Madhu Eravankara

Who is Madhu Eravankara?

Madhu Eravankara is an internationally acclaimed film director, film critic, film scholar and writer. He was born in Eravankara, located in.

He was juror in Mumbai International Film Festival - 2003, International Documentary Film festival-2005, Yamagata, Japan, Brisbane International Film Festival-2006, Brisbane, Australia, Istanbul International Film Festival-2008, Istanbul, Tukey, Toronto International Film Festival-2010, Toronto, Canada, International Film Festival Mannheim -Heidelberg- 2011, Germany and Busan International Film Festival-2012,South Korea . He has directed the feature film Nankooram and around twenty documentaries including Nishadam, Victims of Silence, Punarakhyanam, Punarjjani and Kerala Paninini that have received local and international acclaim.He has directed a docufiction- Pakalmazha for the Social Welfare Board, Govt. of Kerala.Magic Wheel,his documentary was made as a part of workshop conducted in Indian School, Bahrain.

He is the recipient of President's Gold Medal & National Film Award, State Film Awards,Film Critics Awards, State Television Award, AFFMA International Documentary Film Award-2012 and Greens-2012 Award for Environmental films. He has also been awarded a Senior Fellowship for Outstanding Artists, from the Indian Government’s Department of Culture, to research on Indian Literature and Cinema and a Fellowship from National Film Archive of India to research on Malayalam Literature and Cinema.