Shai Heredia, filmmaker and curator, is the founding director of Experimenta, the moving image art biennial of India, which has gained international prominence as an influential platform for experimental film and video. She has curated for film festivals and art venues worldwide, and most recently was the programmer of the prestigious Robert Flaherty Seminar. Her films I Am Micro and An Old Dog’s Diary, in collaboration with Shumona Goel, have received critical acclaim, been exhibited widely and won awards, including a National Award and the BFI London International Film Festival Short Film award. Heredia has also been a grant maker with India Foundation for the Arts where she set up the Arts Practice and Curatorship funding programmes. Heredia lives and works in Bangalore where she runs Experimenta India, and teaches at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
