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The first midnight screening of the festival will take place at Nishagandhi at 12 midnight on Monday with the screening of the cult classic horror movie "The Exorcist." On day 4, a total of 69 movies will screen across 14 theaters in Thiruvananthapuram, including 26 world movies and four from the International Competition (IC) category. Lila Aviles's "Totem" will be shown under the international competition section. Six movies from the Malayalam Cinema Today and four from Indian Cinema Now will also hit the screens on Monday. There will be 41 repeat screenings as well. The festival will also pay tribute to the late director Siddique by screening his 1989 hit "Ramji Rao Speaking." Three films by the IFFK Lifetime Achievement Award winner Krzysztof Zanussi will also be screened. Under the Mrinal Sen Retrospective, "Akaler Sandhane" (In Search of Famine) will be screened.