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{{Short description|British-Indian film director}}
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'''Sandhya Suri''' is a British-Indian film director and documentarian.<ref name="sun">{{cite web |title=Sundance Institute Selects Eight First-Time Filmmakers for Directors Lab, May 30-June 23 |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2016-directors-lab/ |website=Sundance |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> She is known for her debut feature film ''[[Santosh (2024 film)|Santosh]]'' (2024),which she wrote and directed.

== Early life and education ==
Sandhya Suri was born in [[England]] and raised in [[Darlington, England|Darlington]].<ref name="stars">{{cite web |last1=Dalton |first1=Ben |title=Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Sandhya Suri (writer-director) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2023-sandhya-suri-writer-director/5183306.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> Her father, Yash Pal Suri, had emigrated from [[India]] to work at a hospital in [[Teesside]].<ref name="guard">{{cite news |last1=French |first1=Philip |title=I for India |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/aug/05/drama.worldcinema |access-date=2 May 2024 |agency=The Guardian}}</ref>

After earning a degree in mathematics, Suri worked as a teacher in Japan. Her experiences documenting this period on camera inspired her to study [[documentary film]]making at the [[National Film and Television School]] in [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref name="sun" /><ref name="stars" />

== Career ==
In 2005, Suri released the documentary ''[[I for India]]'', detailing her father's experiences as a 20th-century [[Indian diaspora|Indian immigrant]] in the United Kingdom, based on his own [[Tape recorder|tape recordings]].<ref name="guard" /> ''I for India'' was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the [[2006 Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name="imubi">{{cite web |title=I for India - Awards & Festivals |url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/i-for-india |website=MUBI |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>

Suri's second film, the silent 2018 documentary ''Around India with a Movie Camera'', used archival [[British Film Institute]] footage to explore life in [[British India]].<ref name="camera">{{cite web |last1=Kripalani |first1=Coonoor |title=Around India with a Movie Camera: Film Review Essay by Coonoor Kripalani |url=https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/around-india-with-a-movie-camera/ |website=Association for Asian Studies |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> That same year, Suri released the narrative [[short film]] ''[[The Field (2018 film)|The Field]]'',<ref name="field">{{cite web |last1=Bartlett |first1=Penelope |title=Love at Harvest Time: A Conversation with Sandhya Suri |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6962-love-at-harvest-time-a-conversation-with-sandhya-suri |website=Criterion |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> which was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Short Film]] in 2019.<ref name="stars" />

Suri's narrative feature debut, ''[[Santosh (2024 film)|Santosh]]'' was selected to screen in the ''[[Un Certain Regard]]'' portion of the [[2024 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="forbes">{{cite news |last1=Kaushal |first1=Sweta |title=Two Indian Films In Official Selection At Cannes Film Festival 2024 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/swetakaushal/2024/04/12/two-indian-films-are-official-selection-at-cannes-film-festival-2024/?sh=7a207d0226cb |access-date=2 May 2024 |agency=Forbes}}</ref> She first began work on Santosh in 2016 when she was accepted to the [[Sundance Institute]] Director's Lab.<ref name="sun" />

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" | Ref.
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
| ''[[I for India]]''
| Documentary
| align="center" | <ref name="guard" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''Around India with a Movie Camera''
| Documentary
| align="center" | <ref name="camera" />
|-
| ''[[The Field (2018 film)|The Field]]''
| Short film
| align="center" | <ref name="field" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2024
| ''[[Santosh (2024 film)|Santosh]]''
| {{N/a}}
| align="center" | <ref name="forbes" /><ref name="PIO Sandhya Suri's thriller 'Santosh', shot in UP, named UK's Oscar entry">{{cite news |title=PIO Sandhya Suri's thriller 'Santosh', shot in UP, named UK's Oscar entry |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pio-sandhya-suris-thriller-santosh-shot-in-up-named-uks-oscar-entry/articleshow/113683623.cms |access-date=14 March 2025 |work=The Times of India |date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314095826/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pio-sandhya-suris-thriller-santosh-shot-in-up-named-uks-oscar-entry/articleshow/113683623.cms |archive-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominated work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" | Ref.
|-
! scope="row" | 2006
| [[Sundance Film Festival]]
| [[Sundance Grand Jury Prize|Grand Jury Prize]]
| ''[[I for India]]''
| {{Nominated}}
| align="center" | <ref name="imubi" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2018
| [[British Independent Film Awards]]
| Best Short Film
| rowspan="6" | ''[[The Field (2018 film)|The Field]]''
| {{Nominated}}
| align="center" | <ref name="fmubi">{{cite web |title=The Field (2018) - Awards & Festivals |url=https://mubi.com/en/films/the-field-2018/awards |website=MUBI |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[London Film Festival]]
| Best Short Film
| {{Nominated}}
| align="center" | <ref name="fmubi" />
|-
| [[Toronto International Film Festival]]
| [[Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best International Short Film|Best International Short Film]]
| {{Won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="fmubi" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2019
| [[BAFTA Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Short Film|Best Short Film]]
| {{Nominated}}
| align="center" | <ref name="fmubi" />
|-
| [[Melbourne International Film Festival]]
| Best Fiction Short Film
| {{Won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="fmubi" />
|-
| [[Sundance Film Festival]]
| Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film
| {{Nominated}}
| align="center" | <ref name="fmubi" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2024
| [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Un Certain Regard]]
| ''[[Santosh (2024 film)|Santosh]]''
| {{Nominated}}
| align="center" | <ref name="forbes" />
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm2119066}}

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[[Category:English documentary filmmakers]]
[[Category:English women film directors]]
[[Category:English people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Darlington]]
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