Dr.Biju (Bijukumar Damodaran) is a three time India’s national award winning filmmaker. He is considered one of the most important contemporary voices in Indian cinema. His first film “Saira” screened in Cannes film festival in 2007 under the “Cinema of the world“ section. Biju’s films have been screened at many international film festivals and won numerous awards.The festivals includes Cannes, Montreal, Shanghai, Telluride, Cairo, Iran (Fajr), Eurasia Almaty, Jeonju, Tallinn, Oporto, Dhaka, IFFK and IFFI. His new film “Trees under the sun” premiered at Shanghai International film festival 2019 and won the Outstanding Artistic Achievement award. This is the first time an Indian film won any award in the Golden Goblet competition at Shanghai festival since its inception. He has been invited as a member of the jury in many well-known film festivals across the world. He worked as jury member for India’s National Film Awards 2012 and India’s Oscar selection committee 2015.