Miriam Chandy Menacherry

Miriam Chandy Menacherry (Producer/Co-Director from India) is the Founder–Director at Filament Pictures. She began her career as a reporter and then went on to direct programmes for BBC World and National Geographic Channel. She produces and directs her brand of creative documentaries that have won international acclaim. Her last film Lyari Notes, co-directed and co-produced with Pakistan filmmaker Maheen Zia had its world premiere at IDFA. It was also the opening film at the Kochi Biennale and was broadcast on Al Jazeera. Her film The Rat Race on the true life narratives of Mumbai’s rat killers won the Mipdoc Co-pProduction Challenge at Cannes and awards at Florence and Kerala. The film had multiple broadcasts on Arte, YLE, RSI, DR and NDTV. Both films had limited theatrical release in India as well as USA.