Festival Team

CEO & Programming Director, London Indian Film Festival Cary Rajinder Sawhney
Interim Deputy Director & Head of Birmingham Indian Film Festival Dharmesh Rajput
Senior Programmer Krushil Patel
Festival Producer Sadnyesh Ghuge
Funding Adviser Sanjay Bhattacharjee
Programmer (LGBTQIA+) Hussain Chaudhry
Adviser, Manchester Indian Film Festival Anjum Malik
Programme Adviser Sangeeta Datta
Programme Adviser Uma Da Cunha
Programme Adviser Asjad Nazir
Festival Adviser Mira Kaushik
Festival Adviser Feryna Wazheir
Festival Adviser Akash Menon (Tulsea)
Festival Adviser Leo Crane (AIFI Ventures)
Website Manager Prinesh Mistry
Senior Digital Editor Parag Sankhe
Film Hub North Consultant Amandeep Dhillon
Project Manager, Manchester Indian Film Festival Millie Parker
Project Coordinator, Manchester Indian Film Festival Tayyaba Kosar
Project Manager, Birmingham Indian Film Festival Serena Patel
BSL Manager Sarla Meisuria
Design Agency – Bobo Creative Robyn Larkin
Web and Design Adviser Andrew Whiteside
Legal Adviser Lee Stone at Lee & Thompson
Indian Visa Consultant D Kadikar

Special thanks to our Brand Ambassadors and Patrons

Patrons:

Prakash Jha, Shehkar Kapur, Tony Matharu, Lord David Puttnam, Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Brand Ambassadors:

Antonio Aakeel, Sunny & Shay Grewal

Honorary Programme Adviser Naman Ramachandran Festival Producer Karun Munde Marketing Consultant Karen Lane Festival Guide Momtaz Begum-Hossain Digital Editor Kieran Akhtar Print Traffic Coordinator Amy Smart Volunteers Manager Ferhan Khan


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