Vibha Kulkarni

The Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival and the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles @indianfilmfestival invite you to a free screening at 2 PM Saturday, May 9 at the UCLA James Bridges Theater @jamesbridgestheater of the poignant and beautifully shot Indian short film Avni, @storyofavni the story of a young Indian girl who, denied her right to an education, takes matters into her own hands. The screening will include the presentation of the annual Daniel Koops Outstanding Film Score award, recognizing an outstanding music score from this year‘s festival films. The award carries the name of one of our most talented and prolific composers, who died in 2022 at age 18. This year’s honoree is Avni composer Kisaloy Roy. @kisaloyroymusic The wonderful film is directed by Tej Sisodia. @tej_sisodia Selection of the winner was done by three professional musicians: veteran film composer Bill Connor; Emmy award-winning composer David Bertok @davidbertokmusic ; and Daniel’s father, Alexander Koops, orchestra director at Calvin University. Accepting the award will be Los Angeles based Indian filmmaker and actor Vibha Kulkarni. @iveeba Presenting the award will be filmmaker Dana Koops @danakoops , Daniel’s sister. @shaelyn_koops @xanman71 The event will include discussion on the best qualities of a film score. Thank you to the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles for partnering with us. We invite the IFFLA audience to join us! The festival features short films from around the world from 12 PM to 5 PM. Free admission all day for everyone! Complete schedule at website link in bio and RSVP at link in bio, or just show up! Please share!

Presenting “You Got It Bad” - The official scene for Group 6 from our RomCom & Heartbreak Workshop 3 at the @ladirectorslab ! ✨💋 Director Kay Ross @k.osswrites Writer Pam Carbonero @latinadirector Actor Vibha Kulkarni @iveeba Actor Sergio Gavidia @serg.gavidia DP Frank Juarez @fjuarezdp Intimacy Coordinator Julia Belanova @_juliabelanova Production Manager: @ryanbarkauskas 1st AC: @skelltron5000 2nd AC: @framedby35 Gaffer: @josh__carrasco Key Grip: @machucapictures Sound: @hartshornsound Unit Stills/BTS Photographer: @bahareh.co BTS Videographer: @yubitripin Art PA: @angelabrittain Production Assistant: @iwokeuplikedez & @alexandra_deigh Location: @sotostages Created, produced & run by @latinadirector 👉🏼Want to join our next workshop? Head to the link in bio to sign up for our email list to be notified first of when registration opens up! #LADirectorsLab #DirectorWorkshop #filmworkshop

Introducing Group 6 from our RomCom & Heartbreak Workshop 3 through the @ladirectorslab ! Director @k.osswrites Writer @latinadirector Actor @iveeba Actor @serg.gavidia DP @fjuarezdp Intimacy Coordinator @_juliabelanova Director Kay - “As a Director in the RomCom Workshop, this was a game changing experience! Working with an intimacy coordinator elevated everything, from rehearsals to filming to even just communication on set. As someone who is moving forward directing her first feature (YAY!), this was just the thing I needed to gain confidence in my skills, learn new ones, and have fun on the way! I mean, to have someone else secure the location, cast talent, hire crew, schedule it all, curate a selection of scripts for me to pick from, all so I can focus on my responsibilities as a director? That’s almost unheard of in the indie world! It was such a relief to just come in and play. Yes, there are still plenty of challenges, but with less to worry about, you can really focus on just your role as a director. And I’m so pleased with the final edit - I’m sharing it with everyone! If you want to practice your directing skills in a safe and supported environment surrounded by the most encouraging community, this is the BEST in-person event for you!” 📸 by @bahareh.co 📍 @sotostages 👉🏼 Head to the link in bio to sign up for our email list to find out when our next workshop will be!

Presenting “Cosmic Love” - The official scene for Group 3 from our RomCom & Heartbreak Workshop 2 at the @ladirectorslab ! ✨💋 Director Vibha Kulkarni @iveeba Writer Carleigh Foutch @carleighfootchh Actor Berenice Molina @berenice.molina_ Actor Jordan Mitchell-Love @jmitchelllove DP Tye Edwards @tyetellsstories Intimacy Coordinator Tatiana Arias @tatasthebodacious Production Manager: @ryanbarkauskas 1st AC: @ricardo_med Gaffer: @trebetts Key Grip: @machucapictures Sound: @patching.i_o Unit Stills/BTS Photographer: @j.w.hendricks BTS Videographer: @yubitripin Production Assistant: @cyber__siren , @iwokeuplikedez & Hyurk-Juvv Location: @sotostages Created, produced & run by @latinadirector 👉🏼Want to join our next workshop? Head to the link in bio to sign up for our email list to be notified first of when registration opens up! #LADirectorsLab #DirectorWorkshop #filmworkshop

Introducing Group 3 from our RomCom & Heartbreak Workshop 2 through the @ladirectorslab ! Director @iveeba Writer @carleighfootchh Actor @berenice.molina_ Actor @jmitchelllove DP @tyetellsstories Intimacy Coordinator @tatasthebodacious 📸 by @j.w.hendricks 📍 @sotostages 👉🏼 Head to the link in bio to sign up for our email list to find out when our next workshop will be!

We’re kicking off with our first 3 directors from RomCom Workshop 2 through the @ladirectorslab ! Director @hollywood_hate_me Director @lorecueca Director @iveeba Writers @latinadirector @tessa_lations @carleighfootchh Actors: @meggieliz93 @myravitela @sarah_attrill @kwinnmitchell @berenice.molina_ @jmitchelllove DPs: @jlgdp @mandiezamora @tyetellsstories In this workshop, we brought in Intimacy Coordinators as many directors & actors have yet to work with one or even if they have, still are unclear about their responsibilities. We had our IC’s break down what their job really entails and all the ways they are there for the production, not just the actors. While we shot intimate scenes with the safety of IC’s on set, we all learned so much from them! They brought a world of understanding to safety and comfortability on set during intimate interactions and that’s the core of what this workshop focused on. 🙌🏼 Shoutout to our Workshop 2 Intimacy Coordinators: @vividlyintimate @prakritimaduro @tatasthebodacious Thank you to these 3 for their time, support & education into the world of working Intimacy Coordinators! Keep watching our page to see what each group created for their final short project! 🎬 🎥 Shot & Edited by @yubitripin 🔥

What a night. We officially kicked off this year’s 10-minute play festival with a Writers Workshop. Incredible group, sharp ideas, new voices, bold drafts. Lotta laughs. Lotta snacks. Huge thanks to everyone who showed up and dove in. This year’s theme is Cuts & Breaks, and our writers did not hold back. Next up: submissions due Feb 11th. Festival in April. We’re just getting started. #LATheatre #WritersWorkshop #NewPlays #LAEvents #10MinutePlay ScriptShuffle WritersOfInstagram

2026, what’s about to unfold?

NEW PROJECT Coming Soon! Holiday energy activated✨ As I continue developing and pitching my astrological romantic comedy, the Universe handed me the perfect rehearsal: Directing COSMIC LOVE at @ladirectorslab produced by @latinadirector , written by @carleighfootchh 💕 Starring @k.berenicemolina and @jmitchelllove whose chemistry will absolutely make your heart melt and our IC @tatasthebodacious who aided it! 💞💖 Captured perfectly by our DOP @tyetellsstories 🎥 Put together in Edit by @adhyakshamarnath 🎞️ and Musically aligned by @rameshkumarkannan ✨🎶 Excited to begin the festival journey💫 Can’t wait for the world to see this! Stay tuned! #ladirectorslab #directorlife #magicofstorytelling #cosmiclove #romance

Your biggest triggers are often life’s way of saying — this part of you still needs love. In this moment from @onestorywithakktap @iveeba reminds us that our biggest triggers often lead to our deepest growth. 🌿 That fight, that rejection, that person who gets under your skin — maybe they’re not here to hurt you, but to show you what still needs healing. Because healing isn’t soft — it’s sweaty, uncomfortable, and strangely holy. ✨ 🎧 Full episode out now on YouTube. #OneStoryWithAkktaPanwar #VibhaKulkarni #PodcastIndia #HealingJourney #EmotionalGrowth #SelfDiscovery [triggers, healing, emotional growth, self discovery, mindfulness, self awareness, personal growth, inner work, letting go, transformation, Vibha Kulkarni, NID, Los Angeles, Hollywood, films, storyteller, director]

Bandra West has brunch plans. Bandra East has character. SoBo just has opinions. 🫶 In Bombay or in Mumbai, your PIN code is your personality as Vibha found out in #losangeles - where a 60-something woman proudly said she’s from Bombay but she meant Colaba. Some identities just come with sea-facing confidence. 🌊 The rest of us? We rely on character development 😭 Another age-old invisible divide in Mumbai is the East–West divide which may be 200-metres wide on Google maps, but in real life it's a sea-link sized attitude migration.  In this episode of @onestorywithakktap @iveeba shares her take on the city she grew up in that's now become one big class reunion you didn't sign up for... among other things.   🎧 Promise the full episode would appeal to all of Mumbai 😉— link in bio #OneStoryWithAkktaPanwar #VibhaKulkarni #PodcastIndia #BombayHumour #BandraVsSoBo #MumbaiStories #SoBoSupremacy [Bandra West, Bandra East, SoBo, Mumbai class divide, Bombay humour, Colaba story, Mumbai insider, Bandra life, Bombay identity, Mumbai stereotypes, city snobbery, podcast India, One Story podcast, Vibha Kulkarni]

She held on to a lie for years… until she turned it into all heart and art 🎨 💖 In this episode of @onestorywithakktap we meet Vibha Kulkarni @iveeba — filmmaker, screenwriter, and storyteller — whose journey from guilt to grace will feel achingly familiar to anyone who’s ever tried to be “enough.” A childhood lie. A friendship that mirrored her insecurities. A lifetime of learning to stop apologizing for who she is. ✨ Through memories of growing up in Mumbai, then Bombay, to finding her creative voice across continents, Vibha opens up about people-pleasing, identity, and how art became her way home to herself. This one is for every misfit — for everyone still learning to love the parts they once hid. 💛 🎧 Full episode out now on YouTube. Team ❤️ Host @akks07 Guest @iveeba Shot by @ajay.inscape @apoorvds Edited by @visualoomstudio Graphics @storyofastoryteller Special thanks @rohitsrivastava_ #OneStory #VibhaKulkarni #PodcastIndia #SelfDiscovery #Storytelling #WomenInFilm #HealingThroughArt #Identity #Authenticity #CreativeJourney [guilt and grace, healing through storytelling, women filmmakers India, National Institute of Design, NID, AFI Conservatory, creative identity, cross cultural stories, art and belonging, people pleasing recovery, misfit narratives, authenticity in art, Indian women directors, introspective conversations, One Story with Akkta Panwar]