Draft Kerala Film Policy to be finalised in three months, State government informs Kerala High Court

Draft Kerala Film Policy to be finalised in three months, State government informs Kerala High Court

The Kerala Film Policy must take into account intersectional aspects within the community of women, observes the Kerala High Court | Photo Credit: ( file photo) K.K. MUSTAFAH The State government informed the Kerala High Court on Wednesday (August 20, 2025) that a draft of the Kerala Film Policy would be finalised in three months’ […]

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s remarks on Kerala govt project for SC/ST filmmakers kick up a storm, complaint filed against him

Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s remarks on Kerala govt project for SC/ST filmmakers kick up a storm, complaint filed against him

Adoor Gopalakrishnan (file) Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s controversial statements at the Kerala Film Policy Conclave on the Kerala government’s project to promote filmmakers from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) communities and the one for women filmmakers, kicked up a storm on Monday (August 4, 2025), with Ministers, Dalit activists and filmmakers criticising him for […]

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan courts controversy at Kerala Film Policy Conclave, Minister counters him

Adoor Gopalakrishnan courts controversy at Kerala Film Policy Conclave, Minister counters him

Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Photo Credit: File The closing ceremony of the Kerala Film Policy Conclave in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday witnessed some dramatic moments when veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan made some controversial statements on the State government’s project to promote filmmakers from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities and the one for women filmmakers, with Minister […]

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Kerala Film Policy Conclave: Minimum wages, basic facilities on sets, effective ICC among issues raised on film conclave

Kerala Film Policy Conclave: Minimum wages, basic facilities on sets, effective ICC among issues raised on film conclave

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, actors Mohanlal,  Suhashini Maniratnam, Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs  Saji Cherian, Assembly Speaker A.N. Shamseer during inaugural function of Kerala Film policy Conclave in  Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The first day of the Kerala Film Policy Conclave, organised by the Culture department on Saturday witnessed discussions on a host of […]

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Kerala Film Policy Conclave begins in Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala Film Policy Conclave begins in Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, actor Mohanlal, Suhashini Maniratnam, Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Saji Cherian, Assembly Speaker A.N. Shamseer during inaugural function of Kerala Film policy Conclave in Thiruvananthapuram on August 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Film personalities, Ministers, policy makers and representatives of every organisation and department related to Malayalam […]

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Kerala Film Policy Conclave aims to tackle long-standing issues in Malayalam cinema post-Hema Committee revelations

Kerala Film Policy Conclave aims to tackle long-standing issues in Malayalam cinema post-Hema Committee revelations

Kerala’s Department of Culture has lined up several panel discussions on various aspects of the policy, with experts from the field taking part.  A decisive step towards addressing long-pending issues in the Malayalam film industry will begin on Saturday (August 2, 2025) with the opening of the two-day Kerala Film Policy Conclave organised by the […]

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