
Kopal Goyal is documentary filmmaker, editor and rock climber based in India. She has worked on multiple documentaries: Kokankada- A big wall climbing in Shayadris, Durga: Forging new trail which got screened at the prestigious No Man's Land Film Festival and is set to grab the spot at other film festival's around the world, and Project Wild Women (her passion project) which was the finalist at BANFF(2020); world's most prestigious mountain film festival. This documentary also won the People’s Choice Award at London Mountain Film Festival, Premiered at Kalaghoda which is the country’s largest multicultural festival, and selected at other film fests around the world including Women’s Adventure Film Tour, World of Film International Festival Glasgow. Matador Network has recognized her as one of the 11 women photographers shaking up perspectives on India. Her film Free Soul in collaboration with Shivam Aher won the "Best Extreme Sports Film" award at Indian Mountaineering Foundation Film Festival 2020. Her work has been featured in Redbull, YourStory, BBC Hindi, The Week, India Today, and various other news portals across the country. As part of Project Wild Women’s idea and action, she founded Inspire Crew, a media platform and an agency to identify more people practicing extreme and gravity sports in India, give them an identity, encourage more participation with compassion regardless of age, gender, or social status. She has edited I am doing my job- a film based on South Asian frontline workers living in USA and a commercial project for Polartec where she worked as a Director and DOP for the segment assigned. She is currently working/developing an investigative film based on freedom of Press in India and witch hunting.