‘Utama’ by Alejandro Loayza Grisi bags the Suvarna Chakoram at the 27th IFFK
A bold artistic statement about the climate crisis, ‘Utama’, from the director Alejandro Loayza Grisi, won Suvarna Chakoram at the 27th IFFK. Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director was won by Firaz Khoury for ‘Alam’ for the promising debut of a director who achieves to immerse us into a coming of age story of a middle class Palestine citizen of Israel and the Rajata Chakor ...
Closing Ceremony: Lifetime Achievement Award to Béla Tarr
The closing ceremony of IFFK, the eight-day long film festival was inaugurated by Minister VN Vasavan. He said that this year's festival was the most impressive in terms of audience participation and screening of value-based films. In coming years steps would be taken to avoid recurrence of seat reservation issues. In a ceremony presided over by Minister V Sivankutty, Hungarian director B&eacu ...
IFFK: Media Awards
Deshabhimani daily won the award for the Best Print Media citing the excellence in reporting IFFK in the print media category and 24 News in the visual media category. Arya U R of The New Indian Express won the award for the Best Reporter in the print media category. In the category, Arun Kumar V B of Kalakaumudi daily earned the Special Jury Mention. Angel Mary Mathew of Asianet News is the best ...
Women need to step forward with courage in the film world: Open Forum
Women need to enter the cinema field with courage and try to express their opinion on more relevant issues- says the Day 6 Open Forum. Filmmaker Revathy S Varmha said that women should be ready to produce big budget films and work on the sets of the film. If women are ready to make good films, then the unwanted interference of the producers in the script can be avoided at large, she added.
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I express my political stand through art, says Adil Hussain
Indian actor Adil Hussain said that every person should have a political stand and it should be expressed through the medium they are good at—as an artist, he is good at art and thus he expresses his stands through art. He was speaking at the 27th IFFK Masterclass "From Theatre to Proscenium, Proscenium to Silver Screen" at the Sree theatre on Wednesday.
Hussain opened up ...
Film Restoration to be done for the future generations: Veit Helmer
'Each film restoration takes a lot of time and effort and is completed through a complex and costly process', said German filmmaker and the Jury Chairperson of the International Competition category Veit Helmer, 'In Conversation With' Prakash Magdum, former director of NFAI at the 27th IFFK. People usually forget about their films and go for another film, forgetting about restorati ...
Deadline for Media Awards: 15 December 2022, 2 p.m IST
Applications for Media Awards of the 27th IFFK can be submitted till 02 p.m tomorrow (December 15). Print, Visual, Broadcast and Online media reporting the festival could submit application along with copy of reports to IFFK Media Cell functioning at Tagore Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram.
Applications from media organisations for the comprehensive coverage of the festival are also invited. Entries ...
The Audience Poll for the 27th IFFK begins
A cash prize of INR 02 Lakh and a certificate will be presented to the winner at the closing ceremony of the festival.
The delegates can vote for their favourite films screened under the International Competition category through any of the three methods — SMS, IFFK Mobile App or through the website https://registration.iffk.in/
To vote via SMS, the delegates can use the followin ...
54 films to have the final screening on Thursday
54 films including 27 films from World Cinema category will have their final screening on Thursday. Oscar-nominated French film 'Close', Malou Reymann's 'Unruly', Iranian film 'Leila's Brothers', Julia Murat’s 'Rule 34', Palme d'Or winning Ruben Ösland's satire 'Triangle of Sadness', and Tunisian film 'Harka' are the most p ...
27th IFFK: Film Review Competition for Students
Kerala State Chalachitra Academy is organising a film review competition exclusively for student category participants of the 27th IFFK. The review of any film screened at the IFFK may be prepared either in Malayalam or English. The word limit should not exceed 1000 words and may be sent in .pdf format to the email iffk.reviews@gmail.com
Applicant's Name, Address, Delegate ID Number a ...
IFFK: 11 Awards for Films and Directors
11 awards have been instituted together for the best films and the best directors including the Suvarna Chakoram at the IFFK.
The awards include the Suvarna Chakoram (Golden Crow Pheasant), Award for the Best Feature Film, the Rajata Chakoram (Silver Crow Pheasant) Award for the Best Debut Director, the Best Director and the Film of Audience Choice, the FIPRESCI Award for the Best C ...
John Paul was director’s writer: Kamal
Director Kamal, former KSCA Chairman said 'John Paul was an influential storyteller who had always traversed along with the interest of the directors', while paying tribute to the legendary script writer and actor of Malayalam cinema. 'John Paul used to write stories within a short period of time and it's easy for an artist to work in sync with him', Kamal added.
Lyricist Sh ...
Critics should be knowledgeable about the film industry: Reema Bora
'The ones who have a better understanding of the film industry should be able to criticize the film', opined Reema Bora, Assamese filmmaker and jury member addressing the delegates at the 27th IFFK Open Forum. 'Social media has been a great mode of fundraising for film production even though they have criticized my films baselessly', she added.
Adding on to the discussion ...
'Financial interests invade artist's freedom', says Nandita Das
'The financial interests in film making are unrightfully invades the artist's freedom', said the noted filmmaker and actor Nandita Das, addressing at the Meet the Director session of the 27th IFFK. Corporate interactions have become very common in the film industry, she added.
There has been a change witnessed in film production where the expected audience category is seen different ...
Satan’s Slaves 2- Communion' for an exclusive Midnight Horror
'Satan’s Slaves 2: Communion', the Indonesian horror film will be screened at midnight today at Nishagandhi auditorium. The film has a single screening in the edition and will be open to all.
The film revolves around a family which had faced the demise of their mother. They gradually finds out that she had joined a satanic cult once she was unable to have children. This Joko Anwar ...
Shashi Tharoor MP steps in with the 'Soul of Folk'
'Soul of Folk' band eventually jazzed up the 02nd day night festivities of 27th IFFK at Tagore Theatre premises. Rock versions of Tamil and Malayalam folk songs were the specialities of the band through which they created a jovial and novel experience for the crowd gathered here. Dr Shashi Tharoor MP joined to step with the music of Athul Narukara, who already set the wave by his song ' ...
Jhanu Band's Rock Music Night on Day 3
To add fervour to the fete Jhanu Chander and Uday Bharat brothers' Jhanu Band is ready to rock the capital city with their Rock Music Night at Tagore Theatre on Sunday at 8.30 pm.
Combining traditional Tamil tunes with modern elements, the band has already gained attention through social media even in foreign countries. Jhanu Band shot to fame with the hit song 'Neruppu Da' in Rajin ...
IFFK Photo Exhibition Begins
Former Minister for Cultural Affairs A K Balan inaugurated the photo exhibitions organised as part of the IFFK at Tagore Theatre. He released 'Anargha Nimisham', the book authored by Mangad Ratnakaran handing over noted to author Paul Zacharia.
The exhibitions mainly showcases two categories of photographs that mark the rich history of Malayalam cinema. ‘Anargha Nimisham’ is ...
Ghost of the past, 'My Neighbor Adolf' to be premiered on Day 03
'My Neighbor Adolf' by Leon Prudovsky is set to make its premiere on Day 03, Sunday at Kalabhavan Theatre at 09 p.m. Set in 1960 Colombia, just a few days after the abduction of the Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann by Mossad agents in Argentina. Polsky, the protagonist of the film, is a grumpy and lonely holocaust survivor living in the countryside, believes his new neighbour is none other tha ...
Media Awards for Excellence in reporting IFFK
As part of the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala, IFFK recognizes excellence in reporting the festival across numerous categories.The awards will be bestowed upon the best among the media, reporters and camerapersons. There are separate categories for print, digital, audio and online media. Individual awards will be given only to the reporters in print and visual media (based on byline st ...
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurates 27th IFFK
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) at Nishagandhi auditorium by switching on a professional arc lamp.
Inaugurating the event he said that some efforts are being identified to turn film festivals into tools for the propagation of parochial thinking. Efforts are made to reflect life in a global perspective through these film festivals ...
Minister V N Vasavan inaugurates the IFFK Delegate Cell
Minister for Culture V N Vasavan inaugurated the delegate cell of the 27th International Film Festival on 6 December 2022. Actress Annie received the first delegate pass from Minister V N Vasavan and actor Gokul Suresh received the first delegate kit bearing an anti-drug campaign message from LSGD Minister M B Rajesh. Ranjith, Chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy presided over the func ...
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