Festival Team

Eric Ollerenshaw OBE

Film Producer

Eric is a graduate of the London School of Economics. He is History teacher by profession and a past Director of classical plays. A good part of his career has been spent in politics at local,regional and national level. A former Council Leader, Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority,Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In the past few years Eric has returned to his love for the arts, this time as a film producer. His most recent production has been the feature film “A Teacher’s Gift” shot in both the UK and India and winner of a Flame award at the 2025 UK Asian Film Festival. He is currently working as the Presenter on a travel show set across different regions of India ,“Chalo India with Eric Ji”.

Rajdeep Choudhury

Actor/ Writer

Rajdeep is an actor/ writer who works predominantly in India and the UK. He has recently finished acting in the feature film “Kashmir Princess” with renowned filmmaker Andrew Lau in Hong Kong. He is the writer and also one of the main actors of the award winning British Asian film “A Teacher’s Gift” – Directed by Artur Ribeiro. Raj will be soon seen in Indian thriller film “Second Chance” directed by Sachin Karande. He works closely with Wolverhampton Film Festival in the UK and has been a great supporter of promoting regional UK and Indian stories through films. He has just finished writing his second feature film screenplay “Caught Fish” a spy story based in North East India and the UK.