An alumni of WOMEN IN DIRECTOR'S CHAIR and a former PLAYBACK MAGAZINE's 10 to Watch, Asis Sethi is a South Asian Canadian filmmaker who graduated from Humber College where she currently teaches film and television directing. Her career in broadcasting spans over 15 years as a producer and a host on lifestyle shows. Asis has created over 100 hours of content for television. Her REMI Award winning short on menstruation, ‘A BLOODY MESS’, was screened at 30 film festivals. Her 16-episode documentary television series on Sikh shrines in India, ‘DARSHAN DEKH JEEVA’, was funded by the OMNI DOCUMENTARY FUND. She directed a documentary on post 9/11 effects on turban wearers titled 'THE COLOURFUL CROWN' which premiered on OMNI Television nationally. Her short film on postpartum depression titled 'ROCK THE CRADLE' was funded by the CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS and will start the film festival run in 2023.
Asis is an alumni of CINEFAM's LIMITLESS program through which she developed a proof of concept for her feature 'SLAM DUNK, SEHAJ!'. It was supported by the CFC/NETFLIX CALLING CARD ACCELERATOR and also won Caribbean Tales' THE BIG PITCH at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022. The feature project has also received development funding through the CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS. Asis has been chosen as one of the 25 pitch participants for the NETFLIX BANFF DIVERSITY OF VOICES Fellowship for the BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL 2023.
Asis is also a mentor at WIFT Toronto and the M Film Lab.
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