Oommen
Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala lit the traditional lamp at a ceremony held in
the Nishagandhi open-air auditorium marking the inaugural of the week-long festival
of moving images .From the midst of dignitaries, the compeers invited Italian director Marco Bellocchio to receive the lifetime achievement award.Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan,Minister for
Cinema presented the coveted award to him Tawfeek Barhum, main actor of the opening film
‘Dancing Arabs’ was also present during the inaugural ceremony. Thiruvanchoor
Radhakrishnan said government has plans to digitize Malayalam classic films. Xie Fei ,renouned
Chinese director and the Jury
Charman also addressed the gathering. Without much fanfare and non cinema related entertainment
programmes the opening ceremony
continued with the screening of
Eran Riklis’s Israeli movie ‘Dancing Arabs’ with an introduction by Indu Sreekant, the Programme Director of the fest. The festival will continue upto December
19.
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