International Film Festival of Kerala

13 December, 2024

On 13 December 2024, the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) kicked off in the Indian state of Kerala, with Armenia as this year's focus. The opening ceremony was attended by Marat Melikyan, the Counsellor of the Armenian Embassy in India.

The Armenian films scheduled for screening at the festival include works by directors Nora Martirosyan ("Should the Wind Drop"), Mikayel Dovlatyan ("Labyrinth"), Edgar Baghdasaryan ("Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev"), Maria Sahakyan ("The Lighthouse"), Mikayel Gurzhiya ("Amerikatsi"), Serge Avetikyan ("Lost in Armenia"), "The Parajanov Scandal," and Jivan Avetisyan ("The Gate of Heaven").

The opening ceremony featured speeches by Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, renowned Indian actress Shabana Azmi, Hong Kong actress, director, screenwriter, producer Ann Hui, and others. The event was attended by government officials, diplomats, filmmakers, critics, actors, artists, and more.

The festival, organized by the Kerala Chalachitra Academy, will showcase 114 films in various Indian languages across 15 theaters in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, along with 63 foreign films from 68 countries.

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