Kaustubh "Vick" Singh

Biography:

Kaustubh "Vick" Singh is a narrative and documentary film producer based in New York City. Vick’s short films have been featured at prominent domestic film festivals, including Slamdance, AFI, New Orleans, Palm Springs Shortsfest, NewFest, Big Sky, Frameline, and NFFTY, as well as renowned international festivals such as In The Palace, QCinema, and FIRST. His acclaimed documentary projects include THAT WAS RAY (2019), which was a Student Academy Award® finalist, and PEACE OF HER OWN (2020), which won the Leo Freedman First Cut Award and was subsequently shortlisted for a GSA-BAFTA student film award. His narrative short film ÉVANGÉLINE (2024) won the Best Student Film award at the Magnolia Independent Film Festival. Internationally, ABUTAN MAN TAYO NG HOUSELIGHTS (2023) was nominated for best short film by the Society of Filipino Film Reviewers in 2023. His upcoming film NIKOLA, NIKOLA (2026) and its director, Leon Ristov, were recently selected for the Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellowship at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and nominated for a National Board of Review Student Grant. At Columbia University, Vick was awarded the 3Pas Studios Award for Excellence in Producing (2026), the Arthur Krim Memorial Award (2025), and the PepsiCo Student Scholarship (2024). He also won prestigious awards from Indian Paintbrush, Columbia Mental Health Initiative, and Katharina Otto-Bernstein. His works have been covered by the LA Times, Indian Express, Tenderloin Museum, Country Roads Magazine, Community Voices: America's Stories Program, Sikhlens Foundation, Virginia.Org, and Smithsonian Magazine. Currently developing and co-financing projects through Obluda Films, Vick is dedicated to using film to illuminate the stories of underrepresented communities around the globe.