IdentityAkash Sharma is an independent film director and editor based in Kolkata, India. He has studied filmmaking (MFA) in the Sarajevo Film Academy's film.factory program under the mentorship of Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr and German maestro Fred Kelemen. He has been tutored by the likes of Lav Diaz, Zeki Demirkubuz, Jacques Ranciere, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Abel Ferrara, Cristian Mungiu and Atom Egoyan. Akash also worked as 1st assistant director in India with filmmaker Aditya Vikram Sengupta (on his second feature film, ‘Jonaki’), who won the best debut film award in Venice Days 2014 for his film 'Labor of Love'.
Akash has also been a visiting/guest faculty in Chandigarh University’s film studies and filmmaking departments. He has been covered by ‘The Times of India’ Pune edition (India's best-selling newspaper) as one of the most promising young filmmakers in the country in 2014. He has also been covered by the best magazine for independent filmmaking in India, ‘Film India Worldwide’ run by Uma Da Cunha. His films ‘Wedding Preparations in the Country’ and ‘The Fall’ were featured in the magazine in the March-April and July-August issue of 2018. He has also been featured on Bengali TV channel, Mon TV, which showcased his film, The Mute Call, followed by an interview / Q & A on regional television.
Akash has made three short films, which have been screened at various international festivals across the world. He is currently in post production of his first full length feature film
