Swanand Kottewar is an Independent filmmaker and a cinema lover. He completed his graduation in Bachelor’s Mass Media (BMM) from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. His interests lies in exploring of image, space and narrative. His film Haalaat (State) has been nominated and won awards at international film festivals. Currently, he is based in Nagpur; practicing filmmaking and organizing film screenings and Q&A with filmmakers at Meraki Theatre.