Ritesh Batra is a writer and director based in Mumbai and New York. In 2009, Batra was selected for the Sundance Writers and Directors labs for his feature project The Story of Ram. He was also named the Sundance Time Warner Storytelling Fellow and an Annenburg Fellow. His short film Café Regular, Cairo (2012) was featured in the 2012 International Film Festival of Rotterdam and the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. The Lunchbox (2013), his debut feature film, won the Audience Choice Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, an Honorable Mention from the 2012 Cinemart Jury as part of the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, and has won awards at both the Odessa and Reykjavik International Film Festivals.
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.
