Poster of the movie 'Ennu Ninte Moideen'Thiruvananthapuram: Soon after seven films were announced for screening at the 20th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) this year, Ennu Ninte Moideen, directed by R.S. Vimal has backed out from the ‘Malayalam Cinema Today’ section.
Reports suggests that the film was not considered to be screened under the competition category and thus the makers backed out from the venture.
Two films - state and national award winning Ottal, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s 19th-century classic short story ‘Vanka’ by Jayaraj R, and Satish Babusenan’s Chaayam Poosiya Veedu (The Painted House) - has made it to the Competition category.
The other films included in the ‘Malayalam Cinema Today’ section are: Ain (‘The Eye’) by Sidharth Siva; Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal (‘Birds with Large Wings’) by Dr Bijukumar Damodaran; Pathemari by Salim Ahmed; Ozhivudivasathe Kali (‘An Off-Day Game’) by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan; Nirnayakam by V K Prakash; and Kaattum Mazhayum by R Harikumar.
The films were selected by a jury chaired by writer and film critic Malti Sahai. The other jury members were author M.F. Thomas, Chandrasekhar, Sashi Kumar, and Sudhish Kamath. This year, IFFK will be held from from December 4 to 11.
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