V.T. Nayani is a Tamil director, producer, actor and screenwriter from Toronto. Her work intimately explores how we continuously come of age. V.T. is widely known for directing, writing and producing the mid-length documentary SHADEISM: DIGGING DEEPER (2015). Her highly-anticipated debut feature THIS PLACE, premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery Programme), and is scheduled for release in 2023.