IFFK: 100 films to be screened

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 28. As many as 100 films from 40 countries will be exhibited at the Sixth Kerala International Film Festival commencing here on March 30.

The New Theatre will be the main venue of the festival. It will host the Open Forum on all days. Screening for delegates will be held at the Kairali, Sree, Kalabhavan, Sreekumar, Ramya and Tagore theatres. Public screenings will be held at the Nisagandhi open air auditorium in the Kanakakunnu palace grounds.

An official pressnote issued here today said the directors of the competing films, film critics and representatives of film festivals would be guests. A package of French films depicting the problems of women will be a highlight of the festival.

The Homage section will feature a photo exhibition on movie artistes and the evolution of Malayalam film.

The festival will be inaugurated on March 30. Awards instituted by the Festival and the State Government will be distributed at the valedictory function on April 6.

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