Delegate registration is in progress for the Regional International Film Festival of Kerala (RIFFK), to be held in Kozhikode from August 8 to 11. The festival, organised by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, was last held in Kozhikode seven years ago. Screenings will take place at the Kairali, Sree, and Coronation theatres in the city.
The festival will feature 58 films offering a cross-section of contemporary world cinema, with five shows scheduled per day. Most of these films were screened at the 28th IFFK held in Thiruvananthapuram. The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammed Rasoulof will be the inaugural film. Highlighted films include Malu (Brazil), which won the Golden Peacock award; Me, Mariam, the Children and 26 Others (Iran) by Farshad Hashemi, the director who received the Silver Peacock award; and Feminichi Fathima (Malayalam), directed by Fazil Mohammed, which won the Audience Jury Award at IFFK.
In addition to Malu, films in the International Competition category are: Underground Orange (Chile), Appuram (India), The Hyperboreans (Chile), Rhythm of Dammam (Konkani), Memories of a Burning Body (Costa Rica), Linda (Argentina), Human/Animal (Spain), Elbow (Turkey), East of Noon (Egypt), Body (India), and An Oscillating Shadow (Chile).
