Teenaa Kaur Pasricha

Teenaa Kaur Pasricha is an independent filmmaker and screenwriter. Her most acclaimed documentary film "1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise" is based on the lives of the women who survived the massacre of 1984

She has won National Film Award - for Best investigative film- Best Producer, and Best Director. She also received the Best Emerging Filmmaker award from the DC Asia Pacific film festival.

She was selected as an International Leader in Films for social change, a fellowship granted by the US Dept. of Cultural Affairs in Jan, 2020

She has been awarded fellowship in screenplay writing from Asia Society, NY She has been writing, directing and producing documentary films on social justice and conservation of environment. Her films have been broadcast on National Geographic, Fox History, endorsed by PSBT, 'AND' fund- BUSAN Intl. film festival, Doc-wok, IAWRT film festival, and Bitchitra Collective fellowship.

Career
Teenaa Kaur got prestigious "AND" fund from Busan International Film Festival's prestigious funding 2015 for the film 1984, When the Sun didn't Rise. She is a Production and Industrial Engineering Graduate from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur.

Her other films are on environment and wildlife conservation. The deer, tree and me is a creative documentary, was nominated for Best Documentary in Mumbai International Film Festival, (MIFF) 2016. It was premiered in SiGNS Film Festival, Kochi 2015 and also screened in Kolkata International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) film festival, 2016.

In Symphony with Earth was broadcast on National Geographic and Fox History. The Woods are Calling has been made for Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT). It has been broadcast on Doordarshan, Dhaka International Film Festival 2018, Quotes from the Earth film festival 2018. The film has been screened at Sunchild International Environmental Festival, Yerevan, Kolkata People’s Film Festival (KPFF).

Her feature film "MAUJJ" has been selected and mentored at NFDC Script Lab. She received the Jai Chandiram Fellowship award for her upcoming documentary film "What if I tell you", awarded by IAWRT film festival.

Her films have been screened in various universities across the globe.

Filmography

 * 1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise (2017)
 * The Woods are Calling (2017)
 * The deer, tree and me (2015)
 * In Symphony with Earth (2012)
 * Hola! The Mighty Colors (2011)

Awards and nominations

 * 2018 - Won for the Best Investigative Film at the 65th National Film Awards for 1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise
 * 2018 - Nominated for the National Competition at the Mumbai International Film Festival for 1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise
 * 2016 - Nominated for the Best Documentary at the Mumbai International Film Festival for The deer, tree and me