Binita Mehta is Professor of French Emerita at Manhattanville College where she taught courses in French language, literature, and film. She is passionate about cinema, especially French-language cinema. She has also written articles and given talks on films by South Asian diasporic filmmakers.

Sachin Chatte is a film critic residing in Goa, India. His career in film criticism began in 1993 and has spanned three decades. He is a member of FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) and has worked with the Mumbai International Film Festival (MAMI) as a curator and also curates films for the Cinephile Film Club under the Entertainment Society of Goa.

Rakesh Sengupta is a professor in the English department at the University of Toronto. His research and teaching focus on South Asian cinemas, film history, media archaeology, critical theory and global media cultures. He investigates universalist ideas of film archives, aesthetics and audiences to imagine an alternative history of the medium and offers a decolonial model of film historiography from the Global South.

Vijaya Rao is a Professor at the Centre for French & Francophone Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her teaching and research focus on Literature of the Indian Ocean, Representation of India in French & Francophone literature, and Quebec Literature.

Thomas Waugh is a distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cinema, Concordia University. Born 1948, London, Ontario. Teacher, programmer, writer, critic, activist, Graduate of Guelph Collegiate, Western University and Columbia University. Retired from Concordia in 2017 after 41 years teaching film and sexuality/queer studies, including Indian Cinema.

Ridhima Mehra is Co-Founder and Director of Rough Edges, which enables, mentors and produces feminist and queer documentary films, foregrounding the distinct voices of women, trans and queer artists. She draws on almost two decades of experience at the Public Service Broadcasting Trust, India’s largest documentary body, co-leading the commissioning, creative realization, curation and outreach of close to 700 films, diverse in artistic form, subject and authorship.

Rana Faizan Ali serves as the Head of the School of Media and Mass Communication at Beaconhouse National University (BNU), where he utilizes his extensive experience in academia and the media industry to shape the next generation of media professionals. A seasoned academician, broadcast journalist, and media trainer, Rana has cultivated a diverse career that spans critical domains of media, including disinformation, production, and strategic planning.