Ragini Bhasin is a South Asian writer and director based in Los Angeles, born and raised in India. A graduate of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, she is drawn to intimate, everyday thrillers that center on women and children. Her short films have screened at numerous Oscar-qualifying festivals, with two recent works premiering at Palm Springs International ShortFest and another at the BFI Film Festival. Her films have been featured as a Vimeo Staff Pick and on Short of the Week, and distributed by PBS, Tubi, ARTE, Shorts TV, Argo, and The Wrap’s ShortList Film Festival. Ragini is the recipient of the Meredith MacRae Memorial Award from Women in Film and was selected as a BAFTA Newcomer (2021–2024). She won the 2022 Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge presented by CAPE and Janet Yang Productions, was a Directing Fellow in Film Independent’s Project Involve (2023), and a director in the AFI DWW+ Class of 2026. She is currently developing her debut feature, Sab Theek Hai.

Sab Theek Hai — A 17-year-old girl in New Delhi returns home to her strict single father after five days of captivity, but as her story begins to unravel, the truth behind her disappearance doesn’t quite add up.