TIFF’s senior Indo-Canadian executive dies at 37

and friend Ravi Srinivasan,” Cameron Bailey, chief executive of TIFF, said expressing his grief in a series of tweets. “As a programmer, champion for filmmakers, and director of his own hometown film festival in Sarnia, Ontario, Ravi was known to many for his passion, his generosity and the joy he brought to cinema,” Bailey said.

He added that Srinivasan’s deep knowledge of cinema and his passion for film as an inclusive art form helped transform film culture in Canada.

Srinivasan joined TIFF as a Festival Programming Associate in 2013.

Toronto: (IANS) Ravi Srinivasan, a senior Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) executive, passed away suddenly at the age 37, sending shockwaves across Canada’s arts and film community.

Srinivasan, a senior manager of festival programming for TIFF, who died on January 14, had been experiencing heart palpitations the last couple of months, according to media reports.

“We are saddened and shocked to learn of the sudden passing of our colleague

In 2019, he became a programmer for Canadian and International feature films before taking on a full-time role as Senior Manager, Festival Programming in 2022.

Nisha Pahuja, Director of Hot Docs and Tribeca-winning “The World Before Her” tweeted: “Utterly gutted. RIP Ravi. You will be missed.”Ravi also programmed films for Hot Docs. He was also the founder and executive director of the South Western International Film Festival (SWIFF), and senior programmer of National Canadian Film Day.