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Sonia Bhatia

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Producer & Director
mfa @usccinema 🎬 @uscedu
Mumbai | Los Angeles
@aayat_shortfilm

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to the best three years @usccinema ♥️ taken in USC School of Cinematic Arts by @soniab15

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4 months ago

AAAH! Pinch me. So grateful to @creativeartistsagency and the IR team at @usccinema - Sandrine (@culverdrivestudio) and Bonnie. 𝘈𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘵, our labour of love is one of ten films to be included in the CAA Moebius Showcase this year! by @soniab15

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Gear up, we are going to Cannes baby! 🇫🇷🎥

Our virtual thesis film ‘Fuel Up’ has been selected for the 2026 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival and will screen at the Palais des Festivals on 19 May.

A HUGE shoutout to the entire team who made this possible! 🫶💙🏁

@americanpavilion @goldhouseco @usccinema @uscedu @indiewire by @soniab15

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5 months ago

Beyond thrilled to share that Aayat is an official selection at TASVEER!🥳 (@tasveerorg ) the only oscar-qualifying south asian film festival in the world. Seattle, here we come! Aayat screens on Wednesday, October 14th, 4:30pm PT at the Tasveer Film Centre. by @soniab15

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We’re bringing Kashmir to the OC! 𝒜𝒶𝓎𝒶𝓉 will screen at the Newport Beach Film Festival (@newportbeachfilmfest ) on Wednesday, October 21st, 6pm PT at The Lot Theatres! Grateful and honoured! 🫶 by @soniab15

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We’re heading to the windy city! 🏙️ 𝘼𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙩’s midwest premiere will be at the 17th Annual Chicago South Asian Film Festival @csaffestival on Friday, September 18th, 12pm CDT at AMC East River. See you there 🫶 by @soniab15

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𝘈𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘵 heads to Catalina Island! 🏝️ We’ll be screening on Saturday, September 26th at 11am! So grateful to @catalinafilm & everyone who made this film possible. by @soniab15

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Aayat’s coming to Bengaluru! Our Asia & India premiere will be at the academy-accredited Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (@bisffblr )in the Women’s Cinema Collective competition category on August 14th, 12pm at The Indian Heritage Academy. Excited and grateful ✨🫶 by @soniab15

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Honored to announce our World Premiere @danceswithfilms on June 22nd, 4:15pm at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood!

to everyone who made this possible ♥️
Writer-Director: @soniab15
Cast: @onlymanojsharma @aleena_farooqkhan @mehrooss @shaheenmahajan
Producers: @soniab15 @khwabeeda_11 @ddhruvpatell @sehrankhan
Co-Producers: @ashish.dixit3 @nisha_dixit12
Executive Producers: @drshilpanaresh
In Association With: @crazyowlfilms @hour99studios & Patel Pictures

DP: @tanay.ig
Editors: @aanchr @dibsfreenergy
Sound Designers: @donar_raja @juliabyers94 @olivehsuan
Original Score: @sparshvermamusic_
Production Designer: @sarrah_ka_sara
Art Director: @faheem.bhat91
Costume Designer: @sanamzeeya
1st AD: @roshnipanchal_
DA: @jahnavi.bhatia
1st AC: @luna_krina
Focus Puller: @_arjun_focus_
Production Sound: Omprakash Ray
Re-Recording Mixer: @vishalsutar03
Guitarist: @hughdownsmusic
ADR Supervisor: @swapnilshivang
Voice Actor: @rk_shinde
Foley: @studio92_postworks
Casting Outreach: Towfeeq Raja
Additional Cast: @khwabeeda_11 ,Tarun, Mohammad Ashraf, @rudrakshchebba
Script Supervisor: @rudrakshchebba
Costume Assistant: @momin__manzoor
Colorist: @harnishambaliya
VFX: @vibrantecho1
Camera Team: Anurag, Mohit Kumar, Tarun Kumar
Light Team: Umakant, Harendar Rawat, Ravinder Singh, Subhash
Set Dressers: Mohammad Zaki, Zubair Ahmed
PAs: Aadil, Shahid, Haroon

Faculty Mentor: @johnwats23
Made @usccinema by @soniab15

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4 months ago

Pull up in that Lamborghini so you can see a special screening of FUEL UP and 6 other amazing USC thesis films at the Eileen Norris Cinema theatre this 24 January at 3 PM! I can’t wait to show you guys what we’ve been working on! See you there!! 🏎️🏁
Gorgeous poster design courtesy by @big_picture_co ✌️THANK YOU! taken in USC Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre by @soniab15

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9 months ago

AAYAT premieres tomorrow, 7pm at The Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre, Los Angeles alongside six other incredible films! See you there ~♥️ by @soniab15

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10 months ago

Dear Mr. Hitman is starting the summer off right with two festival selections!

We'll be screening at the Chicano Hollywood Film Festival in Pomona at 2pm on July 19th and at the Broad Humor Film Festival which runs August 28-31 in Santa Monica 💋 by @soniab15

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