Jasmine Jaisinghani
Ibero-American Cinema Competition
Jaisinghani is an Artist Development Executive, Producer, and Curator with a background in theater, music, and film that forms her interdisciplinary lens for storytelling and programming.
Jaisinghani’s professional journey began at the estate of George Harrison with the music documentary Concert for George, The Dark Horse Years box set, and the Grammy-winning album Brainwashed.
Jaisinghani has produced three films: Beholder, directed by Nisha Ganatra; Tent City, directed by Aldo Velasco (both of these played at the Tribeca Film Festival and SXSW); and Igor Voloshin’s Bedouin, which played at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. With 10 editions of AFI FEST, a program of the American Film Institute, she created the Cultural Relations department to promote international talent and films. Additionally, Jaisinghani served as the first Artistic Director for the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles at ArcLight Hollywood.
Jaisinghani has also programmed in partnership with Film Independent, KCRW, and MOCA a showcase called The New Wave, featuring films, conversations, and performances from cultural changemakers. She consults for the Sundance Institute, identifying screenwriters for their Screenwriter’s Labs. Additionally she is a mentor for the Institute’s BIPOC Artist Program. Just before the pandemic, Jaisinghani co-founded Global Cinematheque, founded by longtime colleague Jacqueline Lyanga, to celebrate international cinema, and launched the World Cinema Awards. Recently, for Global Cinematheque, Jaisinghani curated a series of new films from global auteurs for FILM at LACMA.
Jaisinghani is currently the Program Head for Ojalá’s Ignition Lab at Universal Content Productions. The lab was founded by Tanya Saracho, VIDA creator, executive producer, and showrunner. She is passionate about supporting youth programming and intersectional skateboarding events.