Shiva Raichandani
A person with short dark hair wearing dark red lipstick large gold earrings and collar necklace. They are also wearing a cream cropped beaded top.
Credit: Alia Romagnoli, 2019
Meet

Shiva Raichandani

Writer, Director, Producer

(They/Their)

Shiva is a non-binary filmmaker and performance artist who is passionate about telling inclusive, intersectional, gender-expansive stories with a focus on social justice and universal hope. Their shorts include documentaries Peach Paradise, commissioned by the Netflix Documentary Talent Fund, and Always, Asifa, commissioned by the TogetherTV Diverse Film Fund. Their short musical, Queer Parivaar, screened at BAFTA-qualifying festivals, including BFI Flare, Outfest and London Short Film Festival, won the 2022 Iris Prize Best British Short Award, and is available on Channel 4. They are currently developing several long-form projects that centre the experiences of LGBTQIA+ British Asians, including an original television series. Shiva also freelances as a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant within the wider creative industries, and was a semi-finalist on Britain’s Got Talent.

To keep up to date with Shiva Raichandani’s latest work visit the links below.

Represented by: Nish Panchal and Sam Greenwood, Curtis Brown

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