Sounak Kar

Sounak is an alumni of Direction and Screenplay writing department in Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata. Apart from directing and writing, he works occasionally as a cinematographer, editor and sound designer. He has also worked as a teacher in short courses conducted by FTI, Itanagar.

He has been making movies and videos since the age of thirteen. He loves exploring different cultures and has made films in various languages like Bengali, English, Hindi, Nepali, Nyishi, Galo, Apatani and Mandarin. His SRFTI diploma film, “Sex with a monk and other stories” got screened at several major festivals of India and won the Audience Choice Award at Contact International Students Film Festival of Izmir, Turkey in 2017.

In 2014, he directed two short segments for the “World from dawn to dusk: Kolkata” project as part of a workshop conducted by the National film school, Lodz, Poland. In 2015, he participated in the ‘Looking China’ project organized by AICCC, China and made a short documentary in Guiyang called Zhenshan (Eng: Half Mountain) as part of the project. He worked as cinematographer and editor for the documentary, “Slave garden” (Aka: High tea) directed by Abhra Aich) which received the IDFA Bertha Fund for development in 2017. It was also selected for pitching at Doc Lisboa and Doc Incheon. In 2019, he wrote, directed, shot and edited a Galo language feature film called Bird Thief – a regional film made in collaboration with the people of the Galo tribe in Basar, Arunachal Pradesh. It was exhibited locally in several community halls across the state. In 2020, he wrote and directed a commercial Bengali comedy web series called “Fish and Chips”.