A collective launched by short filmmaker Mansi Jain is bringing together a group of women artistes and technicians from the industry to source untapped talent, and to 'give access to each other's connections, help and experience'. The inspiration for the collective, says Jain, is the all-women group Film Fatales in Hollywood that includes film technicians who 'meet regularly to mentor each other, share resources, collaborate on projects and build a supportive community in which to make their films'.

"Film Fatales has indie filmmakers to big filmmakers [as members]," says Mansi, who has a masters in screenwriting and directing from Columbia School of the Arts in New York. "They help each other. That's what I wanted here. I started at an intimate level by sending a voice note to 15 people in my phone book [on February 7]: women I respect as filmmakers and technicians. I asked them if they would like to be a part of it. All of them were like, 'Let's do it'. I formed the group, and Jyoti [Kapur Das, creative head, Gangs of Wasseypur and Queen], who is a powerhouse, added a lot more people. Within the first four hours, we had 92 members."