Talent Guide
V.T. Nayani
- Discipline:Writer
- Program Year:Episodic Lab 2024
Bio
V.T. Nayani is a multidisciplinary artist and storyteller for the screen. Her work intimately and thoughtfully explores how we continuously come of age. She has been championed by platforms including The Gotham, Telefilm Canada, BIPOC TV & Film, the Canadian Film Centre, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and UN Women. Her work has been supported by multiple festivals including TIFF, Outfest, Frameline, NewFest, BlackStar, Inside Out and IFFI Goa. V.T.’s award-winning feature directorial debut, This Place, premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival and has since toured globally. She is currently developing her sophomore feature and two original series.
Current Project
ShameLogline
Shame is a comedy-drama series that follows Anju, a 30-something South Asian-Caribbean woman, who suddenly develops vaginismus after a pap test gone wrong. Through an obstacle course of comically painful turns, she must navigate the intricacies of sex, shame, and societal expectations, after being diagnosed with a rarely discussed, quietly kept medical condition.