creatives
May 7, 2026
Raghavan served as a mentor for this year’s program, alongside fellow industry luminaries Chaitanya Tamhane, Dibakar Banerjee, and Geetu Mohandas — winners of accolades from India’s National Film Awards, the Asian Film Awards, the Venice International Film Festival, and the Sundance Film Festival, to name a few. To make their shorts, filmmakers Shreela Agarwal, Ritesh Sharma, Robin Joy, and Dhritisree Sarkar tapped into the pro camera system, cinema-grade video capabilities, and advanced features of iPhone 17 Pro Max, as well as MacBook Pro with M5 and iPad Pro with M5 for additional support. Watch the four short films on MAMI’s YouTube channel.
I felt like a moving studio. During preproduction, I’d record whatever I was hearing with the native mics on iPhone, transfer the file, and edit it right away on MacBook Pro.
Ritesh Sharma, filmmaker
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