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: The landscapes and vistas captured in foreign movies have always held an added element of enticement to Indian film buffs. Not a few times have cinemagoers opined that they watch some movies just to enjoy the locations where they are shot.
Ashraf Palamala has worn many hats in his life. His stars, though, always seem connected to the movies: whether as child artiste, clap boy, film muse and now, a long-time official International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) auto-rickshaw driver.
Cinema is an artistic medium and not just entertainment, so the censor board does not have the right to infringe on the artiste’s freedom of expression, said Satish Babusenan, who directed International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) competition film Chaayam Poosiya Veedu with his brother Santosh.
Highlighting the enormous influence of Indian cinema on Latin American film industry, noted Director Juan Daniel F. Molro of Peru said today that movies have the capability to cross the oceans and communicate irrespective of language, culture and creed.
Ashraf Palamala has worn many hats in his life. His stars, though, always seem connected to the movies: whether as child artiste, clap boy, film muse and now, a long-time official International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) auto-rickshaw driver.
Cinema is an artistic medium and not just entertainment, so the censor board does not have the right to infringe on the artiste’s freedom of expression, said Satish Babusenan, who directed International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) competition film Chaayam Poosiya Veedu with his brother Santosh.
Highlighting the enormous influence of Indian cinema on Latin American film industry, noted Director Juan Daniel F. Molro of Peru said today that movies have the capability to cross the oceans and communicate irrespective of language, culture and creed.
