Noted auteur Shaji N. Karun will be the director of the forthcoming edition of the festival.
Film festival to host 15,000 delegates; efforts on to become Asia’s largest
From this year onwards, there will be 15,000 delegates at the International Film Festival of Kerala, a good 5,000 more than the limit kept at present, Minister for Cinema Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said.
A three-day workshop will also be held alongside the festival from this year onwards to facilitate interaction between international film personalities and those in the field from the State, Mr. Radhakrishnan told the media after holding discussions with representatives of film organisations in the State here on Monday.
A temporary open air theatre will be readied at Kanakakunnu Palace near the museum in Thiruvananthapuram in view of the increase in the number of delegates. The idea is to convert IFFK into the most widely-participated film festival in Asia, he said. Noted auteur Shaji N. Karun will be the director of the forthcoming edition of the festival, slated to get under way on December 4.
A book on yesteryear director Vincent that was curated by director Hariharan will be released at the fest.
Director K.G. George will be presented this year’s Masters Award instituted by FEFKA. Organisations from the film industry have come forward to sponsor awards in popular cinema segment in connection with the fest from next year onwards, the minister said.
The purpose of the fest is not just to facilitate film lovers to watch quality films, but also to ensure that those in the industry from the State also benefit from it.
“Workshops are organised from this year with this aim. The workshops will be centred on topics like screenplay, editing, direction and the like. Organisations in the film field will elect representatives for participation in these workshops.
Steering committees, comprising representatives of six organisations from the industry, have been formed to take a final call on topics at the workshop.
The committees will meet at Thiruvananthapuram on September 22.”
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Kerala / by Special Correspondent / September 15th, 2015