MUMBAI: Director Reema Sengupta and cinematographer Tarun Kumar Rakeshiya will participate in the 8th Asian Film Academy (AFA) that runs parallel to the Busan International Film Festival 2012.

While Reema Sengupta has directed a short film Tigers, They‘re All Dead, that won awards at Nasik International Film Festival and Jaipur International Film Festival 2012, Tarun Kumar Rakeshiya, a student of Satyajit Ray Film and TV Institute, has cinematographed the short film Thug Beram.

Asian Film Academy is an educational program for new Asian talent in cinema, the program will provide its participants opportunities for short-film production, workshops, master class, and mentoring with renowned film directors.

Twenty four filmmakers from various Asian countries will participate in the AFA to be held from 27 September to 14 October.