Directing
Sophiyaa Nayar
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Sophiyaa Nayar is an award-winning filmmaker from India. Her last short, "Chhaya" screened in competition at several Oscar Qualifying festivals including Chicago International, Tasveer, ISAFF and Beyond Fest. She was part of Chicago International's CIX Lab, developing and pitching "Mosque4Mosque," a feature written by Omer Abbas Salem. Her own feature script for "Chhaya" made it into the second round of Sundance's Feature Development Track and was a Semi-Finalist for the 1497 Lab. She is a member of the WP Lab 2020-22, 3Arts Make a Wave Grantee, a Definition Theatre ensemble member, member of Director's Lab Chicago and is an SDC Foundation’s Leigh Silverman Observership Fellow. She won the …
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NRSomewhere between fantasy and paranoia, an absurd doctor’s appointment cracks open, unraveling the psyche of a survivor grappling with sexual assault.
Chhaya
2024
In an overgrown abandoned factory, an overlooked 11-year-old mimics his older brother’s cruelty to finally be seen– until his first taste of power goes too far.
Howl
2026
NRIn a basement-turned boy cave, a band rehearsal spirals into chaos as creative tensions and personal drama push four teenage musicians to the brink.
B for Boys
2026
Behind the camera
NRSomewhere between fantasy and paranoia, an absurd doctor’s appointment cracks open, unraveling the psyche of a survivor grappling with sexual assault.
Chhaya
2024
NRSomewhere between fantasy and paranoia, an absurd doctor’s appointment cracks open, unraveling the psyche of a survivor grappling with sexual assault.
Chhaya
2024
In an overgrown abandoned factory, an overlooked 11-year-old mimics his older brother’s cruelty to finally be seen– until his first taste of power goes too far.
Howl
2026
NRIn a basement-turned boy cave, a band rehearsal spirals into chaos as creative tensions and personal drama push four teenage musicians to the brink.
B for Boys
2026