Shalini Adnani is a Chilean-born, Indian-origin writer & film director based in London.

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Her Film4 & BFI funded feature debut, Our Share of Sand premiered at the Venice Film Festival at Venice Critic's Week where it won the Audience award and the Valentina Pedicini Award Special Mention for Direction & Screenplay. It is having it's UK Premiere at the London Film Festival where it is nominated for the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature.

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Her short film White Ant premiered at Sundance 2023 and went on to be short listed for a BIFA, won Best UK short at Raindance 2023 and was acquired by Canal+.  It is now available to watch on Channel 4.

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She was one of eight international directors hand selected for Workshop I fiori, led by Alice Rohrwacher as part of L’immagine e la parola at the Locarno Film Festival.

 

Her next feature, Hold Still, was selected for Torino Script Lab where it was awarded the CNC Special Mention Award.

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She was a 2025 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow. 

 

She is drawn to stories of power, complicity and desire, and to the intimate ways political and economic forces shape private lives.

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Represented by:

Liam Francis Quigley at Entertainment 360 lquigley@ent360.com