Majid Majidi the renowned filmmaker from Iran will head the jury and decide the winners of Chakoram awards- Suvarna as well as Rajatha Chakoram- at the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) to be held here from December 7 to 13. The delegates may get a chance to view Majidi’s film Muhammed - The Messenger of God. There is a Censor threat against this film. He started his career in filmmaking with Explosion (Enfejar) (1981) - documentary short. Baduk (1992)was his debut feature film. Father(1996), Children of Heaven (1997), The Color of Paradise(1999), Baran (2001), the Song of Sparrows(2008) are his other known films. He made a Hindi film namely Beyond the Clouds completely shot in India.
Other members in the Jury are :
Tamil filmmaker Vetrimaran, best known for his movies like Aadukalam and Polladhavan. He won the National Award for Best Director and Best Screenplay. He started his career as an assistant to director Balu Mahendra in 1999.
Marathi filmmaker Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni is a director and producer, known for Deool (2011), Three of Us(2008) and Vihir (2009) and
Filipino filmmaker Adolfo Alix Junior is known for films Donsol, Kadin (The Goat, 2006),Tambolista (Drumbeat, 2007),Manila (2009),Aurora (2009),Isda (Fable of the Fish) (2011),Kalayaan (Wildlife) (2012),Death March (2013) and Porno(2013)
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