Do you have a story that won’t leave you alone?

A memory.
A question.
A person you can’t stop thinking about.
A truth that feels urgent.

Junoon Labs’ 4-Week Documentary Writing Intensive is an in-person development lab designed to help you transform raw material into narrative clarity.

Over four focused weeks, you will move from idea to articulation — shaping a documentary concept with structure, voice, stakes, and ethical intention.

  • Burqa Boxers (Feature Documentary)

    Winner, Best Project, Grant Open Doors, Locarno Film Festival

    Winner “Author of the Year” International. Documentary Festival, Hangzhou, China, 2017.

    EBS International documentary Festival, Korea

    New Orleans Film Festival, October

    Vail Film Festival, USA

    Jio MAMI International Film Festival Mumbai

    Traces De Vie International Film Festival, Claremond Ferrand, France,

    Artemis, Women in Action Film Festival, USA

    For Films Sake Film Festival, Australia, USA

    Invitation, Film Bazaar Co-Production Market, Goa, India

    The Conqueror (Script)

    Berlinale Talent Project Market.

    L’oreal Woman of Worth Vision Award at Tribeca All Access

    The Ant and The Monkey (Short Fiction)

    Nomination, Princess Grace Awards

    Giffoni Film Festival, Italy

    Mendocino Film Festival

    San Francisco South Asian International Film Festival

    San Diego International Children’s Film Festival

    Mahindra IAAC International Film Festival

    Panchali

    14th Madrid International Experimental Cinema Week

    Regional finalist in the Student Academy Awards

    John Gutmann Award for Innovation in Cinema

    Nominated for the Eastman Kodak Scholarship for Excellence in Cinema (2004).

    Casa De Espana, Lima, Peru

    San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival

    Women of Color Film Festival

    Tired Of Dancing

    Cinequest International Film Festival

    Women of Color Film Festival

    San Francisco South Asian Film Festival