Vishu Kani

Smriti S Ramakrishnan is the co-creator of the Filmfare Award-winning short 'Soul-kadhi', streaming on Netflix India's YouTube, where it has garnered over 1 million views. A passionate advocate for celluloid filmmaking, she co-created and shot Khidki and Happy Honeymoon on 16mm, both of which have won at prestigious festivals, including Best Short at Cannes International Shorts.
With over two years of producing experience, she recently produced an ad for Xiaomi, featuring renowned director Imtiaz Ali. She is also the co-founder of Sí Films, a company specialising in post-production consultancy and festival strategy for independent films, with their first feature film client, Magic, making waves on the festival circuit with national and international accolades. Beyond this, she is also a professional paper-cutting artist and a pitch deck designer, transforming stories into captivating visual art.

Sameeha Sabnis completed her bachelor's degree in Anthropology from St.Xaviers College, Mumbai and a diploma in documentary filmmaking from Auroville film school in Ladakh. She is a scholarship holder in Sundance’s screenwriters lab, where she developed her first feature screenplay. During lockdown, her 2 min-single reel, celluloid short film ‘Happy Honeymoon’, won the festival director’s award at Cannes international shorts section, starting her journey into filmmaking. She also wrote and acted in this short. She was introduced by Netflix amongst top 10 upcoming filmmakers, in 2022. Her short-film produced by Netflix ‘Soul-kadhi’, is the highest watched short film on Netflix India’s YouTube channel. It also won best popular short Filmfare in 2023 and also represented India in Netflix’s Pan-Asia conference in Thailand. She is currently working as a development executive with Director Shakun Batra, at Jouska films.