IFFK

Here we go!

The film festival (IFFK) comes alive today at Trivandrum. I am taking leave from the office and planning to land right into Kalabhavan theatre where the first movie, French Fried Vacation by the French director Patrice Leconte, is to be screened. Mind you, this is the first movie to be screened, not the inaugural movie of the festival. That honour goes to Sounds of Sand, directed by Marion Hansel. The inaugural ceremony is scheduled at 6’o clock in the evening. But screening of movies starts from morning 9’o clock.

Then I am going to watch Cease Fire by the controversial Iranian woman director Tahmineh Milani. An Iranian film is always a safe bet. In the afternoon I will be enjoying Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll. It has to be remembered that Pablo Rebella was dead some six months back. So it is a sort of paying homage.