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Vipin Vijay

ヴィピン・ヴィジェイ

Vipin Vijay

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1977-01-01 （Kannur, Kerala, India）
Nationality
India
Languages
Malayalam, English
Residence History
Kannur (birth) → Kozhikode/Calicut (grew up, schooling) → Kolkata (film school)

Career

Occupations
Film director, Screenwriter
Active Years
2000-
Affiliations
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (former dean)

Education

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Calicut
Country: India
Schooling (secondary)
St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Calicut
Country: India
Undergraduate studies (details not specified)
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata
Post-graduate filmmaking / Filmmaking
Degree: Post-graduate diploma
Period: 2000–2002
Year of Graduation: 2002
Country: India
Post-graduate diploma in filmmaking from SRFTI (graduation year approximate based on available sources)

Awards

Charles Wallace Arts Award
2003
Organization: British Film Institute / Charles Wallace India Trust
Result: 研究助成
Sanskriti Award
2007
Category: 社会・文化功労
Organization: Sanskriti
Result: 受賞
Short Tiger Award (Short Films)
2007
Work: Video Game
Organization: International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
Result: 受賞
Kerala State Film & TV Awards
2001
Work: Kshurasyadhara (The Razor's Edge)
Category: 最優秀監督（他に作品賞勧告等）
Organization: Kerala State Film & TV Awards committee
Result: 受賞
John Abraham National Award
2006
Work: Palace of the Winds (Hawamahal) and Video Game
Organization: John Abraham Award committee
Result: 受賞（作品に対する表彰）
National Film Award (Non-Feature)
2007
Work: Poomaram (A Flowering Tree)
Category: 非劇場作品
Organization: National Film Awards (India)
Result: 受賞
Golden Pearl (Best Film)
2007
Work: Video Game
Organization: Hyderabad International Film Festival
Result: 受賞
Hassankutty Award (Best Debut Film)
2010
Work: Chitrasutram (The Image Threads)
Organization: International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Egotic World (Unmathabudham Jagath)

2000 Experimental short 32 pages

An experimental short film based on texts from the Yoga Vasishta, exploring ego and consciousness through visual experimentation.

egoconsciousnessphilosophical inquiry

Kshurasyadhara (The Razor's Edge)

2001 Short / Experimental 30 pages

An experimental short film screened at international festivals and recipient of several awards.

visual experimentationnarrative deconstruction

Palace of the Winds (Hawamahal)

2004 Documentary / Experimental 60 pages

Produced by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust; exhibited at international museums and festivals and archived by major institutions.

memoryspacecultural references

Video Game

2006 Short / Experimental Documentary 30 pages

An experimental short blending digital culture, memory and game metaphors; winner of the Short Tiger Award at IFFR.

digital mediamemorypostmodern references

Chitrasutram (The Image Threads)

2010 Feature fiction / Experimental 104 pages

A feature-length fiction with experimental elements, screened at numerous international festivals and awarded state and national honors.

structure of imagesmemory and imageryfragmented narrative

Feet Upon the Ground (about Adoor Gopalakrishnan)

2014 Documentary (feature-length/long form) 175 pages

A long-form documentary on the creative world of Adoor Gopalakrishnan, produced for the 'Great Masters' series.

auteur studycreative processIndian film history

Bibliography

  • The Egotic World (2000)
  • Kshurasyadhara (2001)
  • Palace of the Winds (2004)
  • Video Game (2006)
  • A Flowering Tree (2007)
  • Broken Glass, Torn Film (2007)
  • A Perfumed Garden (2007)
  • Chitrasutram (2010)
  • Venomous Folds (2012)
  • Feet Upon the Ground (2014)
  • Prathibhasam (2018)
  • Tumbling Dice (2018)
  • A Voice from Elsewhere (in development)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental, essayistic cinematic languageblurring boundaries between documentary and fictionfragmentary, poetic pacing
Recurring Motifs
memory and imagerycultural references and historyspace and the body

Legacy

Vipin Vijay is recognized internationally for crossing boundaries between experimental film, documentary and fiction, screened and awarded at numerous festivals, and regarded as an important figure in independent experimental cinema.

Academic Societies

  • Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (collaborations/invitations)

Archives

  • Library of Congress (film archives)

In Popular Culture

  • Recognized through screenings at international festivals and contemporary art museums as part of a wave of experimental Indian cinema.

Quotes

  • “Video Game is yet another illustration that there's more to the cinema of India than can be contained with the received wisdom which seeks to encompass it by reference to a dualism opposing Satyajit Ray to Bollywood. Video Game shows a relentless, complex post-modern intelligence as it processes everything within its view, within its memory, within its wide range of cultural references.”
    Source: IFFR jury citation (Short Tiger Award) (2007)

Trivia

  • Video Game is noted as the first Indian film to win a Short Tiger Award at IFFR (short films).
  • Several of his works are archived at the U.S. Library of Congress.
  • Served as dean of SRFTI; reports exist of sexual harassment complaints and institutional actions (see sources).