Kanhaiya is a Shiny award-winning film director, writer and photographer based in London/Delhi whose films have been screened at various film festivals such as BFI Future Film Festival, LSFF, BFI Film on Film Festival, Encounters and many more. He is currently being exhibited in The Seafront Gallery in Worthing. He shoots analog (motion & still) and is a darkroom practitioner.
Originally from a small town in India, he grew up in various big cities. He went to Delhi for his five-year bachelor's degree in law with a specialisation in IP, which he completed in 2020. Shortly after his graduation, he became an autodidact filmmaker and photographer.
He moved to London in 2021 to pursue his MA in directing at the MetFilm School. He also participated in the Straight8 film competition for 2022 and 23, winning both times.
Updates
Licensed by Screen Scotland (Lemonade Stand-Off, 2025)
Archived by The British Library (A London Lark Rising, 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)