Ambiecka Pandit

A lawyer by qualification, Ambiecka worked at a top tier law firm before pursuing filmmaking. She is a promising writer-director who started her journey in cinema by working as a writer and director's assistant to National Award Winning filmmaker - Bhavna Talwar on a feature film biopic based on Guru Dutt. She has also assisted renowned ad-filmmakers like Prasoon Pandey, Ayappa, Ashim Ahluwalia, Suresh Triveni, and Shimit Amin and worked on a number of commercials for big brands like Bluestar, Flipkart, Disney+ Hotstar, MAMI, Ambuja Cement, Coca Cola, MTV, Parle, Amazon among others. Ambiecka's debut short - Custody was well appreciated at various film festivals and bagged the Best Short Fiction Award at the 67th National Awards, and German Star of India Award, Short Fiction at the Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart in 2021. Her latest short - Under The Waters, is about a pubescent boy who finds himself drawn to his sexual assaulter. The film is produced by Vikramaditya Motwane, Shiladitya Bora, and Suresh Triveni and was shortlisted by Cannes Critics Week and appreciated by Toronto International Film Festival.