Vipin Vijay
| Vipin Vijay (Director) | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Vipin Vijay Kannur, Kerala State, India |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Parent(s) | Dr. E. Vijayan Nair, Vasanthi Vijayan |
Vipin Vijay is an award winning contemporary film director and screenwriter from India. Vipin is the recipient of "The Sanskriti Award" (2007) for social & cultural achievement.
Early life
Vipin Vijay was born in Kannur and grew up in Calicut (Kozhikode) Kerala. His father, Dr. E. Vijayan Nair was a professor in the, Department of mechanical engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. His schooling was at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Calicut (Kozhikode). Vipin graduated from St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Calicut in the year 1999. Vipin completed post graduation in film making from the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute SRFTI, Calcutta. He received the Charles Wallace Arts Award for research at the British Film Institute, London, 2003.[1]
Career in film
His diploma film at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute titled Unmathabudham Jagath (The Egotic World) was based on the text of Yoga Vasishta. The film won the Kodak, International film school competition, 2002. Film Critic & Author Amrit Gangar has cited the film as one among the 10 best experimental Indian films ever made.[2] The film premiered at competition section of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2001. The film was also screened in several festivals including Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Montreal, Mumbai International short & Animation film festival MIFF, International Film Festival of Kerala and International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
His documentary film Kshurasyadhara (The Razor's Edge), based on the temple oracles of Kerala was completed in 2001. The film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR),[3] 2002 and was shown in film festivals at Tehran, Milan, International Film Festival of Kerala, MIFF. "Kshurasyadhara" won the best Malayalam film commendation award 2001, Indian Documentary Producer's Association (IDPA), Best Director Award of the Kerala State Film & TV Awards 2001, and the National Jury award of the Mumbai International short & Animation film festival (MIFF) in 2002. "Kshurasyadhara" is now a part of permanent archives at the United States Library of Congress.
His next documentary film titled Hawamahal (Palace of the winds, 2003) was produced by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT). Hawamahal was showcased in International Film Festival Rotterdam,[4] New York, Karachi, Beverly Chicago Arts Center,[5] Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and is archived at the US Library of Congress. The film won the best film, John Abraham (Director) National Award.
His film "Video Game" (2006), produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT), was shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (2007). The film was won the best Film, Golden pearl Award, Hyderabad International Film Festival, India 2007 and the John Abraham National Award 2006. "Video Game" was the first Indian film to win a short "Tiger award" at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)[6] in 2007.
The documentary "Poomaram" (A flowering tree 2007) based on the feminist author Judy Grahn's work Blood Bread and Roses was part of the Indian panorama 2007 IFFI Goa. The film won the national film award 2007 in the non-feature category. The world premiere documentary was held at International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2008.[7]
In 2007, Vipin was invited by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy to make the signature film for the International Film Festival of Kerala. The one minute film named "Broken glass, torn film" created a huge debate amongst the cineaste at the time of the film festival.
In 2009, he made a seven-minute silent film titled "A perfumed Garden" which was part of the "Indian-Highway"[8] project premiered at Serpentine Galleries, London. Indian Highway showcased a snapshot of a vibrant generation of contemporary artists working across a range of media in India. The exhibition has since become hugely successful and travelled all over the world.
In 2010, Vipin scripted and directed the fiction feature film Chitrasutram (The Image Threads) which was in competition for the prestigious Tiger awards at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.[9] The film produced by "Unknown films" was supported by the Hubert Bals film fund, the global film initiative and the Goteborg film fund. The screenplay of the film was selected at the Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes, Paris. Chitrasutram featured in various festivals around the world including Goteborg, Vladivostok,[10] Copenhagen, Kerala, São Paulo, SAIFF,[11] New York, Summer Institute in Film at York University . The film won four Kerala state film awards and one national film awards. It won the Hassankutty award for the best debut film at IFFK, Kerala, apart from the Padmarajan Puraskaram for best film and screenplay, and a special mention, John Abraham national awards.
He made a documentary Vishaparvam or Venomous Folds 2012 for PSBT, New Delhi. The film had its world premiere in the international competition section at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen international film festival 2013 and since has been shown in the Indian panorama at IFFI, Goa 2013, Signes de Nuit, Paris, International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2014. It won the main award below 45 Minutes category at the Festival] Signes de Nuit, Paris, France.[12]
In 2012, Vipin travelled throughout south India making a 4 hour long documentary film, tracing the advent of Jaina heritage in south India, supported by a project initiated by the Bharatvarshiya Digambar Jain Tirthkshetra Committee, Mumbai.
In 2014 he completed a documentary film "Feet upon the ground", on the creative world of Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan, for the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi as part of their "Great Masters" series.
Vipin is developing a fiction film set in Kerala tracing the roots of ethnic and cultural memory of a community set in Cochin, Kerala. The film titled Chavunilam (A voice from elsewhere) won the Incredible India award[13] for the Most Promising Project of the Co-production market, 2012 at the Film bazaar, International Film Festival of India, Goa 2012.[14]
Filmography
| Name of film | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|
| The Egotic World | 2000 | 32 mins |
| The Razor's Edge | 2001 | 30 mins |
| Palace of the Winds | 2004 | 60 mins |
| Video Game | 2006 | 30 mins |
| A Flowering Tree | 2007 | 60 mins |
| Broken Glass, Torn Film | 2007 | 1 min |
| A Perfumed Garden | 2007 | 7 mins |
| The Image Threads | 2010 | 104 mins |
| Venomous Folds | 2012 | 30 mins |
| A voice from Elsewhere | Pre production | |
| Feet upon the ground | Post production |
References
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- Vipin Vijay at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.frontline.in/arts-and-culture/cinema/aesthetic-struggle-alone-matters/article5189540.ece
- http://venkiteswaran.blogspot.in/2007/03/videogame-by-vipin-viuay.html
- http://dearcinema.com/interview/interview-vipin-Vijay-winner-incredible-india-award-2012/5200
- http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/master-of-allegory/article4438518.ece
- http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/06/their-experiments-with-truth/
- http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Vipin-Vijays-Vishaparvam-wins-French-film-award/2013/10/23/article1850588.ece
- http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/films/chitra-sutram/
- http://twitchfilm.com/2010/10/saiff-2010-the-image-threads-chitra-sutram-review.html
- http://adimphukan.blogspot.in/2011/01/chitrasutram-image-threads-saturnine.html
- http://kafila.org/2011/02/03/chitrasutram-post-modern-cinema/
- http://pularumvarecinema.blogspot.in/2010/12/image-threads-chitra-sutram.html
- http://srfti.ac.in/?page_id=15