Ridham Janve is a graduate from India’s National Institute of Design. Ridham has worked across a variety of mediums of art, design and cinema and his films often blend fiction with reality. He directed short films including Major Ka Farewell (2010), Prataha Smaran (2011) and Kanche Aur Postcard (2013). The latter was an official selection in the Indian Panaroma at the International Film Festival of India in 2013 and represented India at the SAARC film festival in Colombo. The Gold-Laden Sheep and The Sacred Mountain is his debut feature film and was nominated for Best Feature Film at the 2019 APSA ceremony and screened at festivals including Rotterdam, Mumbai and Hong Kong where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize for assembling a narrative that blends nature and spirituality into an irresistible and immersive flow.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
