Nikhil Ganesh
Writer
Director
Nikhil Ganesh is an Indian-American writer/director from Silicon Valley. His work, inspired by his diverse upbringing, explores identity, technology, and the changing modern landscape. Nikhil’s films have played and won awards at festivals around the world, including LA Shorts, Aesthetica, New Delhi International Film Festival and more. His last film, Paly was accepted into Jim Cummings’ Short-To-Feature Lab, released as a Vimeo Staff Pick in 2021, and is currently being developed into a feature film.
Neil Thekdi
Producer
Neil Thekdi is a film producer and the Founder & CEO of Loveland Pictures. After graduating from NYU Tisch, Neil moved back to California to be closer to family and begin producing films in Los Angeles. He is also the Co-Founder & President of Rickshaw Film Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on amplifying and uplifting South Asian voices in Film & TV. Through Rickshaw, Neil has overseen and facilitated the development of over 200 short, feature, and pilot scripts. His work has been selected as Vimeo Staff Picks, Miami Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Aesthetica, and LA Shorts, among dozens of other film festivals across the globe.