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TERRIE SAMUNDRA | WRITER DIRECTOR

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Ice Cream Wallah

Jessie, troubled and pissed, has just lost her father to suicide. That’s when she meets his boyfriend, Sean.

13 Minutes. HD. Color. 2017.

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Guanajuato International Film Festival, Director's Cut Premiere

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Kunjo

Kunjo, a 12 year old Rajasthani refugee spends her days begging in the streets of a rural Punjab village in North India. When an unlikely friendship blossoms between Kunjo and Preeta, an educated schoolgirl from a higher caste, Kunjo reveals her secret passion for storytelling. Betrayed by her new friend, and caught in the complexity of an unconventional friendship, Kunjo faces a crossroads between standing up for herself or submitting to her place of silence in society.

25 Minutes. HD. Color. 2009

AWARDS

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ALL ROADS SEED PROJECT, Grant Recipient, 2007

Princess Grace Award Recipient, 2009

WINNER - BEST NARRATIVE SHORT, ATHENS INTERNATIONAL Film Festival (Oscar Qualifier), 2009 

WINNER - BEST SHORT FILM, AUDIENCE CHOICE, Indian Film Festival of LA 2010

WINNER - WAKE UP TO JUSTICE AWARD, Angelus Student Film Festival, 2010

FINALIST - USA FILM FESTIVAL, DALLAS, 2009 

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Nashville International Film Festival, 2010

Mill Valley Film Festival, 2009

Creteil International Women's Film Festival, France, 2009

San Francisco International Asian Film Festival, 2011

A Short Tale of Xuan

Xuan, a young Vietnamese immigrant, comes of age through the power of storytelling in her collection of found objects. Mixture of live action and animation.

12 Minutes. 16mm. Color. 2007

AWARDS

Best Local Voice Award
San Francisco Women's Film Festival 2007

Best Experimental Narrative Short Film
San Francisco State University, Guttman Award, 2007

Winner of the San Francisco State University FotoKem Grant, 2006

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Expresion en Corto International Film Festival 2007 (Now known as the Guanajuato Film Festival) 
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, July 2007

Broadcast on PBS Affiliate KTEH
Video I, Bay Area's PBS premier showcase of independent film and video. Spring 2008

National Museum of Women in the Arts’ Festival of Film & Media Arts
Washington, D.C., September 2007

AFIA International Film & Video Festival
Aarhus, Denmark, March 2008

San Francisco Women's Film Festival
San Francisco, CA, April 2007

REEL Women International Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA, March 2008

San Francisco Women's Film Festival Curated Show
San Francisco, CA, February 2008

Kinoki International Film Festival
Mexico City, Mexico, February 2008

Taos Shortz Film Festival
Taos, NM, November 2007

Austin Asian Film Festival
Austin, Texas, November 2007

Blue November MicroFilmFest
Seattle, WA, November 2007

Los Angeles Children's Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA, October 2007

San Diego Women's Film Festival
San Diego, CA, October 2007

DC APA Film Festival
Washington, D.C. September 2007

Boulder Asian Film Festival
Boulder, CO, August 2007

Women of Color Film Festival 2007
Berkeley, CA, March 2007

Ice Cream Wallah

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Kunjo

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A Short Tale of Xuan

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