The 15th IFFK, the International Film Festival of Kerala, was held at Thiruvananthapuram from the 10th of December to the 17th of December. Film lovers from all over thronged the venues and watched films that were brought together at the fest. They also took part in discussions, face-to-face talks with film personalities, debates etc and went back, only to wait for the next edition of the fest, to be held in the second week of December next year.
The 15th IFFK was hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy in association with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, government of Kerala and was held in over 10 theatres in Thiruvananthapuram. There were five shows in each theatre and the festival showcased 207 films from 83 countries. Over 120 film personalities from different countries took part in the fest, which rolled off with the screening of the Iranian film ‘Please Don’t Disturb’, directed by Mohsin Abdul Wahab at the Nishagandhi open air auditorium.
Here we go, on a pictorial tour of the fest….
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The Festival Office- Reminding you of a houseboat
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The entrance to the Kairali-Sree theatre complex, one of the festival venues
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Inside the Kairali-Sree complex
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Photo exhibition, a part of the fest
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Anchoring multi-lingual…The girl in English, pronouncing ‘Malayalam’ in the strangest of manners and the guy speaks in horrible Malayalam
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A filmmaker presenting his film
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Cast and crew lined up during the presentation
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Reminding the audience to keep mobiles swtiched off or in silent mode and not to shoot things while screening is on
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Media people surround filmmakers and actors who come out after a show…
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Special festival edition of a journal being published…I was keen to get this picture taken as the journal carries my article too…
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Directors T.V.Chandran and T.K.rajeev Kumar talk to their viewers
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Director Shyamaprasad discussing his film ‘Elektra’ with delegates
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Film makers, media persons etc assemble in protest against Karnataka Police’s action against Tehelka reporter K.K.Shahina
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Singer Shahbaz Aman sings a poem expressing his angst…at the protest meet
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Director T.V.Chandran holding a paper that shows their protest
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A close shot of the protest!
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Delegates queue up for the next show, at the Dhanya-Remya theatre complex…only to end as an uncontrollable rush a few moments later
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Taking a look at posters and pictures at the Dhanya Remya theatre complex
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Paying homage to the film personalities who passed away recently, at the Kalabhavan theatre
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Waiting for the next show, in the afternoon heat
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What next! Checking the schedule for the day
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The IFFK will end today, and tomorrow the Mohanlal- Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Kandahar’ will be released…the Sreekumar-Sreevishak theatre complex
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Can I get a ticket for ‘Kandahar’ for tomorrow!
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The festival is yours, but the traffic at the venues is my domain…
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We are all part of the fest!!
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Don’t get unruly! I am here, to maintain peace…
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Books and CDs for sale
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Producers and Directors from the Malayalam film industry in discussion
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The New Theatres…one of the venues
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Touring Talkies…which tours places in Kerala showing films and which is part of the fest…It’s run by the Chalachitra Academy…
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Filmlovers discussing, buying books etc
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The ‘Open Forum’ venue at the fest, dedicated to the memory of poet A.Ayyappan, who passed away recently
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Acclaimed filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan at a book release that’s part of the Open Forum
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Another book Launch!
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The ‘Open Forum’- Filmmakers and delegates face to face, the media covering it all
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The ‘Open Forum’ goes on…
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Director R.Sukumaran (whose ‘Yugapurushan’ was screened at the fest) with director Shyamaprasad
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Posters at the Kalabhavan theatre
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More posters