Ravi Srinivasan was born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario and studied Cinema and English Literature at Wilfrid Laurier University. He cut his teeth in the Canadian Film Industry with the feature film Production company, NEW REAL FILMS under the guidance of producers Jennifer Jonas and Leonard Farlinger. He went on to work for the national touring festival, REEL CANADA, and has since been serving as Canadian/ International Programming Associate for the Toronto International Film Festival since 2013 and International Programming Associate for the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival since 2016. Ravi is also the Executive Director of the newly launched South Western International Film Festival.

Ravi will be participating in our Saturday Lunchtime Panel, presented by Wilfrid Laurier University