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ÉQUIPE FFASM

Passion du cinéma, qui réunit des forces créatrices

Fondé en 2011 sous la direction visionnaire de feu Mme Vijaya Mulay, éminente figure du cinéma documentaire, de l'histoire du film et de l'éducation, ainsi que de M. Thomas Waugh, le distingué professeur émérite d'études cinématographiques et d'études interdisciplinaires sur la sexualité et le cinéma à l'Université Concordia, notre festival est devenu un phare pour le cinéma indépendant.

Syeda Nayab Bukhari
Syeda Nayab Bukhari

Head of Programming and Festival Director – Researcher and educator with expertise in migration, gender, media and community development. Holds a doctorate from Simon Fraser University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University. Teaches at Concordia University and leads research and community-based initiatives focused on immigrant and marginalized communities in Canada.

TK (Raghu) Raghunathan
TK (Raghu) Raghunathan

Festival President – Associated with Kabir Cultural Centre and the film festival since their inception. With an education and career spanning three continents, Raghu brings vast experience in managing complex international projects to the sustenance and growth of the festival.

Sukhpreet Kahlon
Sukhpreet Kahlon

Artistic Director, Film Curator and Scholar – Writes on film history, independent films and Punjabi cinema. Co-translator of Sone Chandi Ke Buth: Writings on Cinema and Trustee of Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Memorial Trust.

Dushyant Yajnik
Dushyant Yajnik

Retired M.D.-Psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. Longtime film buff and SAFFM organizing team member for several years. Served as Festival Director in 2016 and 2020.

Uzair Surhio
Uzair Surhio

Festival Programmer & Coordinator – Filmmaker with a Master’s in Film, highlighting untold South Asian stories and social justice narratives. Received the Citizen Storytelling Award (2023) and a Solutions Storytelling Asia fellowship.

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