Qulfi
Qulfi is a short silent film. I worked as a Director of photography and as an editor. The film was send to various film festivals and got nominated in - The Lift - Off Sessions 2021, Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival March 2021, Cullt Movies International Film Festival 2021 and First - Time Filmmaker Sessions 2021. Qulfi is now available at MX Player to watch.
Portfolio
अवार-नवार छोरियां / Every Now and Then Girls...
This is a 2D stop motion animation film made by myself, Shivi Bhatnagar, and my dear friend Shefalee Jain. The film adapts a Rajasthani folktale called 'Dohri Joon' to tell the story of two girls navigating oppressive patriarchal structures and looking for the possibility of new futures beyond these structures. It uses magic realism and non-linear storytelling to weave their journey.
The film had a World premiere at Animela Festival 2025, Mumbai in the Best Indian Shorts category and an International premiere at the Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, in the India Focus section. It was awarded Best Animation Film at the Aravali International Film Festival, New Delhi, 2026.
It has also been selected and screened at:
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International Film Festival of Shimla
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Screening supported by Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation, presented in collaboration with British Council
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Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
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Mumba International Film Festival, Pune
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Jagran Film Festival, Dehra Dun
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School Cinema International Film Festival, Across schools in India
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Animators Guild India Fest of India, Mumbai
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Smita Patil International Short Film Festival, Pune
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15th Indian Film Festival Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar
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Kochi Muziris Biennale - Pavillion, Bastion Bungalow, Kerala
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UDAAN children’s Literature Festival, Bihar Museum, Patna
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18th SiGNS festival - Shornur, Palakkad, Kerala.
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'Just a story?', A festival of Feminist Films, Anveshi, Hyderabad
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'Changing Direction' film festival by The Wire, New Delhi
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International Association of Women in Radio & Television (IAWRT
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Aravali International Film Festival, New Delhi
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Festival des Cinémas Indiens de Toulouse / Toulouse Indian Film Festival, France
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South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM), Montreal, Canada
As the film is running in the festival circuit, we await many more festival results. Here’s a sneak peek into our film through the trailer.
To follow our journey and catch behind-the-scenes moments from the film, click here.
Asia Art Archive
Digitisation at Asia Art Archive, I had the opportunity to contribute to Asia Art Archive's mission by shooting the New Delhi, India segment of this video. The project highlights the meticulous and hands-on process of digitizing physical materials to make contemporary art history more accessible. Spanning four locations—Hong Kong, Jakarta, New Delhi, and Taipei—this video captures the dedication behind preserving and sharing art history.
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Burans
This invigorating, challenging, and wonderful 2D paper stop-motion animated film is in collaboration with Choorma Studio for Ember Health and Burans. I worked as Cinematographer, animator, editor and voice actor . Burans is an NGO that works with disadvantaged communities in Uttrakhand to promote mental health and community well being.
Bakarmax - Aaapki Poojita
A kickstarter campaign video shot for India’s first animated show for grownups - Aaapki Poojita
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Qulfi
Qulfi is a short silent film. I worked as a Director of photography and as an editor. The film was send to various film festivals and got nominated in - The Lift - Off Sessions 2021, Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival March 2021, Cullt Movies International Film Festival 2021 and First - Time Filmmaker Sessions 2021.
The Great African Caravan
I was part of The Great African Caravan (GAC), a journey of 12 artists from 7 different nations who traveled across 10 countries in Africa, covering more than 16000 km on road from Cape Town to Cairo. A journey to re-discover self and the world around, unearth and ‘unborder’ the concepts of identity, race, nationality, culture, and more. In each nation, we worked with the local artists and community members to create dialogues, learn from, to produce collaborative work and performances, and to find more ways of how art can bring the world together. In this project I was working as a Director of Photography, and documenting the whole journey.
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Cape Town - The Great African Caravan
An artistic collaboration that happened in Cape Town, South Africa during the journey of The Great African Caravan.
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Colours of Bliss
This short video was shot in Mathura during the time of Holi. The air was filled with colours and religious chanting.
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Full Throttle Documentary, A tribute to Vintage Motorcycles
This short video was shot in Chitradurga, Karnataka. A riders love and passion towards two stroke bikes.
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Corporate Video
Celebrating 4 years of Uber Hyderabad.
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Sudan - The Great African Caravan
"Expressing yourself should not be a privilege". Gala Soler a Saxophonist from Argentina meets a group of women in Sudan to understand the complications related to being female musicians.
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Corporate Video - HIL
A product video about the durability, resistance and quality of Charminar Fortune's roofing sheets which are non asbestos sheets.
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Helene Hassler - The Great African Caravan
Helene Hassler, Project Manager of The Great African Caravan talks about her experience in the rainbow nation - South Africa.
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Educational Video
An educational video made for Indian School of Business (ISB) named Coursera.
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