Director | Animator | Illustrator

Prashanti Aswani is an award-winning director, animator and illustrator based in London. Born in Indonesia, growing up in Estonia and having lived in different parts of the world she has grown up very uncertain about her identity - a feeling that is strongly reflected in her work. Her animations and illustrations often revolve around themes of race, identity, immigration and the female body. 

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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’ (out in October) - 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

CONTACT
prashanti.aswani@gmail.com