Tridip Poddar

An alumnus of SRFTI (2000), Tridib had taught in the Dept. of Mass Communication & Videography, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for 4 years before join­ing SRFTI in 2011. He has been associated with KIIT. Bhubaneswar and D J Academy, Coimbatore as a visiting faculty. While freelancing he worked both in fiction & non-fiction. His first independent short fiction film Sahore (In The City, 2005). participated in many festivals including Toronto International Film Festival (2006). Kolkata Film Festival (Indian Select section. 2005). His diploma film Khoj (In Search) made in SRFTI in 2000 was the first Indian film to get an Official Selection (In Competi­tion) in the Cinefondation section of Cannes Film Festival (2002). It also won the Best First Film of a Director Award (IDPA) in Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF. 2004) and Best Director (Short Film) by Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Award (BFJA , 2002).