Thiruvananthapuram: Lijo Jose Pellissery’s ‘Churuli’ and Jayaraj’s ‘Comedy’ have been selected for the competition section of the 25th Kerala International Film Festival. Mohit Priyadarshi’s Hindi film ‘Kosa’ and Akshay Indikar’s Marathi film ‘Chhalicle of Space’ are the other two Indian language films selected for the competition.
Twelve films have been selected for the Malayalam Cinema Today category. Village Tree Kuil (KP Kumaran), See You Soon (Mahesh Narayanan), The First Secret of Happiness (Don Palathara), Love (Khalid Rahman), Musical Chair (Vipin Attlee), Attention Please (Jitin Isaac Thomas), Wank (Kavya Prakash) , Paka – The River of Blood (Nitin Lucas), Monday Nishchayam (Senna Hegde), Sinless People (Shambhu Purushothaman), Android Kunjappan (Ratheesh Balakrishnan Pothuval), Kayattam (Sanalkumar Sasidharan).
Seven films have been selected for the Indian Cinema Now category. Meel Pathar (Ivan Ire; Hindi, Punjabi, Kashmiri), Nasir (Arun Karthik; Tamil), Kuthirawal (Manoj Johnson, Shyam Sunder; Hindi), The Discipline (Chaitanya Tamhane; Marathi, Hindi, English, Bengali), Sethuman (Tamil) ; Tamil), Pinky Ellie (Prithvi Konanur; Kannada) and Laila Aur Saath Geet (Pushpendra Singh; Hindi) are the seven films selected for the Indian Cinema Now category.
Six films were shortlisted for the Kaleidoscope category. 1956 – Central Travancore (Don Palathara; Malayalam), Biryani (Sajin Babu; Malayalam), Vasanthi (Shinos Rahman, Sajas Rahman; Malayalam), Mayar Jonjal (Indrani Roy Chaudhary; Bengali), Illiralare Allige Hogalare (Girish Cara); Up & Up (Govind Nihalani; English) were shortlisted for the Kaleidoscope category.
This time the fair will be held from 12th to 19th February 2021. The fair, which was scheduled to be held in December, has been shifted to February due to the expansion of Kovid.
Content Highlights : IFFK 2021 Lijo Jose Churuli Jayaraj Movie Hasyam into international competition category
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