[ad_1] Minister for Cultural Affairs Saji Cherian presents IFFK Best Film (audience poll) Award to director Unnikrishnan Avala and his team for the film ‘Thanthapperu — Life of a Phallus’ during the closing ceremony of the festival at Nishagandhi Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala State Chalachitra Academy chairman Resul Pookutty and […]
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[ad_1] The repercussions of the Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry’s denial of censor exemption to 19 films at the 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) continued to play out the final day of the festival. Screenings of six films – Yes, Eagles of the Republic, Clash, Flames, A poet: Unconcealed Poetry, and All […]
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[ad_1] Four out of 19 movies awaiting Central government approval for screening at the 30th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) being held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, have been granted official censor exemption, sources said on Tuesday (December 16, 2025). The movies granted permission for screening are Beef, Eagles of The Republic, Heart […]
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[ad_1] It is no mystery that big business often dictate government policy changes in countries across the globe, so much so that the policy change at the heart of Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro’s Blue Trail appears even plausible in a dystopian future, in which the film is set in. The government has just announced a […]
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[ad_1] Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain | Photo Credit: S.R. Praveen Pablo Larrain flips through the photographs that he clicked on his phone, of the local body election campaign posters in the streets of Thiruvananthapuram. He enquires about the results of the elections and promptly shares his own worries about the projected results of the national […]
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[ad_1] The delegate registration for the 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) to be held from December 13 to 20 will begin on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) at 10 a.m. The registration can be done through the website registration.iffk.in. The delegate fee for the general category is ₹1,180 including GST, while the fee for […]
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[ad_1] Aswanth A, visual designer | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Aswanth A’s connection with the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) organised in Thiruvananthapuram, goes beyond a cinephile’s love for movies. It was in 2017 when he moved to the city to pursue a bachelor’s degree in fine arts at the College of Fine Arts. […]
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[ad_1] A still from the documentary Thespians of Aattam. (from left, standing) Vinay Forrt, Madan Babu K, Sudheer Babu, Jolly Anthony and Sijin Sijeesh; (sitting, from left) Prasanth Madhavan, Sanosh Murali, Aji Thiruvamkulam, Nandan Unni, Anand Ekarshi and Santhosh Piravom. All of them are actors of Lokadharmi in Kochi. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Malayalam […]
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[ad_1] Bela Tarr the person comes across as a starkly different being from the image conveyed by his deeply contemplative and philosophical works. Here is a straight-talking auteur who uses his words as quick stabs or unkind cuts, the kind of which are so few in his films. Yet, one can easily connect the philosophy […]
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[ad_1] Divya Prabha and Kunchacko Boban in Ariyippu. Something about the appearance and the mood of industrial towns generate a sense of disorientation. In Mahesh Narayanan’s Ariyippu (Declaration), screened in the International Competition category at the 27th IFFK, the feeling is accentuated by the constantly running assembly line of a latex glove manufacturing factory in […]
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