Thiruvananthapuram: Five films will be screened in the competition section on Sunday at the 26th edition of the International Film Festival. This will include Sugar & Herons, the Ilgar Najaf film that tells the story of the survival of Afghan women. The first screening of the Malayalam film Nishidho will be held on Sunday.
The first screenings in India of the film Murina and the Turkish film Anatolian Leopard, based on unexpected events in the lives of a Brazilian girl and her father, will also take place on Sunday. I Am Not the River, which portrays the life of Afifa, a girl from Kashmir, will be screened at the Tagore Theater at 3.30 pm.
68 films were screened today. Camila Adini’s Uni, Russian film Captain Vulcanogov Escaped, Tamil film Kozhangal and Argentine film Camila Comes Out to Net will be screened in Abrapalli tomorrow. Costa Brava Lebanon, directed by Maunia Akl, and Natalie Alvarez Mesen’s Swedish film Clara Zola were also screened in the competition category on Saturday.
The first screening of The Language of the Mountain, directed by Lisa Challan, a victim of the IS attack, also took place today. The theme of the film is the survival story of the Kurdish people in the context of a school. The film also premiered at Aries Plex-6 at 9 p.m.
The world cinema category includes 38 films, including the Romanian film Miracle, which depicts the unexpected events in the life of a nun, and the ballad of a white cow, which tells the story of an Iranian woman who fights for justice in connection with her husband’s death.
It also features the French film Mail Twist, directed by Robert Guideguian, and the Israeli film Ahadz Nee, which deals with the travels of a director. 17 Indian films were screened, including Aparna Sen’s The Rapist. Amitabh Chatterjee’s Into the Mist and Madhuja Mukherjee’s Deep Six.