Actor-turned-filmmaker Sayani Gupta’s directorial debut, Aasmani, continues its impressive global festival run. Having already screened at nine festivals over the past month alone, the short film is set to screen at five more international film festivals over the next two weeks, bringing its total to 12 festivals in just two months.
The film recently screened as an Official Selection at the International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) in Toronto, where Gupta was honored with the South Asian Screen Excellence Award and hosted a masterclass alongside filmmaker Anup Singh Batla.
Global Accolades and Festival Success
Aasmani has earned accolades across multiple international platforms:, some of these include the following
- iSAFF Vancouver: Won Best Film (Honourable Mention – Excellence in Short Filmmaking); Sayani Gupta received the Leadership in Film Award.
- Atlanta Indian Film Festival: Won Best Film.
- Boston South Asian Film Festival: Won Best Director and Best Child Actor.
- Prior Screenings: Included the Bangalore International Short Film Festival (BISFF) and Chicago South Asian Film Festival.
Upcoming Festival Screenings
Over the coming weeks, Aasmani will screen across the US, Canada, Ukraine, and India:
- Tasveer Film Festival (Seattle, US): Screened October 13–18 at the world’s only Oscar-qualifying South Asian film festival.
- LA Femme International Film Festival (Los Angeles, US): October 22–25.
- 55th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (Ukraine): October 24 – November 1.
- Dharamshala International Film Festival (India): October 29 – November 1 at the Tibetan Children’s Village.
- 30th Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF, Canada): November 5–14.
Production Team
Aasmani is produced by Sayani Gupta Movies, Nikkhil Advani (under the Sumitra Gupta Foundation for Arts), and Dia Mirza and Ananya Rane (under One India Stories).
With festival selections already lined up through March 2027, Gupta’s debut project as a writer-director continues to receive widespread acclaim from international audiences and critics alike. Stay tuned to know more only with us and if you have anything to share do comment below and share your thoughts.
