Ravi Srinivasan Obituary, Death – Ravi Srinivasan, a programmer for Canadian and International feature films has passed away. Ravi was well-known by a large number of people for his enthusiasm, generosity, and the joy that he provided to the film industry as a result of his roles as a programmer, a champion for filmmakers, and the director of his own hometown film festival in Sarnia, Ontario. This was due to the fact that Ravi was the director of his own hometown film festival in Sarnia, Ontario.
Ravi’s enthusiasm for cinema brought joy to others around him. The year 2013 marked the beginning of his tenure at TIFF, when he was initially employed in the capacity of Festival Programming Associate. In 2019, he launched his career in the motion picture industry by working as a programmer for feature films produced in both Canada and other countries. After another year had passed, in 2022, he was promoted to the position of Senior Manager, Festival Programming and began working there full-time. Ravi was not only in charge of directing the films that were presented at the Hot Docs festival, but he was also in charge of programming them.
2014 was the year that Ravi launched his very own event in Sarnia, the city in where he was born and raised. During the time that Ravi served as both the Executive Director of the South Western International Film Festival and the Artistic Director of that festival, he oversaw the creation and development of a significant new film event that took place in the region. This event was the South Western International Film Festival. It was in acknowledgment of the Festival and its enormous contribution to both the business and the culture of the Community and the Region that he was put on the Mayor’s Honour List in 2016. This honor was bestowed upon him in 2016.
Ravi’s broad knowledge of movies and his excitement for film as an inclusive art form were significant contributors to the development of Canada’s film culture throughout the course of his lifetime. Ravi, who drew inspiration for his work from both his Filipino and his Indian immigrant ancestors, never failed to acknowledge the significance of representation in any of his endeavors. It was engrained in the way he saw movies and the way he encouraged people of all demographics to interact with the storylines on screen that affected them. He regarded movies as a method to connect with people.