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Nina SABNANI
TV & Commissioned Films Jury
Filmmaker, Educator, Researcher
India
Nina Sabnani has a way of putting together lost and found objects, the memory being one of them.
Her animated films are rich collaborations with artists and folk fablers and have earned critical acclaim. Her film We Make Images with Sher Singh Bhil, won the National Award in 2016. In 2021 she was conferred with the Legend of Indian Animation Award from Toonz Media Group.
She taught at NID Ahmedabad for 22 years and at IDC, IIT Bombay for 15 years. Her students do her proud. She has served as a jury member at Seoul Indie-AniFest (2017) and SIGGRAPH Asia (2023).
At present, she is associated with Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, and UPES, Dehradun. Nina is currently working on a short animation film with Sheela, her 90-year-old mother and her memories of the partition.
The other Members of the TV & Commissioned Films Jury
Claude Cloutier
Jérémie Degruson