The second day of the 18th
International Film Festival of Kerala, have a total of 52 films across 12
categories. Among them, the main attraction is going to be the screening of five
films of the fourteen from the competition section.
The first one to go to the screen
is debutant Sidharth Siva’s ‘101 Chodyangal’. The malayalam film, screening at
Kairali at 11 in the morning, is a student’s quest for the answers of 101
questions through which he comes to face the realities of life. The film made
Siva receive the national award for best debut director.
Adi Adwan written and directed Israeli
film ‘Arabani’ has the screen space at Kairali at 2.30pm. Arabani won the award
for best screenplay at Jerusalem Film Festival 2013 as it depicts the religious
conflicts and the consequences caused by Narrow mindedness of society.
Battle of Tabato, screening at
Kairali at 6 pm, is directed by Joao Viana. Recipient of the best debut film in
Berlin Film festival, this is Viana’s first full length feature. With a
difference in treatment, the film focuses on music, magic and post-colonial
angst in the West-African nation of Guinea-Bissau.
Inspired from the life of renowned
filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’ will be shown at Kairali at 8.30
pm. The bengali film is directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee.
Argentinean Suspense thriller
‘Errata’ directed by Iván Vescovo will be showed at Sree Padmanabha at 9 pm.
Prior to IFFK, Errata was part of Warsaw International Film Festival 2013.
Other than these, ‘Burn it Djassa’,
‘Coming Forth by the Day’, ‘German Doctor’, ‘Between Yesterday and Tomorrow’
are to be crowd pullers from the world movie section.
Harun Farocki’s ‘In Comparison’,
Goran Paskeljiv’s ‘When Day Breaks’, Claire
Denis’ ‘No Fear No Die’ and ‘35 Shots Of
Rum’, T.Hariharan’s ‘Pazhashiraja’,
Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Vincere’ and Takashi
Miike’s ‘Audition’ will be shown in Contemporary Masters in Focus.
With all films as good as other,
the cinema lovers are all set to have a great day ahead at the festival.
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