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Ravneet Chadha was born and raised in India. She studied Psychology as her Bachelor’s degree. She then went onto to study Business in Toronto, Canada, and lived there for seven years. She is currently married and lives in Nairobi, Kenya with her husband and two children.

Ravneet was in financial services a few years ago, till one day she had a powerful urge to tell her own stories and made the shift from Finance to Filmmaking. She has written, directed and produced four short films. The last film was on the same theme as Subira, Subira-short film won 10 international awards worldwide and was distribution in France’s Cinecinema channel ,Spain and Brussels in Europe.

She is currently working hard to produce her debut feature film.

Early life
Ravneet Sippy Chadha was born in Chandigarh, India. She was sent to a British Boarding school at five years of age, in Simla, India.

She felt stifled by the many rules that she had to follow there, very different from her affectionate Punjabi joint family upbringing. Upon reaching adulthood, Sippy had a strong urge to tell her stories where her unique voice would be heard through the powerful medium of films that have a worldwide outreach.

Personal life
Sippy is married to a Businessman and lives in Nairobi with her two teenage children.

Festival Screenings

 * Kenya International Film Festival in Nairobi, Kenya- Oct 2007 Amakula International Film Festival in Kampala, Uganda – Feb 2008 Brooklyn Arts Film Festival in Brooklyn, USA - 2008
 * Cannes Short Film Corner, France – May 2008
 * Zanzibar International Film Festival, Zanzibar, Tanzania – June 2008 Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, Turkey - 2008 Cypress Film Festival, Cypress - 2008
 * Obenhausen International Film Festival - 2008 Osian's Cinefan in New Delhi, India - July 2009
 * Palm Springs International Film festival, Palm Springs, California USA - 2008 Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival - 2008
 * Lola Kenya Screens in Nairobi, Kenya – Sept. 2008 Chicago International Film Festival in Chicago, USA - 2008
 * Tehran International Short Film Festival in Tehran, Iran - 2008 Africa in the Picture in Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2009