[ad_1] Rakesh Sharma, jury chairperson, Non-Fiction, presenting the Award for Best Long Documentary at the 16th IDSFFK to Anand Patwardhan for The World is Family. Anand Patwardhan’s Vasudhaiva Kudumbakam(The World is Family), a deeply personal history of the filmmaker’s family that is intertwined with the history of the nation, has been chosen for the Best…
[ad_1] A good number of the film buffs who walked into Kairali Theatre on Monday morning to catch a long documentary listed as part of the competition section at the 16th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) were in for a surprise. The synopsis in the festival booklet for Lalit Vachani’s Prisoner…
[ad_1] Young eyes are able to see what is obvious, but which at the same time remains hidden and unacknowledged in plain sight. Colours of Kollywood – A Melanin Deficiency, a short documentary made by a group of Bachelor of Visual Arts students of the MGR Film and Television Institute, look critically at the colourism…
[ad_1] A protest movement, especially one as big as the historic farmers’ protest that began in 2020, might not reveal all it strands when looked at from the frontlines. Much of the immediate reporting during the days of the protest, against a set of laws enacted by the Union government, were on the demands of…
[ad_1] Cinema, or any other art form for that matter, does not easily lend itself to become tools of oppression. Despite the existence of films filled with hate propaganda, the free spirit inherent in these art forms invariably produces works that would break free of the tight control and produce subversive art. Spanish filmmaker Luis…
[ad_1] IDSFFK logo | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRAGEMENT With a free space for contrarian views, the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) is part of the democratic model of the State, Minister for Local Self governments M.B. Rajesh has said. Inaugurating the 16th edition of the festival at the Kairali theatre complex…
[ad_1] Wildlife filmmakers Bedi Brothers (Naresh Bedi and Rajesh Bedi). | Photo Credit: S.R. Praveen Most people would run away from the prospect of spending harsh winters in the higher altitudes, but Bedi Brothers (Naresh Bedi and Rajesh Bedi), acclaimed wildlife filmmakers, spent three consecutive winters in the higher reaches of Ladakh, braving a difficult…
[ad_1] A still from Julien Menanteau and Nour Ben Salem’s Palestine Island. The long years of struggle of the Palestinians under the imperial occupying forces of Israel will be the focus of a package of films to be screened at the 16th edition of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK), to…
[ad_1] Bedi brothers filming in the harsh winter of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh. The 16th edition of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) will honour documentary filmmakers Naresh Bedi and Rajesh Bedi (Bedi Brothers), known for their pioneering work in Indian wildlife filmmaking, with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Chief Minister Pinarayi…
