Karishma Dube
Directing
Biography
Karishma Dev Dube is an Indian filmmaker based in New York.A recipient of the Dean’s fellowship, Karishma recently graduated from NYU’s Film Program. Her award winning short film Devi (Goddess), has played 57 festivals worldwide including BFI, Edinburgh FF and Outfest LA where it won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short. Her most recent short film, BITTU is a Student Academy Award Finalist and has been selected has Telluride Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and Palm Springs ShortFest. She is currently producing her first feature length film BURNING WELL that was a part of Sundance Talent Forum 2019 and Tribeca All Access 2020.She can be reached at karishma.ddube@gmail.com.
Known For
A young closeted lesbian risks both family and tradition, as she embraces her attraction for her childhood maid, Devi.
Devi: Goddess
When adversity strikes, the future may depend on Bittu, a defiant young girl with a brilliantly foul tongue.
Bittu
An innocent misunderstanding at the ice skating rink leads nine-year-old Claire to more dire circumstances.
How do we leave
Life for Fede, a high school student living in nun-run housing in Italy, is reliably routine until a new visitor arrives, inspiring her to go out of her way to make a connection.
Incroci
Set in Queens, New York, 'Pia' is a short film about a teen who must shed her submissive nature as she goes head to head with her mother over a traditional, Indian dress.
Pia
GIRLS ON FILM returns with eight award-winning short films from around the world. Inspirational short stories made by women, for women, explore female desire, empowerment and the realities of being a woman, a lesbian and a feminist today.
Girls On Film 3: Goddesses
An immigrant trucker makes his way across the American Midwest.