Priyankar Patra is a producer, screenwriter and filmmaker based out of Mumbai, India, primarily producing with For Films.
He is also the program manager of WritersINK Institute, a twelve weeks online screenwriting lab incubated by INK Global Foundation and supported by Ford Foundation, primarily focused on skill building to train the next generation of Indian screenwriters.
Festival Selections
Venice International Film Festival
New Directors New Films
El Gouna Film Festival
New Zealand International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Taipei FIlm Festival
Belfast Film Festival
DC International FilmFest
Short Shorts Asia
Dancing With Films LA
Palm Spring ShortFest
LA Shorts
Fantastic Fest
Fantaspoa International Fantastic Festival
SCAD Savannah International Film Festival
MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
Dharamshala International Film Festival
New York Indian Film Festival
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Habitat Film Festival
Smita Patil International Film Festival
Satyajit Ray International Film and Television Institute
Harkat Studios
Film Market Selections
Venice Gap Financing Market - Venice Production Bridge
HAF Hong Kong - Asian Film Financing Forum
Cinevesture International Film Festival and Market
NFDC Film Bazaar
Talent Initiatives
Locarno Industry Academy x NFDC Film Bazaar
Television Academy (Emmys) Fellowship Program
Academic Teaching
Foundations of Screenwriting
Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
2018
Academic Background
Northwestern University
Writing for the Screen and Stage
2018
b. 1995, Kolkata, India
Bengali, English and Hindi