Guneet Monga | You Shine, I Shine - Women Empowerment | Talks at Google

Описание: In celebration of #IamRemarkable Week, Guneet Monga discusses her personal story and career, as well as how she is using her position as one of the most influential female film producers in India to facilitate change and normalise gender equality.

Guneet Monga is an Indian film producer, a BAFTA nominee and amongst the first producers from India to be inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Most recently, she was the recipient of the second highest civilian honor of France, the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She is the founder of Sikhya Entertainment, a Mumbai-based production house that carved an unprecedented space in the Indian film industry by producing films that focused on heartland stories that resonate globally. Some of the titles from her inspiring filmography include: The Lunchbox, Masaan, Gangs of Wasseypur, Pagglait, What Will People Say, Soorarai Pottru, Haraamkhor, Monsoon Shootout, Zubaan, and Peddlers. Additionally, Guneet served as an Executive Producer on Period. End of Sentence. which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

In 2012, Guneet was one of 12 women named to The Hollywood Reporter’s International Power Women List. India Today also named her as one of the Top 50 Indians Changing India.. Additionally, Guneet was part of the Global Media Makers fellowship by Film Independent and the US Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. In 2019, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded her the prestigious Sloan Science and Film grant. She recently founded a cinema collective called Indian Women Rising aimed at discovering, amplifying and distributing the work of Indian women filmmakers across the globe.

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