Nathalia Syam

Nathalia is a London based multi-award winning Film Director of debut feature, Footprints On Water. Produced by The Production Headquarters UK, this film stars Adil Hussaiin, Nimisha Sajayan, Lenaa Kumar & Antonio Aakeel in lead roles. For this feature, Nathalia has won the Best Debut award at New York Indian Film festival judged by the Film Critics Circle of India, best award on celebrating stories theme at UKAFF, Best Debut award at the Indo-German Film Week in Berlin, Special jury award for Best Debut at the Ottawa Indian Film Festival, FCCI Best Debut award at Indian Film Festival of Cincinnatti & house of illusions award of Best Film by Woman Film Director. Footprints On Water is set to travel further in various festivals worldwide this year. Between the British and Indian film industries, she has experience working as an associate director/ 1st AD and has broadcast credits for her previous short-films and commercials. Nathalia is also a Film Practitioner at a Film School in London. As a director, her previous short film, Lehenga, was nominated for the 'Best of British' award at the BAFTA qualifying 'Iris Prize' Award in Cardiff. Nathalia has a special interest in creating films that portray distinct characters and themes from around the world where audiences can get the essence of different cultures and social situations.