Nandita Solomon

Nandita is the co-founder of Malaysian independent film production company Apparat, which produces bold and game-changing films, that cross-over into international festivals, sales and distribution. Apparat's first fiction feature, 'Bunohan' (2011) was Malaysia's 2nd official submission for the Foreign Language Oscar 2013. Apparat's films have been invited to Toronto, Locarno Piazza Grande, Rotterdam, London BFI, Jogja Netpac Asian Film Festival, Sitges, Singapore IFF, Bucheon, Udine and many others. Apparat's films have been picked up by Universal Pictures, HBO Asia and Netflix, and are screened at community-organized events around Malaysia. Nandita has participated in international programs including Locarno Open Doors Producers Lab, EAVE Ties That Bind and Crossing Borders, and has presented projects at international markets and forums such as Hong Kong's HAF, Focus Asia Genre Market in Udine, Bucheon NAFF IT Project Market, Singapore's SAFF and Docedge Kolkata. Nandita serves as an Industry Advisor to the Malaysia Multimedia University's Faculty of Cinematic Arts since 2019. She taught Sunway University's degree course on producing for film between 2019 and 2020, where she also organized talks and panels during the masterclass week. She has served on the jury of the Jogja Netpac Asian Film Festival (2019) and as a mentor for the Singapore SEA Film Academy 2020.  Nandita is preparing for the release of Harum Malam, a horror feature by Dain Said which she also co-wrote, as well as Imaginur, a fantasy drama by Nik Amir Mustapha.