Sunanda Bhat

Sunanda is the founder of Songline Films. She takes a patient, unhurried

approach to making films, allowing stories to unfold in layers that reveal

the resilience of people and the subtle transformation of their

environment.

Her first documentary BOL AYESHA BOL (SPEAK AYESHA SPEAK)

premiered at the International Film Festival, Amsterdam.

Her films have screened at several international and Indian film festivals

and won awards, prominent ones being - 'Monde en Regards' at the

Jean Rouch International Film Festival, Paris; Planet in Focus Film Festival,

Toronto, Golden Conch for Best Documentary at the Mumbai

International Film Festival, John Abraham National Award for Best

Documentary. Her film ‘NINGAL ARANAYE KANDO?' | 'HAVE YOU

SEEN THE ARANA?’ featured at Musée de l'homme, Paris and at the

'India Film Week' at Metropolis Kino, an art-house cinema theatre, in

Hamburg, Germany.

She was an artist-in-residence at the Pepper House Residency hosted by

Kochi-Muziris Biennale and is an active member of Vikalp Bengaluru, a

collective of filmmakers that screens the best in non-fiction cinema in the

city.

She is currently working on a documentary film in coastal Karnataka.