Soham Kundu

Filmmaker + Photographer

Soham is an Indian born writer/director, currently based in London.

Love Death and Everything In Between won the ‘Prix Interculturel Award’ at the 41st Film School Fest Munich. AALO the Light premiered at Dadasaheb Phalke FF and Mumbai Int. FF before finding distribution on Move Saints.  Lost in Transition was part of the popular films on Disney Hotstar Plus. Soham’s previous works have screened at venues including Rich Mix London, Odeon Luxe, Bloomsbury Theatre and Nandam Film Centre. 

He is an alumni of UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON, NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL (Writing the TV Pilot). He was awarded the JN Tata Scholarship and UAL Postgraduate Scholarship to attend his MA.

Soham is a member of BAFTA CONNECT, DIRECTORS UK, THE KUSP and SHOOTING PEOPLE.

His works have dealt with normalising South Asian identity with a particular focus on familial relations, intergenerational trauma, the burden of hustle culture and the unconventional human connections that rise out of it. Most of his  works stem from auto-ethnography.

His recent works include commissions VISIBLE INVISIBLE by THE LINE, NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY & LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION, and LISTEN TO YOUR ART BEAT by ART MATTERS, CITY OF LONDON & FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE LONDON. He was also the Editor on ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FLOWER SHOWS, IVORS ACADEMY AWARDS, LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION GRADUATE SHOWS.

Soham is in early stages of development with his first feature The Sea Urchin with Munich Film Up, Pop-Up Film Residency and B3 Hessen Lab. He is also developing original non-fiction MAA BABA AND THE SPACE BETWEEN THEM with PSBT India. In 2023, he registered his production house/film collective HALF HALF FILMS  which was part of a Creative Business Incubator – LCC ACCELERATE

From 2018-2020, Soham was the co-founder of ARTH – a film collective in Bangalore, India where he wrote, directed, produced and edited films for brands including Walmart Labs, Echoes of Earth, Groww, Skore Condoms, The News Minute, Geeli Mitti, Manchester India Partnership with a 1 million + views on Socials.

 

Residencies + Labs

MUNICH FILM UP & POP-UP FILM RESIDENCY – Germany, France | 2022-2023

DOC COMMUNE, Public Service Broadcasting Trust of India – India | 2023

LCC ACCELERATE, Business Incubator – London, UK | 2023

B3 BIENNAL OF THE MOVING IMAGE HESSEN LAB with FILM LONDON – Frankfurt | October 2022

TODAY AT APPLE CREATIVE STUDIOS LONDON – Apple, Fully Focused Productions and Million Youth Media | August 2022

FILMMAKING WORKSHOP – I SEE GHOSTS with Kamal Swaroop, Auroville Film Institute | 2020

 

Awards + Grants

PRIX INTERCULTUREL AWARD – Film School Fest Munich | 2022

JN TATA SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION | 2020

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP | 2020

SCREEN SKILLS BURSARY for NFTS Workshop | 2022

ALL3 MEDIA FELLOWSHIP | 2022

 

Education + Training

MA FILM, Directing, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London | 2020-2021, Grade : Distinction

WRITING THE TV PILOT, National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield | September 2022

BA COMMUNICATION STUDIES, School of Communication, Manipal University | 2014-2017

BFI Network Shorts School, British Film Institute, Online Workshop, 2022

Creativity Squared, Film London, Workshops + Access, 2022

 

 

Memberships

BAFTA CONNECT, since 2023

DIRECTORS UK, since 2023

THE KUSP, since 2022

EQUAL ACCESS NETWORK, since 2022

UAL ALUMNI NETWORK, since 2022

SHOOTING PEOPLE, since 2021