Eighty-one films will be screened under the World Cinema category at the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK 2017) to be held here from December 8 to 15.
Films by internationally acclaimed directors from 74 countries will be screened. The predominant theme of the festival this year is ‘Identity and Space’, which signifies the existence of refugees in the present-day society, according to the festival directorate.
The Identity and Space category draws attention to the conflicts that the social order goes through and the perplexities that arise out of the conflicts.
The films picked under this category discuss complex situations in aesthetic and artful ways, while connecting with the audience to spur a thought.
Song of Scorpions
Anup Singh’s The Song of Scorpions will be one of the major highlights of this category.
The film stars Irrfan Khan, Waheeda Rehman, and Goldshifteh Farahani.
Vaishnavee , elaborated as a chain of fantastic events, is directed by Sumitra Peries, reproduces Sri Lanka in the 1930s.
Significantly, Peries is the first-ever Sri Lankan woman director.
Ali Muhammad Qaseemi’s Dogs and Fools , Villa Dwellers that portray the Iraq-Iran war era, and Sergei Loznitsa’s A Gentle Creature are also part of the package.
What will people say
Norwegian-Pakistani film-maker Iram Haq’s What Will People Say , Iranian director Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava , Annarita Zambrano’s After the War , Christina Pinheiro’s Menina , Polish director Maria Sadowska’s The Art of Loving , and Kamila Andini’s Indonesian film The Seen and Unseen are movies helmed by women.
Twenty-eight French films will be part of the category.
Besides, 16 German movies, nine movies from Japan, six each from Russia, Britain, and the U.S., six from Georgia, five from Iran, and three Korean films are part of the category.
Films from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Thailand, and Qatar will also be the prime focus.
Films from Cuba and Bulgaria, which often get ignored, have also gained entry into the World Cinema line-up.
