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Don Chacko Palathara

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Don Chacko Palathara

Artist-in-Residence, Humanities and Social Sciences

  • BSc: St. Berchman’s College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 2007
  • Masters in Information Technology: University of Tasmania , Hobart, 2011
  • Diploma in Direction: Screen Writing and Production -International Film School Sydney, 2014

Email: don.palathara -AT- iitgn.ac.in



  • Work Experience

    • Artist-in-Residence, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Apr 2024 to Present)


    Filmography
    -Shavam (2015)
    -Vith (2017)
    -1956 Central Travancore (2019)
    -Everything is Cinema (2020
    -Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam (2021)
    -Family (2023)

  • Awards

    • 2023: BAFTA Breakthrough India chose Don Palathara as one of the eight fellows.
    • Nominated for Best Film at the International Film Festival of Innsbruck, Austria for Family (2023).
    • Nominated for Youth Jury Price at Cork International Film Festival, Ireland for Family (2023).
    • 2022: MUBI did a spotlight on Don Palathara’s films till then.
    • 2021 : Nominated for Golden George at the 43rd Moscow International Film festival for Joyful Mystery (2021).
    • 2021: John Abraham award from FIPRESCI India for, 1956, Central Travancore (2019).