15th edition of IFFK

The 15th International Film Festival of Kerala will be held at Thiruvananthapuram (also known as Trivandrum) on 10th - 17th December 2010. The international media and film professionals the world over have cherished the previous editions of the festival for its very enlightened and enthusiastic audience, wide representation of filmmaking countries and its warm hospitality. Chalachitra Academy or the Motion Picture Academy of the State of Kerala, which conducts this festival, is a body devoted to the promotion and propagation of quality cinema. [more]

Sections
1. Competition: Films with a minimum length of 70 minutes produced or co produced from a country in Asia, Africa or Latin America in the last one year.
2. World Cinema
3. Retrospectives & Homage’s
4. Indian Cinema Today
5. New Malayalam Cinema

Awards

Suvarna Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 1,500,000/- (about $US 30,000) to the best director and the producer

Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 400,000/- (about $US 8,000) to the best director and

Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 300,000/- (about $US 6,000) for the Best Debut filmmaker.

In addition to the above, a Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs.200,000/- (about $US 4,000) will be awarded as the Audience Prize to the director of a film that is voted by the delegates of the festival as the Best Entry in competition.

A FIPRESCI Award adjudged by an independent jury setup by FIPRESCI will choose the best film for the FIPRESCI Award the Best Malayalam Film in the competition and Malayalam Cinema Today sections.

An independent jury set up by NETPAC will adjudge the best Asian Film in Competition and the Best Malayalam Film in the competition and Malayalam Cinema Today sections.