Arrangements
have been made at the Chalachitra Academy for the payment for the registration
for the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala. Online registrations will
continue till November 30. Delegates can register for the fest, by reaching the
Academy office at Sasthamangalam, between 09:30 AM and 06:00 PM with their
photo, identification card, and the delegate registration fee of Rs 2000. The
request forms can be collected from the office. Student passes are available at
a registration fee of Rs 1000. Passes will be distributed at the Tagore Theatre
later.
“The whole of India has started making political statements and political films because that is the need of the hour. The secularism has to be saved, and when everybody is feeling insecure, they start voicing out louder”, said filmmaker and screenwriter Vetrimaaran. “The majority is insecure and so are the minorities, no one feels secure about their place in the country. Cinema has been a tool of political proclamation and liberation”, added he. He was participating in the ‘In Conversation’ segment of the 23rd IFFK. “In popular Cinema, you often see the one person who brings an end to all the issues. There, the filmmakers are actually working against the very cause that they started making the film with. When you say there is this one protagonist who changes the world overnight, you end up searching for this hero. The biggest flaw of blockbuster films is that they thus provide a means of escapism for the viewer from all the social pressure that they are under. Films should con...
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