Kanhaiya is an India-based Shiny Award–winning filmmaker and visual artist whose work has screened at BFI Future Film Festival, LSFF, BFI Film on Film Festival, Encounters many more international festivals . A two-time Straight8 winner (2022, 2023), he has been mentored through Film London × EAN and BBC Creative U.
Currently he is in pre-production of his debut feature (Simples) and in post production of his latest short film (A Handshake).
He holds an MA in Directing from MetFilm School, London, and a law degree from Delhi.
Updates
Mixed-Media immersive installation The Land in Between for Abhivykti Edition 7 at Ahmedabad (2025)
Licensed by Screen Scotland (Lemonade Stand-Off, 2025)
Photo Exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi (2025)
Photo Exhibition under Return to the Sea, The Seafront Gallery, Hasting (2024)
Shiny Award (Lemonade Stand-off, 2024)
BBC Creative U (Mentee, 2024)
Film London EAN Connect (Mentee, 2023-24)
Archived by British Film Institute, Sounthbank (Dead Funny, 2023)
Straight8 Winner (Lemonade Stand-off, 2023)
Straight8 Winner (Dead Funny, 2022)