Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Armin Sethi
11/24/21 • 61 min
Our 12th Reel Women’s Network spotlight guest is writer, producer and crown attorney ARMIN SETHI! Armin has a superpower for making a vision come to life through Fly Away Films with her collaborator and sister Asis Sethi. She is a full-time Crown Attorney in Ontario and in the evenings or early mornings, Armin is the Editor-in-chief of Bollywood Film Fame magazine where she interviews many Bollywood icons. Since 2019, Armin as been a writer and producer for docu-series short films, including co-writing the historical DARSHAN DEKH JEEVA highlighting the story of the ten Sikh Gurus with conversations between young Sikh youth. Armin then went onto co-write with Asis, A BLOODY MESS, an award-winning film about a young South Asian woman, attempting to normalize conversations surrounding menstruation. Armin also wrote FUTURE SUPERHEROES, a film about children empowering each other to care for each other and the environment, specifically during the time of COVID-19.Armin co-wrote ROCK THE CRADLE, with Asis! ROCK THE CRADLE is a short film on postpartum depression and in November 2020, it was selected in the Top Ten Scripts at the Landed Entertainment’s Script Writing Contest.
Fly Away Films @flyawayfilmsinc https://flyawayfilms.ca/
Bollywood Film Fame Instagram: @bollywoodfilmfamecanada Twitter: @BFFCmag Facebook: @Bollywood.Film.Fame.Canada.Magazine https://bollywoodfilmfame.com/
On Reel Women’s Network https://reelwomensnetwork.com/armin-sethi/
A Bloody Mess https://watch.reelwomensnetwork.com/a-bloody-mess
Future Superheroes https://watch.reelwomensnetwork.com/future-superheroes
Asis Sethi’s Reel Women’s Spotlight https://open.spotify.com/episode/744g0lJOuUpgA80SjYkzH1?si=aeOwpdsfSHuy_aT5lgxjdQ
Reel Women's Network Twitter: @ReelWomensNetw1 Instagram and Facebook: @reelwomensnetwork https://reelwomensnetwork.com/
Podcast Team Head Producer: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong Editor: Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019
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Our 12th Reel Women’s Network spotlight guest is writer, producer and crown attorney ARMIN SETHI! Armin has a superpower for making a vision come to life through Fly Away Films with her collaborator and sister Asis Sethi. She is a full-time Crown Attorney in Ontario and in the evenings or early mornings, Armin is the Editor-in-chief of Bollywood Film Fame magazine where she interviews many Bollywood icons. Since 2019, Armin as been a writer and producer for docu-series short films, including co-writing the historical DARSHAN DEKH JEEVA highlighting the story of the ten Sikh Gurus with conversations between young Sikh youth. Armin then went onto co-write with Asis, A BLOODY MESS, an award-winning film about a young South Asian woman, attempting to normalize conversations surrounding menstruation. Armin also wrote FUTURE SUPERHEROES, a film about children empowering each other to care for each other and the environment, specifically during the time of COVID-19.Armin co-wrote ROCK THE CRADLE, with Asis! ROCK THE CRADLE is a short film on postpartum depression and in November 2020, it was selected in the Top Ten Scripts at the Landed Entertainment’s Script Writing Contest.
Fly Away Films @flyawayfilmsinc https://flyawayfilms.ca/
Bollywood Film Fame Instagram: @bollywoodfilmfamecanada Twitter: @BFFCmag Facebook: @Bollywood.Film.Fame.Canada.Magazine https://bollywoodfilmfame.com/
On Reel Women’s Network https://reelwomensnetwork.com/armin-sethi/
A Bloody Mess https://watch.reelwomensnetwork.com/a-bloody-mess
Future Superheroes https://watch.reelwomensnetwork.com/future-superheroes
Asis Sethi’s Reel Women’s Spotlight https://open.spotify.com/episode/744g0lJOuUpgA80SjYkzH1?si=aeOwpdsfSHuy_aT5lgxjdQ
Reel Women's Network Twitter: @ReelWomensNetw1 Instagram and Facebook: @reelwomensnetwork https://reelwomensnetwork.com/
Podcast Team Head Producer: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong Editor: Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019
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Twitter: @Jaime_Moyer https://jaimemoyer.com/
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Karen Walton Instagram: @helloiwrite
INK CANADA - CANADIAN SCREENWRITERS AND THEIR SKETCHY FRIENDS Twitter: @inkcanada Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/inkcanada/
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