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Festival to be held from March 1 to 5 The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2021 being held here from March 1 to 5 will pay tributes to 10 film personalities who died in recent months. Foremost among them will be Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk. The others getting the tributes will be Argentine filmmaker Fernando Solanas; Indian actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Irfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, and Anil Nedumangad; costume designer Bhanu Athaiya; cinematographer K. Ramachandra Babu; directors Shanavas Naranipuzha and Sachy. Kim Ki-duk’s famous 2003 film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring, which portrays the changing seasons through his trademark magical realism, will be screened in his honour. Solanas’s 1988 film ....
The Ernakulam leg of the 25th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) kickstarted with the critically acclaimed Bosnian film Quo Vadis, Aida? being screened in front of a full house. State Cultural Affairs Minister A K Balan inaugurated the festival at the inauguration ceremony organised at the Saritha theatre complex in Kochi. The inaugural ceremony was conducted in compliance with strict COVID protocol, including thermal scanning and social distancing. 80 films from over 30 countries are lined up for the screening In his inaugural address, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said an uncompromising political stance was what defined the festival in the global cultural map, noting that the international competition category offers entry to movies only from the third world countries. At the inaugural function, as many as 25 lamps were lit symbolising the 25 years of the festival. Culture Affairs Minister A K Balan presided over the function while Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakris ....
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CM promises measures to prevent drowning deaths Updated: Updated: Swimming to be part of school curriculum Share Article Swimming to be part of school curriculum The government has adopted a slew of measures to prevent deaths due to drowning, which include a decision to introduce swimming in the school curriculum, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. Replying to a submission by C. Divakaran of the Communist Party of India, Mr. Vijayan said the government intended to make sure that all children in the State received swimming training. As many as 3,150 school students had already undergone preliminary training in swimming. The Directorate of General Education and the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) had been directed to include swimming in the curriculum, Mr. Vijayan said. The Fire and Rescue Services had introduced a ‘safety beat’ mechanism to prevent deaths due to drowning and equip society to tackle water-relat ....
Express News Service Malayalam cinema was off to a great start in 2020. We got successive releases that proved to be worth the audience’s time and money until the pandemic played spoilsport. We also lost some beloved actors and filmmakers who left behind an irreparable void. 2020 was also notable for some bold risks taken by a few actors and filmmakers irrespective of the outcomes. In this piece, we look at those who boldly went where no one ever went before. Vijay Babu It’s not every day that you see a mainstream producer going against the grain and doing something that most in the industry wouldn’t dream of doing for fear of offending certain parties. When everyone else decided to sit it out, Vijay Babu released his production Sufiyum Sujatayam, directed by Naranipuzha Shanavas, on Amazon Prime Video. It was a first for mainstream Malayalam cinema, and most people welcomed the move. But, like any event that upsets the status quo, the move also drew sharp critic ....