Dhvani Desai

Dhvani Desai is an Indian animation filmmaker, curator and poet. She is best known for her artistic animated films (the Perfect Match) and (The Vicious Circle).

Early life Desai was born in an illustrious family of writers, poets & filmmakers in Mumbai. Her father, Dr Sudhir Desai, is a poet, thinker, and scholar. Her mother, Tarini Desai, is a modern short story writer in Gujarati. Her elder sister, Sanskritirani Desai, is also a Gujarati poet and brother Sanskar a senior Documentary Filmmaker. Desai has been associated as festival curator for many international film festivals for animation programmes within India and abroad.

Awards

Gold Remi Award, 41st World Fest Houston, U.S.A. 2008 (for Manpasand — The Perfect Match) Award for Best Practices in RTI, DOPT, Government of India and Yashada, 2014 Award from Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Govt of India, 2015 Most Popular Film Award, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2014

Honours and achievements Jury at 66th National Film Awards 2019 in the Non-Feature Category Jury at Bangalore International Film Festival 2020 BIFFES Jury at Pune International Film Festival PIFF 2016 in the Animation Category Grand Jury at New York Festivals 2014 Jury at Third Eye Asian Film Festival 2015 Jury at International Film Festival of India IFFI 2022 She has served as Jury in several international film festivals in India and abroad.