NISHTHA

Shailajan

an artistic nerd,

always curious

and hungry.

Design and film have always been my passion. I held a paintbrush at five, moved to MS Paint at eight, Photoshop by fourteen, and eventually picked up a camera at eighteen.

A Visual Communication Designer with a specialisation in Film and Video, I graduated from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad as Valedictorian.

Over the last 14 years I have worked across departments in filmmaking, ultimately directing global advertising campaigns and original scripted series. As an early adopter of generative AI since 2022, my work has been published and recognised at festivals across Korea, Switzerland, USA, UK, Italy, Brazil, Netherlands and Australia.

Equally fluent in cinematic storytelling and AI-native content creation, I pride myself on being a filmmaker who has always embraced the changing landscape of the craft. With a strong foundation in both education and experience, I move between creative vision and hands-on execution with passion and speed.

WORK / AI

PEACH

Peach (2025) An experimental AI art film using the peach as a visceral metaphor for the body: tender, sensual, and repeatedly subjected to handling, surveillance, and control. While rooted in the visual language of femininity, the film expands to examine the broader condition of subjugated identities - bodies that are observed, objectified, and regulated by dominant systems.

Awards & Recognitions:

Winner : 2 Art & Culture Content Award, K-AI Contents Award (Korea, 2025)
Winner : 1st Annual International AI Media Award, AI Media Award (Switzerland, 2025)
Official Selection : Black-AI Fest (UK, 2025)
Official Selection : AI Video Awards, Dutch AI Week (Netherlands, 2025)
Official Selection : Cloudwalk AI Shorts Festival (Brazil, 2025)
Official Selection : Miami Art Tech Summit (USA, 2025)
Honorable Mention : MIXED* (USA, 2026)
Official Selection : OMNI MINI: SOUND 2026 (Sydney, 2026)
Finalist : AFRICA AI CREATIVITY WEEK & AWARDS (Morocco, 2026)