Gayatri Parameswaran is an award winning immersive documentary maker and journalist from India. She is currently based in Berlin, where she co-founded NowHere Media - a storytelling studio that views contemporary issues through a critical lens. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice International Film Festival, SXSW, United Nations, HotDocs, Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, and have won the ‘Best Use of Immersive Arts’ at SXSW 2019, 'Best VR documentary' at Lumiere Awards among other accolades. She’s a Sundance New Frontier’s alumnus and likes to explore taboo topics such as war, peace, intimate partner violence and abortion using virtual and augmented reality. Gayatri is most excited about using XR formats to create realities for a desirable future.