CONTACT 💌
prashanti.aswani@gmail.com

Director | Animator | Illustrator

Prashanti Aswani is an award-winning director, animator and illustrator based in London. Being an Indian, born in Indonesia, raised in Estonia, and having called countless places home, she’s grown up seeing the world through a beautifully mixed lens—a perspective that's weaved into her work. Her animations and illustrations often revolve around themes of race, identity, immigration and the female body. 

Clients include: TED, Amazon Prime, BBC, Meta, ICRC, The Mill

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TALKS

'She Creates Change’ - Annecy Festival 2024
'She Creates Change’ - Raindance Film Festival 2024

AWARDS

‘Machi’ - Best Animation Short Student at London Independent Film Awards 2020
‘Machi’ - Jury Student Short Animation at ICONA Animation Festival 2020
‘Machi’ - Best New Director Awards at Shiny Awards 2020
‘Machi’ - Best Animation Student Award at NEZ International Film Festival 2020
‘Kevin and Irena’ - Big Teeth Small Shorts - Micro Shorts 2019
‘Kevin and Irena’ - Finalist for Short To The Point 2019

SCREENINGS

‘She Creates Change’ - Tribeca X 2023
‘Between Here and There’ - South By Southwest 2021
‘Machi’ - Raindance International Film Festival 2021
‘Machi’ - 28th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film - Young Animation 2021
’Machi’ - RiverRun International Film Festival
’Machi’ - 14th British Shorts Film Festival
’Machi’ - Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2021
‘Machi’ - MONSTRA Lisbon Animation Festival - Students Shorts Films Competition 2021
‘Machi’ - Animation Dingle - Animation International Student Short Film 2021
‘Machi’ - Sunday Shorts Film Festival - Animation 2020
‘Machi’ - Dam Short Film Festival - Student Animation 2021
‘Machi’ - Lisbon Film Rendezvous 2020
‘Machi’ - Long Story Shorts | International Film Festival.- Short Film (Animation) 2020
‘Machi’ - Short Film Factory 2020
‘Kevin & Irena’ - Central Michigan International Film Festival 2020
‘Kevin & Irena’ - South London Shorts 2019