Shrihari Sathe
About
Shrihari Sathe is an independent producer and director. Sathe's feature directorial debut – Ek Hazarachi Note (1000 Rupee Note) has received over 30 awards including several recognitions for Best Director and Best Film. Sathe is a 2013 Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellow and has received fellowships from the HFPA, PGA, IFP, Film Independent, and The Sundance Institute. Sathe produced Jaron Henrie-McCrea's Pervertigo (Warsaw/Mumbai FF), Eliza Hittman's It Felt Like Love (Sundance FF / IFF Rotterdam) and Elisabeth Subrin’s A Woman, A Part (IFF Rotterdam/BAMCinemaFest). He co-produced Partho Sen-gupta's Sunrise (Busan IFF/Tribeca FF), Afia Nathaniel’s Dukhtar (Toronto IFF/Busan IFF), Anthony Onah’s The Price (SXSW), Eliza Hittman’s Beach Rats (SundanceFF - ND/NF) among others. Sathe is the receipient of the 2016 Cinereach Producer Award. He is a Trans Atlantic Partners fellow (2013) and Cannes Producer's Network fellow (2014, 2015, 2016). Sathe is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Production Advisor at Columbia University.
A Cure for Fear
Neuroscientist Dr. Merel Kindt has discovered a cure for phobias using common medication. It's a brief but intense exposure to the patient's fear, followed by taking a single pill. 24 hours later, the fear is gone. From animal phobias to PTSD, the potential impact is both profound and dazzlingly complex. A CURE FOR FEAR goes inside Dr. Kindt's radical treatments as she explores the ethically treacherous grounds of curing our most human ailment.