2024 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard | Santosh | Nominated | [7] |
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