Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan speaks at the opening ceremony of IFFK 2019 | IFFK website43 films were screened in the World Cinema category on Saturday, the day two of the festivalChief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the 24th edition of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) on Friday. The seven-day festival is considered to be one of the prominent film festivals organized in India. The opening ceremony, which started at 6pm, was held at Nishagandhi Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. Turkish film-maker Serhat Karaaslan’s Passed By Censor was the opening film for the festival. Raymund Ribay Gutierrez's Verdict - which won the Special Jury award at the Venice Film Festival of 2019 - and Mohanad Hayal's Haifa Street - Best Arabic film winner at Busan International Film Festival- were some of the main attractions of yesterday.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 07, 2019 15:45 UTC