Teenaa Kaur Pasricha

Teenaa Kaur Pasricha is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter best known for her documentary film 1984, When the Sun didn't Rise which won India's National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, announced on 13 April 2018 by Government of India appointed jury headed by filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Teenaa Kaur Pasricha
OccupationDirector, Writer

She has been selected for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)[7] "Fellowship on Films for Social Change" by the U.S. Department of State in January, 2020.[8] She won New Voices Fellowship from Time Warner Foundation supported Asia Society, New York for her feature film script The Red Autumn.[9][10]

Career

Teenaa Kaur got prestigious “AND” fund[11] from Busan International Film Festival's prestigious funding 2015 for the film 1984, When the Sun didn't Rise. She is a Production and Industrial Engineering Graduate from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur.

Her other films are on environment and wildlife conservation. The deer,tree and me is a creative documentary, was nominated for Best Documentary in Mumbai International Film Festival, (MIFF) 2016.[12] It was premiered in SiGNS Film Festival, Kochi 2015 and also screened in Kolkata International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) film festival, 2016.[13]

In Symphony with Earth was broadcast on National Geographic and Fox History.[14] The Woods are Calling has been made for Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT).[15] It has been broadcast on Doordarshan, Dhaka International Film Festival 2018,[16] Quotes from the Earth film festival 2018.[17] The film has been screened at Sunchild International Environmental Festival, Yerevan,[18] Kolkata People’s Film Festival (KPFF).[19][20][21][22]

Her films have been screened in various universities across the globe.[23][24][25][26][27]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References
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  2. "Explore legacy of 1984 anti-Sikh riots with Teenaa Kaur's When The Sun Didn't Rise". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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  5. "A searing look at the human cost of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  6. "Denial of justice". epaper.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
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  10. "Question that drove film on 1984 anti-Sikh riots: 'If we don't talk about our history, who will?". scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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  14. "FACE TO FACE with Teenaa Kaur Pasricha". oneindiaonepeople.com. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
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  17. "Quotes from The Earth Flim Festival 2018" (PDF). toxicslink.org. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  18. "The Woods are Calling". SunChild International Environmental Festival. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  19. "Kolkata People's Film Festival". Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  20. "Meet Teenaa Kaur Pasricha The Women Behind '1984, When The Sun Didn't Rise'". shethepeople.tv. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
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  24. "Critically acclaimed documentary '1984: When the Sun Didn't Rise' to be shown across the UK". Asian Image. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  25. "Patterns of Political Violence: 35 Years Since 1984 | Interdisciplinary Histories". histories-cluster.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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  27. "Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion w/ Director Teenaa Kaur Pasricha". think.dk. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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  29. "Featuring the sorrow of the bereaved". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  30. "Director of film on anti-Sikh massacre wins national award and calls it a victory for justice seekers". The Georgia Straight. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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  32. "Whose Land Is It Anyway?". Godrej India Culture Lab. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
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  34. "Treading softly in the wild". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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