Producer/Director Shrihari Sathe in conversation with directors Afia Nathanial (Pakistan), Deepak Rauniyar (Nepal), Geetu Mohandas (India), Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bangladesh), and Tashi Gyeltshen (Bhutan) 

As part of its ongoing effort to showcase South Asian filmmakers at the festival, this panel is a conversation between leading independent filmmakers from the region.These directors, who are at different stages of their career, share their reflections on their personal journeys and discuss common challenges that filmmakers from the subcontinent face in getting their films made, and what it takes to find audiences worldwide even after successful first films.

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