Vipin Vijay

Vipin Vijay is a Mollywood/Malayalam cinematographer, film director, and screenwriter. He is known for “The Exotic World (2000),” “The Razor’s Edge (2001),” “Palace of the Winds (2004),” “Broken Glass, Torn Film (2007),” “Venomous Folds (2012),” “Trumbling Dice (2018).” He is the first Indian to attain the prestigious Tiger Award at the Rotterdam IFF for his Malayalam documentary film “Video Game,” and one of the two filmmakers in Focus at the 10th edition of the International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK).

He was born in 1977, Kannur, Kerala, India, and grew up in Calicut. Vipin is the son of E.Vijayan Nair (Professor of mechanical engineering at the “National Institute of Technology, Calicut), and Vasanthi Vijayan. He went to Kendriya Vidyalaya, Calicut, and graduated from St. Joseph College, Devagiri, and Calicut. He grew up reading his Grandfather’s diaries, which made him understand his great Grandfather’s performances and the experience of the oracle. His Grandfather was an oracle practitioner in Kannur district; later, he became a teacher. Vipin was influenced by most of his nostalgic work during his visit. He was a student of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, India. He explores all traditional genres, documentary, fiction, essay, and experimental film. Eight of his films screened at the Fite. His films have been widely shown in film festivals including Mumbai International short & Animation film festival (MIFF), Rotterdam (IFRR), Milan (MIFF), New York, Karachi, Paris, Beverly Chicago Arts Center, Beijing, Hyderabad IFF, Oberhausen, and IFF of Goa, India.

In 2001, some of his films received various awards including, “Best Malayalam Film commendation award, Best Director Award of the Kerala State Film & TV Awards, and National Jury award of the Mumbai. In 2002, he received the Kodak for Unmathabudham Jagath (The Exotic World) at the International film school competition. In 2003, he got the Charles Wallace Art Award for research at the British Film Institute, London. Later in 2007, he received “The Sanskriti Award” for social & cultural achievement and many more.