IFFK 2010
The 15 th edition International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK 2010) was held at Thiruvananthapuram from 10 to 17 December 2010. It was inaugurated by the then Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan with veteran Indian actress Waheeda Rahman as the chief guest. Werner Herzog, the German filmmaker, was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award in the inaugural ceremony. A jury headed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan chose him for the award. The opening film was Please Do Not Disturb. Around 8000 delegates which included film makers, artists and film buffs from all over India and abroad participated in the 8 day long festival.
The Golden Crown Pheasant Award was bagged by the Colombian film "Portraits in a Sea of Lies", directed by Carlos Gaviria, while the Silver Crow Pheasant Award for the best director was awarded to Argentinian director Julia Solomonoff for her film "The Last Summer of La Boyita". The Silver Crow Pheasant Award for the best debut film went to Belma Bas, the Turkish director of the movie Zephyr.
Members of the jury included Julie Dash, Mexican filmmaker Maria Novaro, Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Japanese filmmaker Yashuhiro Hariki and Indian screenplay writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala.
The Network for Promotion of Asian Film Centre (NETPAC) award for the best Asian film was won by an Indian film "I AmâAfiya Megha Abhimanyu Omar", directed by Onir Anirban.
Veettilekkulla Vazhi (The Way Home), directed by Dr. Biju, was adjudged the best Malayalam film at the festival. The Tunisian film Buried Secrets, directed by Raja Amari, won the award instituted by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for the best film in the competition while the award in the Malayalam category went to Makaramanju, directed by Lenin Rajendran.
The Hassankutty Award for the best Indian Debut Film, instituted by filmmaker Meera Nair, was bagged by Chithra Suthram directed by Vipin Vijay.
The festival had retrospective section of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and showed films of Werner Herzog, Olivier Assayas, Mario Novaro and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. A total of 207 films from 83 countries were screened in this 15th edition giving prominence to the films from Asia, Latin America and Africa.
There were various film discussion sessions with Werner Herzog, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Julie Dash, Maria Novaro, Juliane Lorenz and many prominent Indian filmmakers. Mani Ratnam, notable Indian filmmaker, was the chief guest of the closing ceremony.
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