Sarvnik Kaur is leaning against a paper wall and looks away from the camera. She has short hair, and wears a shirt.
Sarvnik Kaur
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Director

Sarvnik Kaur (she/her) is a documentary filmmaker who strives to tell stories that hide anxiety just beneath the surface of ‘normal’ and ‘mundane.’ Her first documentary A Ballad of Maladies won India’s 64th National Film Award for Best First Non- Feature Film in 2017 and Best Film at the 11th biennial Film South Asia. She has spent three years with the Kolis of Bombay developing her new film Against the Tide. The film has been supported by International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Catapult, and Chicken & Egg Pictures.

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