206 films from 82 countries to be screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With over 206 films from 82 countries ready to be screened across 26 categories, the Capital city is all set to welcome cinema lovers from across the world from Friday for the 30th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala. Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako will be presented the Lifetime Achievement Award in the 30th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). Five of his films, including the Oscar-nominated Timbuktu and Golden Bear-nominated Black Tea, will be screened under the category The Global Griot: Sissakos Cinematic Journey as part of the festival. Annemarie Jacirs Palestine 36, which talks about the resilience of the Palestinian people, will be the opening film of the festival. Set against the backdrop of the 1936 Palestine revolt, the film had earlier won the award for Best Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Reflecting the struggles of the Palestinian people, three films will be screened in the Palestine package, including Cherien Dabiss All Thats Left of You, Shai Carmeli-Pollaks The Sea, and Arab Nasser-Tarzan Nassers Once Upon A Time in Gaza. Attracting the fans of acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, the 4K restored version of his fan favourite film Pulp Fiction will also be screened in the festival. Three films of noted Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, including Cairo Station, Alexandria Again and Forever, and The Other, will be screened in the Retrospective category. In the Contemporary Filmmaker in Focus category, three films of Indian parallel cinemas stalwart Saeed Mirza and five films of Indonesian new wave filmmaker Garin Nugroho will be screened. 57 films will be screened in the World Cinema category, including queer films The Little Trouble Girls, Enzo, Mirrors Number 3, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo. Selected films of previous Lifetime Achievement Award winners, and those which have earlier won the Golden Crow Pheasant (Suvarna Chakoram), will also be shown as part of the festival. A lorry loaded with materials for the 30th IFFK preparations enters the main gate of Tagore Theatre, the main venue of the festival being held in Thiruvananthapuram from December 12 to 19 | Vincent Pulickal Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako will be presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala Lijomol to receive first delegate kit today State Award-winning actress Lijomol will receive the first delegate kit of IFFK at Tagore Theatre here on Thursday at 11am. Kits for other delegates will also be distributed here In solidarity Annemarie Jacirs Palestine 36 will be the opening film of the festival Reflecting the struggles of the Palestinian people, three films will be screened in the Palestine package
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