Saurav Rai
Saurav Rai | |
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| Born | 1986 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable work | Invitation (2019), Guras (2023) |
Saurav Rai is a Mumbai based film director and screenwriter.
Nimtoh / Invitation, his debut feature film had its international premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2020 in Bright Future Main Programme.[1] It also won the Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting at the 2019, JIO MAMI Film Festival for Screenwriting.[2]
Guras, his sophomore feature received the Hubert Bals Fund (2021) for Screenplay development from the Rotterdam International Film Festival.[3] It world premiered at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2023, where it won the Special Jury Prize of the Proxima Competition.[4] It further premiered at the 28th Busan International Film Festival,[5] Golden Horse Taipei - NETPAC Competition[6] CinemaAsia Netherland Premiere,[7] Zabaykalsky International Film Festival - Winner of the main Look competition,[8] Dharamshala International Film Festival ,[9] and South Asia Premiere in the JIO MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival.[10]
Early life and education
[edit]Saurav Rai graduated in Mass Communication & Journalism from the North Point College, Darjeeling 2010. Saurav completed his post graduation in screenwriting and film direction from Satyajit Ray Film & T.V Institute, Kolkata.
GUDH/NEST his diploma film competed at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival in the La Cinef Competition Section in 2016,[11] the film received National Award for best film editing (Non-Fiction) 2016 64th National Film Awards.
Career
[edit]Saurav’s debut Nepali feature film The Invitation/Nimtoh got selected for the NFDC FilmBazaar Work in Progress Lab 2019 where it won the Prasad DI+Quebe Wire DCP Award.[12] The film also got selected at the Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum Work In Progress Lab, where it won the 2020HAF Goes to Cannes Award.[13] After world premiering at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, the film travelled to 30+ international film festivals and was the Closing Night film of the 34th Images Festival, Canada 2020.[14]
As of 2025, Saurav is developing his hindi language feature film LANKA and recently got invited at the Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum, In-Development Project 2025.[15]
Filmography
[edit]- Monsoon Rain (2014)
- Memories (2014)
- Gudh (2016)
- Nimtoh/Invitation (2019)
- Guras (2023)
References
[edit]- ^ https://scroll.in/reel/938100/darjeeling-set-film-nimtoh-celebrates-the-extraordinary-in-an-ordinary-boys-life
- ^ "21st Mumbai Film Festival – Winners 2019". Asian Film Festivals. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ https://www.screendaily.com/news/rotterdams-hubert-bals-fund-unveils-new-head/5185512.article
- ^ Feinberg, Scott; Szalai, Georg (2023-07-08). "'Blaga's Lessons' Wins Karlovy Vary Film Fest's Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ 28th Busan International Film Festival
- ^ https://goldenhorse.org.tw/news/detail/2012?r=en
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- ^ [2]
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- ^ https://deadline.com/2023/10/jio-mami-mumbai-film-festival-south-asia-1235567001/
- ^ 2016 Cannes Film Festival
- ^ Nimtoh
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- ^ [5]
- ^ [6]
External links
[edit]- Saurav Rai at IMDb