Tasveer Film Fund — Winners
2025
2024
Karan Sunil is an Indian-American writer and director based in LA. His heist comedy feature, THE FAMILY JEWELS, is being produced by Invention Studios and he is also currently writing a comedy feature for Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media.
Moitri Ghosh is an Indian-born, Atlanta-based director raised in India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and the US. Driven by her fascination with human behaviour and visual aesthetics.
Meera Angelica Joshi is a filmmaker and documentarian who loves to investigate our connection to each other and the planet through her work. She was born in New Zealand, raised in Australia and moved to New York City to study film at NYU.
2023
Haunted by her mother’s death, a young Indian-American doctor journeys back to India to find meaning. While there, an unexpected encounter with a young indigenous girl makes her confront her past and question her future.
CHANNEL BIBI, a narrative short, explores generational trauma in a fantastical world of Hashtags, Followers, and Influencer-Status. When a lonely grandmother becomes an internet sensation on YouTube, she questions whether her online fans can replace her distant family.
Amidst the eerie silence of night, Yassin faces a life-altering decision at a desolate bus stop. But fate takes an unexpected turn, propelling him and his resolute cousin Ayesha into a relentless quest for justice against an unforgivable injustice.
2022
A woman with severe OCD is forced to examine why a sense of “home” is beyond her control.
When, Mustafa, the Imam of a mosque in rural Florida learns that a young trans man has been praying in the men’s section of the mosque, the Imam faces a moral and ethical crisis of faith as he decides if his loyalty is to uphold the established values of his mosque or to protect this trans man’s safety and spiritual belonging.
When Hafsa, a sparkly and impulsive 12-year-old girl, is made aware of her unibrow at Islamic Sunday School in a lesson on “cleanliness”, her chatty and aunty-like eyebrows come to life and begin to speak to her.
2021
2020
