My name is Pavel Singh. I am a filmmaker, working in both fiction and non-fiction, with a love for stories that draw from lived realities and human emotions. Over the years, I have explored short films and documentary forms, always searching for ways to bring intimacy, truth and a certain visual poetry to the screen. I am a director, cinematographer and editor by practice, but I have also spent time in front of the camera. That experience has shaped the way I work with actors, and with people in general, to create spaces of trust and honesty in filmmaking. My approach is hands-on – I like to be close to the process, whether it is through the camera lens, at the editing bench, or even in recording sound. I began my journey in cinema with a deep curiosity. Like many who start out, I learned by doing – sometimes carrying my own gear, sometimes helping others with theirs, sometimes simply observing. With time, that curiosity has only grown, pushing me to explore stories that are raw, hyper-real, and yet cinematic in form. My films have been about the questions that keep us awake at night – about childhood and parenting, about family ties, about discipline and freedom, about society’s contradictions. I believe in the power of cinema to reflect the everyday, and to find meaning in the ordinary. Traveling, filming, meeting people – that remains my strongest motivation. The city streets, the villages, the classrooms, the homes where I have filmed – these are not just locations, they are living spaces that have shaped my work. People have welcomed me, offered their time, their trust, and sometimes their stories. In return, I try to make films that are honest to them, and to the land we belong to. This is my cinema. This is my land. These are my people. And this is what keeps me going.