IFFK:
Action begins today
The city of Thiruvananthapuram is all
set to welcome the week long fiesta organized by Kerala State Chalachitra
Academy on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala.
For each and every soul who shares a genuine passion for film, the 17th edition
of International Film Festival of Kerala will screen about 200 films from
various parts of the world. The festival will take about 7000 delegates through
the undefined, but spectacular path of cinema in the coming week.
Chief Minister Ommen Chandy will
inaugurate the festival at Nishagandhi open air auditorium at 6pm. Actor
Mohanlal will be the chief guest. Union Minister Shri Shasi Tharoor, Health
Minister V.S. Shivakumar, Mayor K Chandrika, K Muraleedharan MLA and
V.Shivankutty MLA will also be present for the ceremony.
‘The Ring’ directed by Alfred
Hitchcock is the opening movie of this year. This 1960 horror classic will be
accompanied by the live background scores by Peter Conway management, London.
This year the films are categorized in
sections such as Australian Indigenous films, Vietnam films, Srilankan package,
Adolescent films, Competition films, Top angle Indian cinema, Indian cinema
today, Malayalam cinema today, Homage section and Retrospective.
Eminent Australian filmmaker Paul Cox
is the Chairperson of the International Jury to adjudge Suvarna Chakoram and
Rajatha Chakoram awards. The members are Burkinabe film director Pierre
Yamaego, Anne demi Geroe, Govind Nihlani and Dang Minh Nhat. The Netpac Jury
includes Park Sung Ho, Tina Lokk and Jayantha Chandrasiri. Gyorgy Karpati,
Narjes Torchani and Subrahmanyan Viswanath are the members of FIPRESCI Jury.
In the retrospective section films
of Paul Cox, Pierre Yamaego, Alain Resnais, Akira Kurasowa and Brazilian
actress Helena Ignes and Sathyan will be screened. The 17th IFFK will pay
homage to famous film personalities including Tilakan, Appachan, Vindhyan, T
Damodaran, Jose Prakash, C P Padma Kumar, Asok Mehta, Chris Marker and Kaneto
Shindo. 14 films are on the race for the Suvarna Chakoram out of which two is
Malayalam.
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