‘Queer’ to ‘Meeting With Pol Pot’: A viewers’ guide to the International Film Festival of Kerala
The 29th edition will kick off on December 13 with Brazilian director Walter Salles’s ‘I’m Still Here’.
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The complete line-up of the much-awaited International Film Festival of Kerala (December 13-20) is out. One of the best curated and attended festivals in the country, IFFK will kick off with Brazilian director Walter Salles’s I’m Still Here. Salles’s first movie in 12 years is about an activist who copes with her husband’s disappearance in 1971 during Brazil’s dictatorship.
The annual festival is organised by the state government-backed Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. The 29th edition is taking place in the shadow of the Justice Hema Committee report on gender discrimination.
The report’s findings in August included rampant sexual abuse and illegal labour practices. IFFK’s Artistic Director, filmmaker Ranjith, was an early casualty of the report’s conclusions. Accused of sexual harassment – which he has denied – Ranjtih stepped down as the Chalachitra Academy’s chairperson. The Academy’s vice-chairperson Premkumar is serving as interim festival director.
The latest edition has a stated focus on films made by women. Renowned Hong Kong director Ann Hui will be given the Lifetime Achievement Award. Her films July Rhapsody, Boat People, Eighteen Springs, The Postmodern Life of My Aunt and A Simple Life will be screened.
The programme includes a package of films from Armenia and a section...
