The Scriptwriting and Direction Workshop will provide B.Sc. Multimedia students with practical experience in developing stories, writing screenplays and translating scripts into audiovisual works. The workshop aims to bridge the gap between classroom learning and professional practices in screenwriting, storytelling and film direction.

 

Guest Resource Person: Mr Kamal K. M.

 

Kamal K. M. is an established writer, director and educationist from Kerala, India. A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he has directed short films, documentaries and feature films.

 

His debut feature film, I.D. (2012), premiered at leading international film festivals, including Busan, Rotterdam and Marrakech. The film won nine international awards and received acclaim from Les Cahiers du Cinéma and The Wall Street Journal. His second feature film, Pada (2022), was released worldwide and is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. He received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Writer in 2023 for the film. More recently, he won two awards at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) 2026: Best Documentary Film and Best Editing.

 

Kamal served as Associate Professor and Head of Department at the K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts from 2014 to 2017. He has conducted workshops at FTII, Pune; the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad; and Rohtak Film School. He has also served on the juries of IDSFFK, VIBGYOR and the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.

 

He is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Science, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.