AGAM DARSHI is an award winning actress and filmmaker, having worked alongside Oscar nominated director Deepa Mehta, and Emmy winner Ava Duvernay. Agam Darshi's directorial debut DONKEYHEAD, which Agam wrote and starred in, was financed by Telefilm Canada, Creative Saskatchewan, SaskTel Max Equity and Canada Media Fund. Donkeyhead was acquired by ArrayNow and released on Netflix in January 2022 in USA/UK/AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND. It was the opening film at MISAFF where it won Best Feature Film Award, Best Support Actor and Best editing, and won best direction at the Vancouver Women's International Film Festival in 2022. It has recently been nominated for 11 Leo awards including, best film, best lead actress, best director and best screenplay for Agam. Agam won best director at 43rd Durban International Film Festival, and was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Feature Film at 2022 DGC Awards. In 2018 DONKEYHEAD was accepted into the WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL’S SCREENWRITING LAB and awarded a $2000 grant by the Saint John’s Women’s Film Festival, in collaboration with the DGC. Agam is a recipient of the illustrious Film Independent Project Involve 2020 Fellowship as a writer and the cofounder of VISAFF: The Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival.