Two Malayalam feature films — ‘Adaminte Makan Abu', directed by Salim Ahmed, and ‘Aadimadhyantham', directed by Sherrey — are among 14 films that will be screened in the international competition section at the 16th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), scheduled to be held here from December 9 to 16.
The IFFK preview committee has also included two other films from India for screening in the international competition section. These are the Bengali film ‘Abosheshey', directed by Aditi Roy, and the Hindi/English film ‘Delhi in a Day', directed by Prashanth Nair. All these four films from India were produced in 2011.
The international competition section includes four films from Latin American countries — ‘A Stone's Throw Away' (A Tiro de Piedra) from Mexico, directed by Sebastian Hiriat; ‘The Cat Vanishes' (El Gato Desaparece) from Argentina, directed by Carlos Sorin; ‘The Colours of the Mountains' (Los Colores de la Montana) from Columbia/Panama, directed by Carlos Cesar Arbelaez; and ‘The Painting Lesson' (La Leccion de Pintura) from Chile/Mexico, directed by Pablo Perelman.
‘Black Blood' from China/France, directed by Miaoyan Zhang; ‘Flamingo No.13' (Flamingo Shomareh 13) from Iran, directed by Hamid Reza Aligholian; and ‘Palawan Fate' from Philippines, directed by Auraeus Solito; are the entries selected under this section from Asian countries.
Turkish film ‘Body' (Vucut), directed by Mustafa Nuri; Kenyan film ‘Ndoto za Elibidi', directed by Kamau Wa Ndung'u/Nick Reding; and Syrian film ‘September Rain' (Matar Ayloul), directed by Abdellatif Abdelhamid; are the other entries selected for screening in the international competition section at the IFFK.
The festival organising committee expects nearly 10,000 registered delegates, in addition to nearly 150 foreign guests, to attend the festival. The films will be screened at 10 theatres in Thiruvananthapuram and there will be five shows in each theatre. An official said a roadshow beginning one month prior to the festival would tour the State to publicise the event.
