THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Films narrating the tales of the downtrodden and of battered souls will be screened under various categories at the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala. As many as 47 Indian films portraying hapless lives have been handpicked to be screened under categories such as Indian Cinema Now, Malayalam Cinema Now, Uprooted: Films on Identity and Space, Homage and in the competition section.
The Indian Cinema Now category will have seven flicks: Sanjib Dey’s ‘III Smoking Barrels’ which show the socio-political scenario of the Northeast; Prasad Oak’s ‘Kachcha Limbu’, a film depicting the social life of the 1980s; Dar Gai’s ‘Teen Aur Aadha’ that looks at the lives of persons who lived in a building during three different time frames; Assamese filmmaker Rima Das’s ‘Village Rockstars’, which portrays the survival story of women in Assam; Dipesh Jain’s ‘Gaali Guliyan’ describing the life of a person who refrains from the realities of life; Ravi Jadhav’s ‘Nude’, which socially and aesthetically looks into the subject of nudity; and Nikhil Allug’s ‘Shehjar’, the story of a family which gets hooked up in the life of Mumbai.
All these films bring on screen a cross-section of the marginalised Indian society. ‘Liar’s Dice’, a character-driven, road movie directed by Geethu Mohandas, will be screened under the Uprooted: Film on Identity and Space category. The film depicts the life of a lady who sets out in search of her lost husband.
The festival will also screen Satyajit Ray’s ‘Charulata’, Aparna Sen’s ‘Sonata’ and Y M Movies’ ‘One Heart: The A R Rahman Concert’. The fest will pay homage to legends who passed away this year. Films of I V Sasi, K R Mohanan, Om Puri, Kundan Shah, Jayalalithaa, Gita Sen, and Ramananda Sengupta will be screened.
Late Malayalam director Sasi’s ‘1921’, ‘Aalkkoottathil Thaniye’, ‘Aaroodam’, ‘Itha Ivide Vare’,‘Mrugaya’; Mohanan’s ‘Purushartham’, ‘Swaroopam’ and ‘Ashwathaama’; former Tamil Nadu CM and actor Jayalalithaa’s ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’, Om Puri’s ‘Ardh Satya’, and Gita Sen’s and Ramananda Sengupta’s ‘Naagarik’ are the films to be screened in homage section.
Change in programme
While in view of the Ockhi cyclone, the evening procession of the IFFK on December 3 has been called off at Shangumugham beach, ‘Touring Talkies’ will be exhibited and pronouncement of IFFK starting on December 8 will be made here.
