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Life

Shiny Benjamin began her career as journalist, and had been a documentary director since 1999. She worked as a feature writer with the Malayalam newspapers Malayala Manorama and Mathrubhumi before joining Asianet (TV channel), the first Malayalam satellite television channel. Later, she worked with Indiavision, the first news channel in Malayalam, as a chief producer for the television channel JaiHind TV and Jaihind Middle East. Shiny is the younger daughter of K.O.Benjamin and Sosamma Benjamin. Her education began at Karavaloor AMMHS and continued at St. Gorety Girls High School, followed by St. John's College, Anchal. She has been honoured with 20 awards including five National Awards and eight Kerala State Film Awards for documentaries and docufictions.^[5]^[6]

Major directorial works

Year

Title

Script

Short Description

2017

The Swords of Liberty

Beear Prasad

Describes the life and death of Velu Thambi Dalawa. The film uses an unconventional narrative to recap the story of a legend. Marionettes dance in the shadows and spin the chronicle of an extraordinary personality, a man who fought for his homeland, long before the seeds of nationalism were sown in India.^[7]^[8]

2014

In Return: Just a Book

Paul Zacharia

A docufiction inspired by Indian author Perumpadam Sreedharan’s novel on Fyodor Dostoevsky.

The film interweaves documentary and fiction to explore the fascinating links that connect creativity, bridging space and time. It attempts to understand how one great imagination may sow the seed of another original act of creation, taking a quantum jump across space and time.^[9]^[10]

2013

Translated Lives - A Migration Revisited

Paul Zacharia

This documentary maps the lives of German nurses - a generation of women who left their homes at tender ages to travel right across the globe to Germany in search of financial security for their families.^[2]

2012

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Paul Zacharia

A women’s life in Kerala is hard. Your choice is between a rock and a hard place. Not that the hegemony has not been questioned. But it has been too scattered to make a difference in the actual lives of women, especially the poor. But something has happened. Over 300,000 women have stepped out, trying to make a difference and gaining little victories. Meet five women who re-fashioned their lives, working with an unlikely women’s movement, the government's Kudumbasree mission.

2010

Ottayal (One Woman: Alone)

Shiny Benjamin

A woman’s solitary quest for truth. Her name is Daya Bai. The film explores the life of Daya Bai, a one-women-army who fights for the right of Gonds in Madhya Pradesh. A living testimony of liberation theology in practice.^[11]

2006

Bhagya-Singer in a Democracy

Shiny Benjamin

Life of a migrant young woman from Karnataka who makes a living by singing on trains.

2005

Nizhalukal (Shadows)

Shiny Benjamin

Narrates the story of the broken lives of young victims of sexual abuse and rape.

2004

Mazha (Rain)

Shiny Benjamin

Describes the monsoons of Kerala.

2003

Avan (He)

Shiny Benjamin

A film which explores the world of homosexual sex workers.

2002

Namukkum Avarkkum Idayil (In Between)

Shiny Benjamin

The film explores the topic of cruelty against animals.

2001

Murivunangatha Balyangal (Wounded Childhood)

Shiny Benjamin

A film on child abuse.

2001

Devil Worshippers

Shiny Benjamin

A documentary exploring the belief and practice of black magic in Kerala.

2000

Kanayi Kazchakal (Kanayis Artscape)

Shiny Benjamin

A brief study of the art and personality of Kanayi Kunhiraman, India’s foremost contemporary sculptor.

Film festivals

2011 - MIFF Mumbai International Film Festival ^[12]

2014 -11th Indian film festival, Stuttgart, Germany^[13]

2010 - IDSFK Competition Section, Thiruvananthapuram

2009 - SiGNS Film Festival for Short and Documentary films organized by Federation of Film Societies of India

2016 - International Film Festival of India^[14]

2016 - 64th International Film Festival (Delhi)

2016 - Pacific Meridian International Film Festival

2016 - Moscow Indian Film Festival, Moscow

2016 - Hindu Lit for Life, Chennai.

2016 - Kerala Literature Festival

2017 - Women’s Film Festival

2017 - Soorya Festival

2017 - Thasarak Literary Festival, Dubai

2017 - Sharjah International Film Festival for Children & Youth (sicff)^[15]

2017 - Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters

2018 - International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala

2018 - Women’s Film Festival

2018 - International Film Festival of India

2018 - Kolkata International Film Festival^[16]

2019 - Kerala Literature Festival

2019 - Soorya Festival

2019 - Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters

2019 - Krithi Knowledge Festival

2019 - Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Awards

2017 - The Sword of Liberty Kerala State Awards for the Best Documentary and Best Director

2017 - The Sword of Liberty National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film.

2017 - National Film Award for the Best Biographical Film / Best Historical Reconstruction. (Non feature - Biographical Film)

2017 - National Film Award for the Best Music Direction-Background score. (Non feature - Biographical Film)

2014 - Translated Lives - A Migration Revisited Best Documentary Film Award at the 3rd Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival.

2014 - Translated Lives - A Migration Revisited The Laadly National Media Award for Gender Sensitivity.

2014 - Just a Book 64th for the Best Audiography to Ajith Abraham George.

2010 - Ottayal (One Woman Alone) National Film Awards for the Best Documentary.^[6]

2010 - Ottayal (One woman lone) Kerala State Award for Best Documentary.

2010 - Ottayal (One woman lone) Special Jury Award John Abraham International Festival for Documentaries and Short Films (Signs) & The Laadly National Media Award.

2006 - Bhagya, Singer in a Democracy Kerala State Award for Best Documentary.

2005 - Nizhalukal (Shadows) Kerala State Award for Best Documentary.

2004 - Mazha (Rain) Kerala State Special Jury Award for Documentary.

2003 - Avan (He) Kerala State Award for Best Documentary. & Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Documentary and Best Director.

2002 - Namukkum Avarkkum Idayil (In Between) Kerala State Award for Best Documentary on Topical Issues & Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Documentary and Best Director.

2001 - Murivunangatha Balyangal (Wounded Childhood) Kerala State Special Jury Film Award for Best Documentary.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/reels-of-reality/article5844624.ece|title=Reels of reality|first=Saraswathy|last=Nagarajan|date=28 March 2014|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}
2. ^¹ {{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/nursing-big-dreams/article5753219.ece|title=Nursing big dreams|first=Liza|last=George|date=5 March 2014|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/jun/18/a-real-to-reel-story-of-a-warrior-1829557.html|title=A real to reel story of a warrior|website=The New Indian Express}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kiff.in/official-selection/competition-on-indian-documentary-films|title=Official Selection - Kolkata International Film Festival|website=www.kiff.in}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/shiny-benjamin-on-her-national-award-winning-documentary-on-the-life-and-times-of-velu-thampi-dalawa/article23969205.ece|title=In the footsteps of Velu Thampi Dalawa|first=Saraswathy|last=Nagarajan|date=24 May 2018|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}
6. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.riffa.ca/riffa-2017-archive/shiny-jacob-benjamin-bio.html|title=RIFFA BIO - Shiny Jacob Benjamin|website=www.riffa.ca}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sword-liberty-freedom-fighter-velu-thambi-dalawas-story-film-83269 |title='The Sword of Liberty': Freedom fighter Velu Thambi Dalawa's story in film |publisher=The News Minute |date=18 June 2018 |accessdate=2019-02-15}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/the-dalawa-gets-a-documentary/article24195874.ece|title=The Dalawa gets a documentary|first=Staff|last=Reporter|date=19 June 2018|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/To-Russia-with-love/article16091703.ece|title=To Russia, with love|first=Saraswathy|last=Nagarajan|date=3 November 2016|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/iffi-2016-goa-film-festival/iffi-2016-news/a-filmic-tribute-to-dostoyevsky-and-perumbadavam.html|title=In Return: Just a Book - a filmic tribute to Dostoyevsky and Perumbadavam|website=OnManorama}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/58th-national-film-awards-meet-the-winners-399265.html|title=58th National Film Awards: Meet the winners|website=News18}}
12. ^http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2012EV2
13. ^http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/jun/18/a-real-to-reel-story-of-a-warrior-1829557.html
14. ^https://www.socialnews.xyz/2018/11/24/panaji-49th-iffi-shiny-jacob-benjamin-r-c-suresh-gallery/
15. ^https://sicff.ae/
16. ^http://www.kiff.in/official-selection/competition-on-indian-documentary-films

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8575946/]

[https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/shiny-benjamin-on-her-national-award-winning-documentary-on-the-life-and-times-of-velu-thampi-dalawa/article23969205.ece]