Junoon means obsession, and I have a junoon for stories because they open portals to other cultures, geographies, and psychologies validating our uniqueness and also our common humanity. I am an award winning filmmaker and a multidisciplinary artist who straddles fiction, non fiction and experimental collaborations with other artists. My projects have been presented at Tribeca, Berlin, and Locarno film festivals among many others. I was awarded the L’Oreal Woman of Worth Vision Filmmaker award for my script The Conqueror at Tribeca All Access, and Director of The Year for my documentary Burqa Boxers at the Westlake Forum IDF.
In addition to telling cinematic stories, I also help organizations, entrepreneurs and founders tell their brand stories of convictions, impact , and innovations.
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Burqa Boxers (Feature Documentary)
Winner, Best Project, Grant Open Doors, Locarno Film Festival
Winner “Author of the Year” International. Documentary Festival, Hangzhou, China, 2017.
EBS International documentary Festival, Korea
New Orleans Film Festival, October
Vail Film Festival, USA
Jio MAMI International Film Festival Mumbai
Traces De Vie International Film Festival, Claremond Ferrand, France,
Artemis, Women in Action Film Festival, USA
For Films Sake Film Festival, Australia, USA
Invitation, Film Bazaar Co-Production Market, Goa, India
The Conqueror (Script)
Berlinale Talent Project Market.
L’oreal Woman of Worth Vision Award at Tribeca All Access
The Ant and The Monkey (Short Fiction)
Nomination, Princess Grace Awards
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy
Mendocino Film Festival
San Francisco South Asian International Film Festival
San Diego International Children’s Film Festival
Mahindra IAAC International Film Festival
Panchali
14th Madrid International Experimental Cinema Week
Regional finalist in the Student Academy Awards
John Gutmann Award for Innovation in Cinema
Nominated for the Eastman Kodak Scholarship for Excellence in Cinema (2004).
Casa De Espana, Lima, Peru
San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival
Women of Color Film Festival
Tired Of Dancing
Cinequest International Film Festival
Women of Color Film Festival
San Francisco South Asian Film Festival
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The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/02/gender-fight-night-boxing-film-makers-go-three-rounds-for-industry-equality
The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/of-grit-and-grace/article7893312.ece
The Indian Express: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/the-right-hook-2/
Global Indian: https://www.globalindian.com/story/art-culture/indian-filmmaker-alka-raghuram/
Indian Independent Films: https://indiaindependentfilms.com/2016/10/23/mami-2016-alka-raghurams-burqa-boxers/
Variety: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mithila-palkar-jaaved-jaaferi-siam-ahmed-in-the-ring-1235271543/
Screendaily: https://www.screendaily.com/-locarnos-open-doors-top-award-shared-by-two-indian-projects/5030715.article
Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/locarno-open-doors-unveils-indian-184490/
F.I.G.H.T.C.L.U.B: https://moifightclub.com/tag/alka-raghuram/
KALW: https://www.kalw.org/podcast/sandip-roys-dispatches-from-kolkata/2024-02-21/kathaks-return-journey
India Currents: https://indiacurrents.com/chitresh-das-dance-takes-invoking-the-river-on-3-city-tour-of-india/Chitresh Das Institute: https://www.chitreshdasinstitute.org/blog/2022/10/16/alka-raghuram-interview-w-artists-of-invoking-the-river
Sinema: https://www.sinema.sg/2011/08/11/locarno-open-doors-alka-raghurams-burqa-boxers/
India Currents: https://indiacurrents.com/bay-area-based-filmmaker-alka-raghuram-documents-muslim-women-boxers-fight-for-liberation/
Pandolin: http://pandolin.com/i-wanted-to-investigate-how-learning-to-box-transforms-one-as-a-person/
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Burqa Boxers (Feature Documentary)
Winner, Best Project, Grant Open Doors, Locarno Film Festival
Winner “Author of the Year” International. Documentary Festival, Hangzhou, China, 2017.
EBS International documentary Festival, Korea
New Orleans Film Festival, October
Vail Film Festival, USA
Jio MAMI International Film Festival Mumbai
Traces De Vie International Film Festival, Claremond Ferrand, France,
Artemis, Women in Action Film Festival, USA
For Films Sake Film Festival, Australia, USA
Invitation, Film Bazaar Co-Production Market, Goa, India
The Conqueror (Script)
Berlinale Talent Project Market.
L’oreal Woman of Worth Vision Award at Tribeca All Access
The Ant and The Monkey (Short Fiction)
Nomination, Princess Grace Awards
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy
Mendocino Film Festival
San Francisco South Asian International Film Festival
San Diego International Children’s Film Festival
Mahindra IAAC International Film Festival
Panchali
14th Madrid International Experimental Cinema Week
Regional finalist in the Student Academy Awards
John Gutmann Award for Innovation in Cinema
Nominated for the Eastman Kodak Scholarship for Excellence in Cinema (2004).
Casa De Espana, Lima, Peru
San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival
Women of Color Film Festival
Tired Of Dancing
Cinequest International Film Festival
Women of Color Film Festival
San Francisco South Asian Film Festival