Aashni  Shah

Aashni completed our One-Year Practical Filmmaking course in 2008 and has since been busy working in the film industry and promoting her short film Umbrella.

After submitting Umbrella to a variety of festivals, Aashni won the Best Director award at the First Glance Festival in Philadelphia and was nominated for an award at the Hollywood Film Festival in Los Angeles. In addition, Umbrella was nominated for Best Short Film at the Toronto Students Film Festival and was a finalist at the Very Short Movies Festival in Los Angeles and the Portobello Film Festival.  Following this successful festival run, Umbrella has recently been acquired by major American television channel HBO, who have bought the film rights for 2010.

In addition to her success with Umbrella Aashni worked as an Editor at visual entertainment facility Prime Focus both in the UK and India. Prime Focus have worked on a roster of high-profile projects including the Twilight sequel New Moon, adverts for leading brands and music videos for the likes of Robbie Williams and Dizzee Rascal.

Aashni recently left Prime Focus to concentrate on freelance work and is currently working on her third feature film project as an Assistant Director.

To check out Umbrella head to the YouTube page.