Dr Saxena has conceived and organized international film festivals like Cinephile International Film Festival in 2014 and Cineaste International Film Festival of India – CIFFI in 2019 and 2020.

CINEPHILE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – 2014

Festival Director of Cinephile International Film Festival  organised by School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS), New Delhi [2014]

• Screening of 75 films during three days of the festival
• Conduct of 2 Master Classes with large participation
• Participation of filmmakers of more than 15 countries
• Special screening of films from Belgium, Spain and UK

CINEASTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA – CIFFI 2019

Festival Director of CIFFI along with Dr. Vikrant Kishore as the festival was organized jointly by Delhi Metropolitan Education (DME) and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

• Screening of 81 films (selected from 140 films received) drawn from different continents during 4 days of the festival – April 17 to 20
• Sessions: 4 curate sessions, 2 master classes, 3 workshops and 2 panel discussions
• Participation of Australia based filmmaker and critic Anupam Sharma and Australiam filmmaker Saara Lamberg (Director of Innuendo) in different sessions of the festival
• Star attraction: Khalid Mohamed, the intellectual filmmaker and Muzamil Bhawani, a rising actor of Bollywood

• Interviewed one of the most celebrated actor and director of Bollywood Tigmanshu Dhulia who was Chief Guest in this festival

CINEASTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA – CIFFI 2020

Festival Director of the second edition of CIFFI along with Dr. Vikrant Kishore as the festival was organized jointly by Delhi Metropolitan Education (DME) and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

• World’s First 7-Day Hybrid International Film Festival by educational institutions
• Launch event on September 16 with Tigmanshu Dhulia as the Festival Ambassador
• Festival screenings and sessions on December 15 – 21
• 80-hour film festival with 32 sessions of screenings and deliberations
• Film screening of 110 films in 12 sessions
• 7 competitive categories of films
• 10 Languages, 10 Countries
• 10 Indian states, 10 Institutions
• 12 Partners, 70 Experts
• 9 Panel Discussions, 4 Curated Sessions
• 2 Master Classes, 2 Workshops, 1 Special Session

FILM ACADEMIC AND FILMMAKERS IN CIFFI 2020

• Prominent experts from abroad:

Dr Vikrant Kishore, Dr Sian Mitchell,  Mr Peter Dietze, Mr Paul Dietze, Ms Leanne Tonkes, Ms Mitu Bhowmick Lange, Dr Martin Potter, Ms Firdoze Bulbulia, Mr Vassilis C Karamitsanis, Ms Pamela Bisson, Dr Simon Wilmot, Dr Dirk De Bruyn, Mr Simeon Taylor, Mr Utpal Acharya, Mr Aftab Asghar, Mr Sarabjeet Singh Arora, Mr Tipu Sultan

• Prominent experts from India:

Prof. Ujjwal K Chowdhury, Mr Siddhant Puri, Ms Monica Murthy, Mr Abhishek Ray, Dr Madhu Chopra, Ms Deepa Kiran, Mr Praveen Nagda, Ms Venika Mitra, Ms Leena Yadav, Dr Ashish Kulkarni, Mr Suresh Eriyat, Mr Vikram Veturi, Mr Vaibhav Kumaresh, Prof. Vinita Dhondiyal Bhatnagar, Ms Priyanka Singh, Dr Kulveen Trehan, Dr Namarta Joshi, Mr Nimish Kapoor, Mr Ashok Purang, Mr Pankaj Rakesh, Captain Divya Sharma, Mr Anand A Jha, Ms Aarti Shrivastava, Mr Jalal Ud Din Baba (Jalal Jeelani), Mrs Gayatri Chatterjee, Mr Ashish Singh, Mr Nilendu Sen, Mr Rangan Chakravarty, Mr Parambrata Chatterjee, Mr Subrata Sen, Mr Amitaabh Srivastava, Prof. Suresh Sharma, Mr Rajani Acharya, Mr Bipin Choubal, Ms Vani Kumar