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Shweta Kishore is a Lecturer in Screen and Media at RMIT University, affiliated with the School of Media & Communication at City Campus, Australia. Her research focuses on Indian documentary film, feminist film studies, documentary ethics, and activist film festivals. She authored Indian Documentary Film and Filmmakers: Independence in Practice and is editing Resistance in Aesthetics and Practice in Indian Documentary Film. She has curated exhibitions like Artist Cinema: Moving Image and Film from Vietnam and served as an advisory board member for Studies in Documentary Film.
Her professional experience includes roles as a film programmer, moderator, and curator at festivals such as Melbourne International Film Festival, Kochi Muziris Biennale, and Castlemaine Documentary Festival. She teaches Cinema Studies and supervises PhD projects on documentary theory, film history, and South Asian screen cultures. Her work intersects with themes of political resistance, gender, and transnational cultural practices.
Her recent publications explore topics like co-constructed documentaries in Vietnam, ethical frameworks in social documentary, and the aesthetics of homelessness. She contributes to academic discourse through journal articles and conferences, including advisory roles in initiatives like Visible Evidence DEI Advisory Committee.
