IFFK 2009

The 14th edition of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) will be held at Thiruvananathapuram from 11 to 18 December 2009. The festival is a yearly event organized by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala.

The IFFK is a film festival held annually in Kerala. Now the festival has a permanent venue, Thiruvananthapuram. The festival was started in 1996. it is held in November or December every year.

Highlights of IFFK
Contemporary World Cinema
New Malayalam Cinema
Retrospectives of Major filmmakers
Homage and Tributes
Contemporary Indian Cinema
Short films
Documentaries
Film Market
Seminars
Workshop for Script Writing

Awards
Golden Crow Pheasant Award
Suvarna Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 1,000,000/- (about US$20,000) to the best feature film to be shared equally by the director and the producer

Silver Crow Pheasant Award
Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 300,000/- (about US$6,000) to the best director

Best Debut Film Award
Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 200,000/- (about US$ 4,000) to the best debut director

Audience Prize
Rajata Chakoram and cash prize of Rs. 100,000 (about US$ 2,000) to the Director of the most popular film voted by the festival delegates

FIPRESCI Award
A FIPRESCI Award for the best film chosen by the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique.The competition section is restricted to films produced in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

FIPRESCI Award for the Best Malayalam Cinema

Netpac Award
Netpac award goes to the best film in the competition section from Asia.

Netpac Award for the Best Malayalam Film

[This year there are two more awards from the FIPRESCI and the Netpac who separately award the best Malayalam films at the festival]

Entry form and Regulations are available now. Last date for submission 30th September 2009.