The capital city
is about to witness the 19th edition of the International Film
Festival of Kerala from December 12 to 19. 19th IFFK is featuring
around 140 movies of eminent directors from all over the globe.
Xie Fei, the internationally acclaimed
filmmaker and film pedagogue, from China is the jury chairman of this years’
festival edition. Lawrence Kardish, the curator of the museum of moving arts
(MOMA), Klaus Eder, famous critic and general secretary of FIPRESCI, Turkish
director Reis Celik, Sumitra Bhave, a big contributor to Marathi films and a
catalyst in making Marathi films popular in the world arena embellishes the
jury panel along with Xie Fei.
This time
festival boasts 10 film packages, including the competition section.The highly
anticipated World Cinema category has 61 films from over 37 countries. Of these
films, 12 of them were represented by female directors. ‘One on One’, a movie
by celebrity director Kim Ki Duk will also be screened in the World Cinema
category.
Retrospective
category features films by Buster Keaton and Miklos Jancso.
Contemporary
Master; this category represents a bunch of internationally renowned movies directed
by Danis Tanovic, Naomi Kawase and Hany Abu-Assad.
Fourteen movies
are participating in the Competition category for the prestigious Golden Crow
Pheasant award. Morocco and Iran represents two films
each and one film each from Bangladesh, Brazil, Japan, Argentina, Mexico and
South Korea respectively. Four Indian films are also participating in
competition category.
The Indian Cinema
section features seven films from Bengali, Hindi, Marathi and Tamil.
Seven remarkable
Malayalam movies will bejewel the “Malayalam Cinema Today” section. ‘Njan’ is a
film by Ranjith casting Dulquer Salmaan as the lead. ‘1983’, directed by
debutant Abrad Shine, film by another debutant Sanal Kumar Sasidharan named
‘Oral Pokkam’, ‘Carlton Towers’, a movie portrait the human faces of misfortune
and mishap directed by Salil Lal Ahamed, ‘Alif’, a good-crafted movie by N. K.
Muhammad Koya are the movies showcasing the Malayalam Cinema Today category.
The Retrospective
category (original dare from the silent era) is another attractive section
which screens the films of Buster Keaton and Miklos Jancso, two international
acclaimed filmmakers. Buster Keaton is in the list of seven ever-greatest
directors according to list published by Entertainment Weekly. The restored
version of Buster’s movie ‘The General’ released in 1926 is being screened in
this category. Miklos Jancso’s five films are included in this category. His
movies are well known for its loud call for socialism and freedom. He has
special reputation for making movies with social relevance.
Danis Tanovic,
Hany Abu-Assad and Naomi Kawase, movies of these three film maestros embellish
the contemporary master category. Four films of each of these pioneers will be
screened.
As Turkish film
industry celebrating its centenary, Country Focus section has been totally
dedicated to Turkish film. Eight films of acclaimed Turkish directors are going
to be screened in this category. Among these movies, ‘I am not him’, ‘Sivas’,
‘Come to my voice’, were appreciated as excellent movies by the film
intellectuals.
Altogether, there
will be thirteen films in Chinese and French package.
In Jury Film
category, Xie Fei’s films will be screened. ‘Oil maker’s family’, ‘Black snow’
and ‘A girl from Hunan’. ‘Night of Silence’ by Reis Celik, ‘Vaastupursh’ by
Sumitra Bhave will also be screened in jury film section.
Marco Bellochio, a
creative magician who is selected for the life time achievement award this
year. His film ‘My Mother’s Smile’ will be screened as Lifetime Achievement
Film.
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