Karan Archana

Karan Archana is a Sainte-Adèle, Québec based writer/filmmaker. Their first short film ‘Faceless’ (2012), explored supremacy of the white majority in the LGBTQI+ communities in North America. Karan’s projects focus on telling untold stories of othered peoples and communities, and as a queer person of South Asian origin, aim to bring South Asian stories to an international audience. Karan’s last short film ‘Mum Singh’, received funding from the Canadian and Québec Arts councils, and premiered at the Reel Pride Film festival, Winnipeg, having screened at other Canadian and international film festivals. Their latest short ‘Pass the Salt‘ will be releasing in the Summer of 2024 and they are developing their first feature ‘Zoya iman Ayaz‘.