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Shivendra Singh Dungarpur (born 25 August 1969) is an Indian filmmaker, producer, film archivist and restorer. He is best known for his films Celluloid Man, The Immortals and CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel. He has also directed several award-winning commercials and public service campaigns under the banner of Dungarpur Films. Dungarpur is the founder Director of Film Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of India's film heritage. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is the newly appointed Director of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) Mumbai Film Festival. He has been elected four times to the executive committee of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) at the elections held at the FIAF Congress 2017 in Los Angeles, FIAF Congress 2019 in Lausanne and the online FIAF Congress in 2021. In 2023, Dungarpur became a member of the Advisory Council of the India International Centre, New Delhi. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur has been selected as an international Jury Member for the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur has been invited to serve on the Official Feature Films Jury at the 25th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival 2026, joining a distinguished panel of international filmmakers and cultural voices. The jury is entrusted with viewing and evaluating the films in competition, ultimately selecting and awarding the most outstanding works of the festival.