Director of Malayalam film Ottal, Jayaraj, after receiving the top honour (Survana Chakoram) at the International Film Film Festival of Kerala which concluded in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Other honours are listed below.
Thiruvananthapuram: Heart wrenching stories of human lives in isolation continue to connect with viewers at the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), offering moments of catharsis as Dheepan, Jalal’s Story and Bopem saw tremendous response from delegates on day 4.
Debutant director Amartya Bhattacharyya and award-winning director B S Lingavedaru suggested that there were no curbs on artistic tolerance and felt that restrictions might in fact, be a good thing.
Thiruvananthapuram: The impact that non-actors and newcomers have brought to his features prompted veteran director Jayaraj to question the need for established actors in films at an International Film Festiv
The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) raised the need for autonomy of government-run art and cultural institutions at the inaugural Open Forum session on the topic ‘Legacy of Film and Television Institute of India’, held at Tagore Theatre today.
The right climate for the growth of parallel cinema-filmmakers in India is here, Bengali director Bauddhayan Mukherji said at a Press Meet held at Tagore Theatre – the main venue of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) today.