Swapnayanam, the signature film of the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala, pays tribute to the legacy of Malayalam cinema, beginning from the notice announcement of the first film Vigathakumaran, directed by J.C. Daniel. Rosy, the heroine of the first film, who was forced to flee following attacks from caste bigots, watching a film in a present-day cinema. The one …
Indu Lakshmi’s Appuram, one of the Malayalam films in the competition section of the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala, will be premiered on Saturday. Filmmaker Indu Lakshmi’s sophomore film Appuram sensitively tiptoes into the grey areas of the mind where a woman’s reality is threatened by bouts of depression that torment her. She adds that the film zooms into …
Six movies of Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr — winner of the IFFK lifetime achievement award — will be screened during the International Film Festival of Kerala. Harka, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival this year, has been included under the World Cinema category at the IFFK. International jury German producer and director Veit Helmer will head the jury …
