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Shuchi Talati is an Indian film director. She won the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic, at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. [1] [2]
She studied at the American Film Institute. She was Creative Head for Indusgeeks. [3] She is a member of Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective. [4] [5] She signed with Independents . [6]
She produced Love, Indisposed by Esra Saydam, and Honolulu, by Maya Tanaka. [7]
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