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About Us

Located in the town of Mananthavady in the awe-inspiring Western Ghats, Wayanad Film Institute warmly welcomes you. Soar beyond your wildest dreams with state-of-the-art facilities, professional guidance, and a unique curriculum that emphasizes practical training. Our goal is to enable you to make a full-length film after just a year of theoretical and practical learning. We create opportunities that no other institution can hope to match. Learn more about us below.

About Us

Located in the town of Mananthavady in the awe-inspiring Western Ghats, Wayanad Film Institute warmly welcomes you. Soar beyond your wildest dreams with state-of-the-art facilities, professional guidance, and a unique curriculum that emphasizes practical training. Our goal is to enable you to make a full-length film after just a year of theoretical and practical learning. We create opportunities that no other institution can hope to match. Learn more about us below.

Our Mission

We are committed to offering high-quality specialized practical and theoretical study programs to develop you into an incredible creative artist. Our aim is to enable you to become independent in all areas of filmmaking, and to help you in shaping your thoughts, beliefs, and emotions into action.

You do not have to be anyone’s assistant. We will assist you instead.

The Team

Thilakraj K P - Founder and Cinematographer of Wayanad Film Institute

Thilakraj K P

Founder and Cinematographer

Rajeev Madhavan

Cinematographer

Paul Bathery

Photographer

Girish PC Palam

Film Director

Rathish Reghunandan

Film Director

Sahajan Mauvery

Art Director

Dr. Siju Jawahar

Film Director

The Campus

The campus is located on a beautiful hilltop beside the busy Mananthavady-Kalpetta highway. As one climbs the private road, all the dust and the noise of the highway are left behind, and one can feel the calmness of silence, with the joyful caress of the cool mountain breeze. Welcoming you, the place is lush green, full of trees and clumps of bamboo, and the cobbled pathways are lined with soft phyllanthus hedges on either side. Several quaint independent classrooms, halls, hostels, and canteen, set under the canopy of majestic trees, give the institute a unique ambiance, and indeed a magical atmosphere conducive to learning and creativity.

Explore Wayanad

We all know that circumstances wield a tremendous influence in shaping our lives. Just so, nature holds the power to inspire, to unleash one’s talent and creativity in several arenas, particularly in the field of cinema. Hardly any other place is as blessed by sheer variety of forms and landscapes as the little district of Wayanad, situated in the lap of the serene Western Ghats, the very seat of biodiversity. It is this core fact that greatly influenced the selection of this site for the establishment of the Wayanad Film Institute. Learn more below.