IFFKs lifetime achievement award to be conferred on Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 29: The life time achievement award of the twenty seventh version of the distinguished International Film Festival of Kerala shall be given to the massively widespread Hungarian movie director Bela Tarr.

IFFK returns with a bang after the Covid pandemic and the occasion shall be held right here from December 9 to 16.

State Minister for Culture and Films V.N.Vasavan stated this right here on Tuesday and the life time achievement award carries a money prize of Rs a million.

The 67-year-old veteran, Tarr made his debut with the movie ‘Family Nest’ (1977).

Tarr started his directorial profession with a short interval of what he refers to as social cinema, aimed toward telling on a regular basis tales about extraordinary folks, typically within the fashion of cinema verite.

The IFFK this time will see 184 movies from 70 international locations being screened at varied film halls within the state capital metropolis.

The eight-day fest conducts the screening of movies within the classes International Competition, Malayalam Cinema Today, Indian Cinema Now, World Cinema, Country Focus, Retrospectives of main filmmakers, Contemporary Focus, Homages and varied curated packages. Coupled with movie screenings, platforms like Open Forum and workshops are additionally organised for the delegates to work together with movie fraternities from everywhere in the world. The annual Aravindan Memorial Lecture is a serious occasion within the Festival.

At this version of the IFFK, Serbia would be the Country in Focus and 6 Serbian movies are slated to be screened on this class together with Milos Pusic’s ‘Working Class Heroes’ which premiered on the Berlin International Film Festival this yr.

IFFK is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Over the years, the IFFK has develop into a delight for movie buffs who come from far and vast.

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