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{{short description|Indian Filmmaker}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Teenaa Kaur Pasricha
| image = TeenaaKaurPasricha.jpg
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| education = St. Mary's Convent, Ajmer
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
* M.B.M Engg. Regional College, Jodhpur
* Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi
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| occupation = Filmmaker, Writer
| years_active = 2003 - present
| spouse = Single
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'''Teenaa Kaur Pasricha''' is an independent filmmaker and screenwriter. Her most acclaimed [[documentary film]] "1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise" <ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=28 September 2017 |title=1984, When The Sun Didn't Rise: Women Who Survived The Anti-Sikh Massacre |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2017/09/29/women-survived-anti-sikh-massacre/ |access-date=2020-08-16 |website=Feminism In India |language=en-US}}</ref> is based on the lives of the women who survived the massacre of 1984

She has won [[National Film Award for Best Investigative Film|National Film Award]]<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=25 April 2018 |title=Teenaa Kaur Pasricha on the making of her National Award-winning film 1984 - When the Sun Didn't Rise |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/teenaa-kaur-pasricha-on-the-making-of-her-national-award-winning-film-1984-when-the-sun-didnt-rise-4445099.html |access-date=2018-11-24 |website=firstpost.com}}</ref>- 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<ref name=":7" /> 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,<ref name=":8" /> and Bitchitra Collective fellowship.

==Career==
Teenaa Kaur got prestigious "AND" fund<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=2015 Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund|url=http://acf.biff.kr/eng/html/projects/documentary_view.asp?section=AND&column=&searchString=&dc_year=2015&gotoPage=1&idx=290|access-date=2020-08-16|website=Asian Cinema Fund}}</ref> from [[Busan International Film Festival|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]].{{fact|date=September 2022}}

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://miff.in/media/2014/01/Russian.pdf|title=INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION|website=miff.in|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217202307/http://miff.in/media/2014/01/Russian.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iicdelhi.nic.in/writereaddata/Publications/DiaryFiles/635998555742954221_IIC%20Diary%20(March-April%202016).pdf|title=diary India International centre|website=iicdelhi.nic.in|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref>

''In Symphony with Earth'' was broadcast on National Geographic and Fox History.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oneindiaonepeople.com/face-to-face-with-teenaa-kaur-pasricha/|title=FACE TO FACE with Teenaa Kaur Pasricha|website=oneindiaonepeople.com|date=October 2018 |access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref> ''The Woods are Calling'' has been made for [[Public Service Broadcasting Trust]] (PSBT).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PSBT-Films-Festival-Selections-and-Awards-March-2018.pdf|title=PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING TRUST |website=psbt.org|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref> It has been broadcast on [[Doordarshan]], [[Dhaka International Film Festival]] 2018,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=16th Dhaka International Film Festival, 2018|url=http://www.dhakafilmfestival.org/screening-schedule-2018/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=dhakafilmfestival.org|archive-date=23 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223050749/http://www.dhakafilmfestival.org/screening-schedule-2018/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Quotes from the Earth film festival 2018.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Quotes from The Earth Flim Festival 2018|url=http://toxicslink.org/toxicslink/filmfestival/QFTE/img/brochure.pdf|access-date=2020-08-16|website=toxicslink.org}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film has been screened at Sunchild International Environmental Festival, Yerevan,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=The Woods are Calling|url=http://sunchild.fpwc.org/the-woods-are-calling/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=SunChild International Environmental Festival|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Kolkata]] People’s Film Festival (KPFF).<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Kolkata People's Film Festival |date=9 January 2018 |url=https://kolkatapeoplesfilmfestival.wordpress.com/1984-when-the-sun-didnt-rise/ |access-date=2020-08-16 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Teenaa Kaur Pasricha The Women Behind '1984, When The Sun Didn't Rise'|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/teenaa-kaur-pasricha-women-behind-1984-sun-didnt-rise|access-date=2018-11-28|website=shethepeople.tv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/feb/18/11024/teenaa-kaur-pasricha-idea-is-to-reach-the-universe-and-tell-a-story-of-survival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217203822/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/feb/18/11024/teenaa-kaur-pasricha-idea-is-to-reach-the-universe-and-tell-a-story-of-survival|url-status=live|archive-date=17 December 2018|title=Teenaa Kaur Pasricha: Idea is to reach the universe and tell a story of survival|website=cinestaan.com|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iicdelhi.nic.in/User_Panel/Programs.aspx?TypeID=1113|title=India International Centre|website=iicdelhi.nic.in|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref>

Her feature film "MAUJJ" has been selected and mentored at NFDC Script Lab.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmbazaarindia.com/pdf/press2022/PressRelease-NFDC2022_ScreenwritersLab.pdf|title=NFDC Screenwriters' Lab 2022|website=filmbazaarindia.com|publisher=NFDC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404094938/https://filmbazaarindia.com/pdf/press2022/PressRelease-NFDC2022_ScreenwritersLab.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref> She received the Jai Chandiram Fellowship award for her upcoming documentary film "What if I tell you", awarded by IAWRT film festival. <ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=IAWRT India – International Association of Women in Radio & Television India |url=http://iawrtindia.org/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Her films have been screened in various universities across the globe.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Film Screening of 1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise|url=https://web.gs.emory.edu/mdp/about/newsandevents/2019/nov18.html|website=Emory University|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=12 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312145506/https://web.gs.emory.edu/mdp/about/newsandevents/2019/nov18.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Critically acclaimed documentary '1984: When the Sun Didn't Rise' to be shown across the UK|url=https://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/15924999.critically-acclaimed-documentary-1984-when-the-sun-didnt-rise-to-be-shown-across-the-uk/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=Asian Image|date=7 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=A searing look into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/a-searing-look-into-the-1984-anti-sikh-riots/article19102076.ece |access-date= |website=The Hindu|date=19 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion w/ Director Teenaa Kaur Pasricha|url=https://allevents.in/frederiksberg/documentary-screening-and-panel-discussion-w-director-teenaa-kaur-pasricha/1000065648232631|access-date=2020-08-16|website=allevents.in|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415132327/https://allevents.in/frederiksberg/documentary-screening-and-panel-discussion-w-director-teenaa-kaur-pasricha/1000065648232631|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hola The Mighty Colors screened at Sikh Arts Film Festival |url=http://www.sikharts.com/film-festival_2012.html |access-date=2020-08-16 |website= |language=EN}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* [[1984, When The Sun Didn't Rise]] (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/1984-when-the-sun-didn-t-rise-36278|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217203830/https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/1984-when-the-sun-didn-t-rise-36278|url-status=live|archive-date=17 December 2018|title=1984, When The Sun Didn't Rise review: Stirring documentary gives voice to the widows of anti-Sikh riots|website=cinestaan.com|access-date=2018-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Featuring the sorrow of the bereaved|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2017/jun/18/featuring-the-sorrow-of-the-bereaved-1618227.html|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The New Indian Express|date=19 June 2017 }}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|date=2018-05-06|title=Director of film on anti-Sikh massacre wins national award and calls it a victory for justice seekers|url=https://www.straight.com/news/1070936/gurpreet-singh-director-film-anti-sikh-massacre-wins-national-award-and-calls-it|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The Georgia Straight|language=en}}</ref>
* The Woods are Calling (2017)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Woods are Calling – PSBT|url=https://psbt.org/films/the-woods-are-calling/|access-date=2020-08-16|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Whose Land Is It Anyway?|url=https://indiaculturelab.org/events/special-events/whoselandisitanyway/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Godrej India Culture Lab|language=en-US|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506160805/https://indiaculturelab.org/events/special-events/whoselandisitanyway/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The deer, tree and me (2015)<ref>{{Citation|title=The deer, tree and me - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5126984/|access-date=2020-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Treading softly in the wild|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/treading-softly-in-the-wild/article8266503.ece|access-date=2020-08-16|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* In Symphony with Earth (2012)
* Hola! The Mighty Colors (2011)

==Awards and nominations==
*2018 - Won for the [[National Film Award for Best Investigative Film|Best Investigative Film]] at the [[65th National Film Awards]] for ''1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/65th%20%20NATIONAL%20FILM%20AWARDS%20FOR%202017-%20final%20(1)%20(5)%20-%20Copy%201.pdf|title=65th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2017|website=164.100.117.97|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217202241/http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/65th%20%20NATIONAL%20FILM%20AWARDS%20FOR%202017-%20final%20(1)%20(5)%20-%20Copy%201.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2018 - Nominated for the National Competition at the [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] for ''1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://miff.in/films/national-competition/|title=LIST OF FILMS SELECTED FOR NATIONAL COMPETITION SECTION IN MIFF-2018|website=miff.in|access-date=2018-11-25|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124093459/http://miff.in/films/national-competition/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2016 - Nominated for the Best Documentary at the [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] for ''The deer, tree and me''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Question that drove film on 1984 anti-Sikh riots: 'If we don't talk about our history, who will?' |url=https://scroll.in/reel/840781/question-that-drove-film-on-1984-anti-sikh-riots-if-we-dont-talk-about-our-history-who-will |access-date= |website=scroll.in|date=16 June 2017 }}</ref>

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