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'''Siddharth Sinha''' (born 1978) is an [[India]]n film maker, whose [[Bhojpuri]] [[short film]], ''[[Udedh Bun]]'' (2008), won Silver Bear at 58th [[Berlin International Film Festival]] 2008, the first ever such award in the history of [[Bhojpuri cinema]]<ref name=t/> and 2008 [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film|Best Short fiction Film]].<ref name=aw/><ref>{{cite web |title=Siddharth Sinha's short film Udhed Bun win's Berlin's Silver Bear |url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/siddharth-sinhas-short-film-udhed-bun-wins-berlins-silver-bear/275084/ |work=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |author=Uma da Cunha |date=22 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302213920/http://www.screenindia.com/news/Siddharth-Sinhas-short-film-Udhed-Bun-wins-Berlins-Silver-Bear/275084/ |archivedate=2 March 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=tt/>

==Early life and education==
Siddharth Sinha was born in 1978 in [[Ghazipur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], and moved to Delhi at a young age.<ref name=t>{{cite news |title=Bhojpuri film wins Silver Bear at Berlin festival|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bhojpuri-film-wins-Silver-Bear-at-Berlin-festival/articleshow/2781283.cms |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 February 2008 |first1=Anuradha |last1=Mane}}</ref> He received his bachelor's degree in Psychology from [[Delhi University]] and graduated in 2007 in film direction from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] at [[Pune]].

==Career==
He made his debut with the 10-minute docu-fiction ''Rangbela'' (2005), screened at the 2006 [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]]

In 2006, the 2006 [[Berlinale Talent Campus]] selected him in the director’s batch on the basis of his one-minute preview to a projected documentary, subsequently his graduation [[short film]], ''[[Udedh Bun]]'' (Un-ravel), a [[coming of age]] story of a young boy in an Indian village while taking care of his bedridden mother, which he also wrote. This went on to win the Silver Bear at 58th [[Berlin International Film Festival]] 2008. Later the film traveled to all the major film festivals including Pusan and Edinburgh. The same film recently won the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film|Best Short fiction Film]] this year in India.<ref>[http://india.cineuropa.org/2009/01/discovery-of-2008-siddharth-sinha.html Discovery of 2008: Siddharth Sinha, Silver Bear Winner at Berlin] January 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cut to fame |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/cut-to-fame/514294/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=8 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003152743/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/cut-to-fame/514294/ |archivedate=3 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He also had directed a music video for [[Kailash Kher]] for his first album ‘Kailasha’. He was invited as a jury member to 'Noor de lijk film festival' in Netherlands. Recently, he was invited as an honorary member in the selection committee at Mumbai film festival 2009.

Sinha directed a 15-minute short film starring [[Kalki Koechlin]], [[The Job (2018 film)]], which was released on YouTube on 15 June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube/H5XHe-YgIfc|title=The Job|publisher=Flying Dreams Entertainment|via=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=16 June 2018|date=15 June 2018}}</ref>

==Upcoming films==
In November, 2009, his first Indo-French co production feature film, Twosome (Hindi working title, ''Do Duni'') won the 'Best Promising Film Project Award by Hubert Bals Fund, [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]], and a cash prize of €5,000 at the film bazaar co-production market at the 2009 [[IFFI]], also has been officially invited to Cinemart, Rotterdam International Film Festival in January 2010.<ref name=tt>{{cite news |title=Raima's French connection|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Raimas-French-connection/articleshow/5279634.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 November 2009 |first1=Priyanka |last1=Dasgupta}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
* 2008: [[Berlin International Film Festival]]: Silver Bear: Short Film: ''Udedh Bun'' <ref name=aw>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2923055/awards Awards] [[IMDb]].</ref>
* 2008: [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]: [[National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film|Best Short fiction Film]]: ''Udedh Bun''
*2019: [[64th Filmfare Awards]] (Shortfilm - Thriller): [[The Job (2018 film)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2923055}}

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[[Category:People from Ghazipur]]
[[Category:University of Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:Film and Television Institute of India alumni]]
[[Category:Bhojpuri-language film directors]]

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