Annusitara is a PhD student in Film and Media Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her MA in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She studies transnational documentary cultures, with a particular interest in how curatorial practices, festival geopolitics and asymmetrical power relations shape representation and visibility. Before beginning her doctoral studies, she worked in India as a journalist, film researcher and media educator, including as an editorial assistant and reporter for the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).