Ms. Sivaranjini J
Assistant Professor, School of Design
Independent Filmmaker and Researcher
Alumna of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
B.Tech., M.Des., Ph.D. (pursuing).
Undertaken
Sivaranjini is an independent filmmaker and researcher. She is an alumna of the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, and a PhD researcher at the IDC School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. Her debut feature film, Victoria (2024), was produced with the Kerala State Government's Women Empowerment Grant. The film received widespread international recognition, winning the FIPRESCI Award for Best Debut Director at the International Film Festival of Kerala, the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the Excellence Award at the Seoul International Women's Film Festival, among several other honours and international festival selections. Sivaranjini was awarded the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation Research and Travel Grant (2021), which supported a short research fellowship at Film@Culture Lab, Newcastle University, UK. Alongside her filmmaking practice, Sivaranjini's PhD research examines hybrid cinematic forms, realism and representation cinema. Her work combines critical inquiry with creative practice, contributing to emerging conversations in screen production research.
Professional Education
- PhD,Visual Communication,IDC School of Design,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. - ongoing
- M.Des Film and Video Communication,National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad - 2017
- B.Tech Computer Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology - 2013
Teaching Courses
- Visual Design
- Visual Narratives
- Filmmaking
- Film Appreciation
- Film Theory
Research Interests
- Film Theory and Visual Culture
- Creative Practice as Research
- Memory, Truth, and Approximation in Cinema
Selected Publications
- Between an Erased past and an uncertain future,Hybrid forms in the films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul- Chapter in the Book “The Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul”, Liverpool University Press, UK 2024 Know More
Research Projects Undertaken
- Research Associate , Outreach Program, NID, Ahmedabad Screwpine craft, Kerala (USTTAD Project – Ministry of Minority Affairs)
Ms. Sivaranjini J
Assistant Professor, School of Design
Independent Filmmaker and Researcher
Alumna of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
B.Tech., M.Des., Ph.D. (pursuing).
Sivaranjini is an independent filmmaker and researcher. She is an alumna of the National Institute of Design (NID),
Ahmedabad, and a PhD researcher at the IDC School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.
Her debut feature film, Victoria (2024), was produced with the Kerala State Government's Women Empowerment
Grant. The film received widespread international recognition, winning the FIPRESCI Award
for Best Debut Director at the International Film Festival of Kerala, the Golden Goblet
Award for Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the Excellence Award at
the Seoul International Women's Film Festival, among several other honours and international
festival selections. Sivaranjini was awarded the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation Research and Travel Grant (2021),
which supported a short research fellowship at Film@Culture Lab, Newcastle University, UK.
Alongside her filmmaking practice, Sivaranjini's PhD research examines hybrid cinematic forms,
realism and representation cinema. Her work combines critical inquiry with creative practice,
contributing to emerging conversations in screen production research.
- PhD,Visual Communication,IDC School of Design,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. - ongoing
- M.Des Film and Video Communication,National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad - 2017
- B.Tech Computer Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology - 2013
- Visual Design
- Visual Narratives
- Filmmaking
- Film Appreciation
- Film Theory
- Film Theory and Visual Culture
- Creative Practice as Research
- Memory, Truth, and Approximation in Cinema
- Between an Erased past and an uncertain future,Hybrid forms in the films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul- Chapter in the Book “The Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul”, Liverpool University Press, UK 2024 Know More
- Research Associate , Outreach Program, NID, Ahmedabad Screwpine craft, Kerala (USTTAD Project – Ministry of Minority Affairs)
