learn from the masters
cinematography
with arnab gayan
Date: 26th March 2026
Time: 9:00am to 11:00am
Venue: State Convention Centre, Shillong
Born in Nagaon, Assam, Arnab grew up around insurgency and shifting politics, eventually picking up a Vivitar camera as a way to make sense of it all. Through Sociology at Delhi University and later Cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, he carried that instinct forward, taking it on the road, shooting across cities, in the back alleys of oppressed lands, and on faces he could wander into with a backpack.
Currently living between Mumbai and Goa, Arnab works across commercials, music videos, documentaries, and narrative films. His images reflect his politics and philosophy, driven by ADHD restlessness and a never-ending search for honesty.
Outside of film, he works in feline infectious peritonitis and runs the FSGI Foundation & FIP Warriors® India: non-profits dedicated to feline health research and consultancy… another space where attention, ethics, and resistance quietly intersect.
screenplay writing
with dominic M sangma
Date: 27th March 2026
Time: 9:00am to 11:00am
Venue: State Convention Centre, Shillong
Dominic Megam Sangma is a graduate of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, India, specialised in Direction and Screenplay Writing. He worked at National Film and Development Corporation Ltd for two years before opening his own production company, ANNA FILMS. He is the Head of the Script Writing Department at the Film and Television Institute, Itanagar, India. He co-founded the Kelvin Cinema Festival of Films and serves as the Artistic Director of the festival. He has served on juries for the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India and the Guwahati International Short Film and Documentary Film Festival. He was selected for Berlinale Talents 2020.
His first feature film, MA•AMA (India/China), became the first Garo film to win a National Award. His second feature film, titled Rapture, which is an India / China / Switzerland / Qatar / Netherlands co-production, world premiered at the Locarno Film Festival 2023 and has since travelled to various film festivals including Busan International Film Festival, 3 Continents Nantes, Energa Camerimage, and Mumbai International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award. Rapture was supported by Hubert Bals Fund, Vision Sud Est, and the Doha Film Institute.