MeeraSahib Online: 24th IFFK Awards-The Golden Crow Pheasant Award fo...

MeeraSahib Online: 24th IFFK Awards-The Golden Crow Pheasant Award fo...: The Golden Crow Pheasant  Award  for the Best film - Aru Sendo No Hanashi directed by Jō Odagiri from Japan.(The Golden Crow Pheasant Awa...

24th IFFK Awards-The Golden Crow Pheasant Award for the Best film went to Aru Sendo No Hanashi directed by Jō Odagiri from Japan.

• The Golden Crow Pheasant Award for the Best film - Aru Sendo No Hanashi directed by Jō Odagiri from Japan. (The Golden Crow Pheasant Award with a cash prize of INR 20 lakhs for the Best Feature Film to be shared equally between the Director and the Producer.)
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Fernando Solanas from Argentina.
• Fahim Irshad's bagged two Rajatha Chakoram awards for  his film ‘Aani Maani’ 
• Jallikattu wins audience prize and special jury mention.
• ‘Pacarrete’,  Brazilian film directed by Allan Deberton, won the Rajatha Chakoram (Silver Crow Pheasant) award for the best director.
• The Rajatha Chakoram award for the best debut director was given to Cesar Diaz for ‘Our Mothers’
• Japanese film ‘They say nothing stays the same’ directed by Joe Odagiri, won the Suvarna Chakoram (Golden Crow Pheasant) award at the 24^th edition of  International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) which concluded at Thiruvananthapuram. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to  Fernando Solanas, Argentine filmmaker, ‘Pacarrete’,  Brazilian film  directed by Allan Deberton, won the Rajatha Chakoram (Silver Crow Pheasant) award for the best director.  The Rajatha Chakoram award for the best debut director was given to Cesar Diaz for ‘Our Mothers’, a Guatemalan film.  Lijo Jose Pellissery won the Rajatha Chakoram Audience Prize for  Jallikattu. The film also won the special jury mention in the competition category. Best Malayalam film Pani, directed by SanthoshMandoor,  won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award for the best Malayalam movie.  The FIPRESCI award for the best film in competition was won by Camille, directed by Boris Lojkine. Aani Maani, directed by Fahim Irshad,  won the Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) award for the best Asian film in the competition category. It also won the K.R. Mohanan Endowment Award for best debut director from India, instituted by the Federation of Film Societies of India.  Bijukumar Damodaran’s Veyilmarangal, won the NETPAC award for the best Malayalam film,  while Kumbalangi Nights, directed by Madhu C. Narayanan won the NETPAC special jury mention. The awards were presented by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the valedictory function held at Nishagandhi Auditorium, Thiruvananthapuram.

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24th IFFK 2019 -Meet the Director and open Forum- Day 3 & 4

24th IFFK 2019 -Day two -Meet the Director and Open Form

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MeeraSahib Online: 24th IFFK 2019- Inaugurated by Pinarayi Vijayan

MeeraSahib Online: 24th IFFK 2019- Inaugurated by Pinarayi Vijayan: “India’s cultural diversity is at stake”: Pinarayi Vijayan Terming filmmaking and film festivals as forms of resistance against a globa...

24th IFFK 2019- Inaugurated by Pinarayi Vijayan

“India’s cultural diversity is at stake”: Pinarayi Vijayan

Terming filmmaking and film festivals as forms of resistance against a global rise in fascist and oppressive ideologies,  Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the 24th International Film Festival of Kerala at Nishagandhi Auditorium. He spoke at length about the diversity of people and places in India and how much variety was threatened by ideas of “One Language, One State”. He asserted that filmmaking has a history of being a weapon against authoritarian regimes that stifled diversity and freedom of expression. It was a medium capable of moving masses. Vijayan praised the efforts of filmmakers from Third-World countries who had used their art to raise their voice against corrupt and repressive governments. He hoped that the film festival would provide a stage for such efforts to be recognized on an international level. Where art is repressed, freedom cannot flourish, he said. Terming the art of cinema as a tool to develop political consciousness in the general public, The C.M has also pointed out that films could force people to empathize with one another’s problems and forge a sense of unity.

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A.K Balan, Minister for Cultural Affairs presided over the event with Kadakampally Surendran, Minister for Tourism as Chief Guest. Kadannappally Ramachandran was also present at the event. Veteran actress Sarada was honored at the ceremony. The first part of a book on the history of Malayalam cinema was released by the Chief Minister. Mayor K Shreekumar, V K Prashanth MLA, District Panchayat President V K Madhu, Jury Chairman Khairy Beshara, Cultural Affairs Secretary Rani George, KTDC Chairman M. Vijayakumar, Councillor Palayam Rajan, Academy Chairman Kamal, Vice-Chairperson Beena Paul, Secretary Mahesh Panchu, Shaji N.Karun, and many other prominent figures attended the opening ceremony. The fest opened with “Passed By Censor” directed by Serhat Karaaslan

MeeraSahib Online: 24th IFFK 2019 -Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minist...

MeeraSahib Online: 24th IFFK 2019 -Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minist...: Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala will inaugurate the 24th edition of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) today,...