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Shuchi Talati
Born1984
NationalityIndian
Known forGirls will be Girls (2024)
Websiteshuchitalati.com

Shuchi Talati is an Indian film director. She won the Audience Award for Dramatic World Cinema at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival for her film Girls will be Girls.[1][2]

She studied at the American Film Institute, and served as Creative Head for Indusgeeks.[3][4]

Early life[edit]

Talati is a graduate of the American Film Institute and is based in New York City.[5]

Career[edit]

Talati's short film, Mae & Ash (2012), was inspired from her personal experience in Bombay, where her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend stayed with him for a week, leading to feelings of insecurity.[3] She translated her experience into the story of Mae & Ash.[3]

Talati produced the short Execution (2020), which won a special jury mention at the New Orleans Film Festival,[6] and Honolulu (2023) by Maya Tanaka,[7] and was the story producer for the documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023).[8][better source needed]

Apart from her narrative work, Talati has contributed to Netflix's We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (2021) and HBO's Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas (2018), where her episode earned a GLAAD award nomination for its exploration of racist policing.[4]

She directed the short A Period Piece (2021), which premiered at SXSW 2020,[9] and wrote and directed the film Girls will be Girls (2024), which received generally positive reviews.[10] Girls will be Girls won an Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival,[11][12][5][13][14] and its lead actor Preeti Panigrahi won a Special Jury Award for Acting for her performance.[15]

Selected filmography[edit]

Awards and recognition[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kumar, Arun (2024-01-29). "Shuchi Talati's "Girls Will Be Girls" wins two Sundance awards - The American Bazaar". Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  2. ^ "Sundance Film Festival: Ali Fazal-Richa Chadha's debut production 'Girls Will Be Girls' wins two awards, actor reacts". Firstpost. 2024-01-28. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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  4. ^ a b Grobar, Matt (2024-01-17). "Independent Artist Group Signs Shuchi Talati, Director Of Sundance-Bound 'Girls Will Be Girls'". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ^ a b Ganesan, Ranjita (2024-01-26). "Why Indo-French movie 'Girls Will Be Girls' was shot by a mostly female crew". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  6. ^ "NOFF2021 Awards and Jurors". New Orleans Film Society. Archived from the original on 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  7. ^ "TRIBECA AND CHANEL ANNOUNCE RECIPIENT OF 2021 PRODUCTION FUNDS FROM 7TH ANNUAL THROUGH HER LENS: THE TRIBECA CHANEL WOMEN'S FILMMAKER PROGRAM". Tribeca. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  8. ^ "Blueprint Screenwriting Group—About Shuchi Talati". blueprintscreenwritinggroup.com. Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  9. ^ "SXSW Film Festival Announces 2020 MIDNIGHTERS, FESTIVAL FAVORITES, SHORTS, EPISODIC PILOTS, Virtual cinema and art program projects" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  10. ^ Talati, Shuchi (2024-01-20), Girls Will Be Girls (Drama, Romance), Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron, Blink Digital, Cinema Inutile, Crawling Angel Films, archived from the original on 2023-12-07, retrieved 2024-02-20
  11. ^ Gyarkye, Lovia (2024-01-26). "'Girls Will Be Girls' Review: A Distinctive Drama About Fraught Mother-Daughter Relationships". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  12. ^ Adlakha, Siddhant (2024-01-21). "'Girls Will Be Girls' Review: Coming of Age in an Indian Boarding School". Variety. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  13. ^ Staff, Filmmaker (2024-01-20). ""An Unusually High Concentration of Boarding Schools" | Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls - Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine | Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  14. ^ Writer, Staff (2024-01-22). "Suchi Talati's Coming-of-age Feature Film 'Girls Will Be Girls' Premiers at Sundance". American Kahani. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  15. ^ "SRFTI student bags spl jury award at Sundance". The Times of India. 2024-02-02. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  16. ^ Desai, Rahul (2024-01-29). "Sundance 2024: 'Girls Will Be Girls' is a Sublime Story of Discovery and Reckoning". www.filmcompanion.in. Archived from the original on 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-14.

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