The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts at UC San Diego is pleased to invite you to the Suraj Israni Memorial Lecture with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sara Dosa on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. in the Mosaic 113 Auditorium. The event is free and open to all.

About the Memorial Lecture:

The Center was begun with a gift from the Israni Family in honor of their late son Suraj. An aspiring filmmaker, Suraj understood the way film has the capacity to inspire social change. After his passing, his family is ensuring their son’s legacy will be carried forward with an endowment commitment that established the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts. 

About Sara Dosa: 

Sara Dosa is an Oscar-nominated nonfiction filmmaker whose work centers on the human relationship with non-human nature. The films she has directed have won a Peabody and the Directors’ Guild of America Awards, among others, and have been nominated for an Academy Award,  BAFTA and Independent Spirit Award. Dosa’s work has been shown at festivals worldwide including Sundance, SXSW, New Directors/New Films, CPH:DOX and Visions du Réel, among others, and has screened in partnership with museums such as the MOMA, The Academy Museum, BAMPFA and The Louvre.Most recently, Dosa directed the Academy Award nominated "Fire of Love," which premiered on Opening Night of Sundance 2022 where it won the Editing Award and was acquired by National Geographic Films. “Fire of Love” was released theatrically in 2022 and went on to be nominated for over 40 awards worldwide, winning the DGA Outstanding Direction in a Documentary Film, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Archival Documentary, IDA’s Best Writing and Best Cinematography, Cinema Eye Honors for Best Score, Best Editing and Best Visual Design, among others.  Additional directing titles include the 2015 Indie-Spirited Award nominated "The Last Season" and the 2019 Golden Gate Award-winning film "The Seer & The Unseen." Dosa's producing credits include the Peabody winning "Audrie & Daisy" (Sundance / Netflix 2016) and the Peabody and Emmy-nominated "Survivors" (IDFA / POV 2018). Dosa co-produced the Academy Award-nominated "The Edge of Democracy" (Sundance / Netflix 2019) as well as "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" (Sundance / Paramount 2017).In 2018, Dosa was named to the inaugural class of DOCNYC's "40 under 40" and was also inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture's Documentary Branch. She graduated from Wesleyan University and has a joint masters in cultural anthropology and international development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Location

The Mosaic 113 Auditorium is located in the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts at UC San Diego (Mosaic Building).

Parking

The closest visitor parking is located in the Scholars Parking underground parking structure (map). Weekend parking is $2.10/hour.

Questions: Email surajisranicenter@ucsd.edu.