Saurav Rai
Saurav Rai | |
|---|---|
 Saurav Rai | |
| Born | 1986 (age 38–39) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable work | Invitation (2019), Guras (2023) |
Saurav Rai (born 1986) is a 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 coveted Grand 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 studied across various schools in the hills and graduated in Mass Communication & Journalism from the North Point College, Darjeeling 2010. From 2011-2015 Saurav received education in film direction from the Kolkata based film school, the Satyajit Ray Film & T.V Institute. His film school short film Monsoon Rain competed at the 34th Munich Film School Festival in 2014.[11] In 2014 Saurav received the scholarship to make a documentary in Tianjin China, upon the invitation of the Beijing Cultural Programme. GUDH/NEST his diploma film competed at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival in the La Cinef Competition Section in 2016,[12] 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.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15]
Guras, his sophomore feature after premiering at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2023[16] participated and competed across several international festivals.
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.[17]
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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- ^ https://deadline.com/2023/10/jio-mami-mumbai-film-festival-south-asia-1235567001/
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- ^ 2016 Cannes Film Festival
- ^ Nimtoh
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External links
[edit]- Saurav Rai at IMDb