Asis Sethi

An alumni of Women in Director's Chair and a former Playback Magazine's 10 to Watch, Asis Sethi is a South Asian Canadian filmmaker who graduated from Humber College where she teaches directing. Her career in broadcasting spans over 15 years as a producer and a host on lifestyle shows. Her REMI Award winning short on menstruation, 'A Bloody Mess', was screened at 30 film festivals. Her 16-episode documentary series on Sikh shrines in India, 'Darshan Dekh Jeeva', was funded by the Rogers Documentary Fund. She directed a documentary on post 9/11 effects on turban wearers titled 'The Colourful Crown' which premiered on OMNI Television nationally. Her short film on postpartum depression titled 'Rock the Cradle' was funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and will be starting the film festival run in 2023. Asis is an alumni of CineFAM's Limitless program through which she developed a proof of concept for her feature 'Slam Dunk, Sehaj!'. It was supported by the CFC/Netflix Calling Card Accelerator and also won 'The Big Pitch' at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022.