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IVFK to be an annual event

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The International Video Festival of Kerala (IVFK) will be made an annual event with the capital as its permanent venue from the coming years.

Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Chairman K.R. Mohanan told The Hindu here on Tuesday that the response evoked by the maiden video festival organised by the academy from May 23 to 27 was so encouraging that it has been proposed to include it in the festival calendar every year. In addition to the 400 delegates, cinema enthusiasts and people from different walks of life attended the screenings at two venues in the city.

“Our original proposal was to orgainse the festival once in two years like the Mumbai International Film Festival. The participation of young film-makers and delegates has instilled the confidence to organise it in a more elaborate manner in the coming years. The festival has thrown open a platform for the independent film-makers who make a healthy intervention in various social issues using their creative skills,” Mr. Mohanan said.

Quite often such creations go unnoticed for want of a platform. Hence, the issues raised by the directors as well as the messages they intend to convey also do not reach the public. Such festivals offer scope for youngsters to make films which stir the social conscience, he felt.

This festival with 178 entries had four categories: short fiction, short documentaries, long documentaries and animation. As many as 56 films were included in the competition section. This year the competition section was confined to the national level.

It has been proposed to include international entries too in the competition section from the coming years.

The five-member jury was headed by senior journalist and film-maker Sashi Kumar. Other jury members were film-maker and critic Raveendran, COmet Media Foundation director and cineaste Chandita Mukherjee and film-makers Reena Mohan and R.V. Ramani.

“This year the focus was on national entries, but certain videos in the international package had inspired us to expand the scope of the festival. Cinema enthusiasts can definitely expect to see more films from the next festival. Technological advancement has revolutionised visual media and anyone who has a determination to do a creative experiment can make a film without commercial compulsions,” Mr. Mohanan said.

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