THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
Japanese film
'
Evil Does Not Exist
', directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and portraying ecological concerns in the fast-changing world, won the
Suvarna Chakoram
(Golden crow pheasant) for the best picture at the 28th International Film Festival of Kerala, which concluded here on Friday.
Uzbek director Shokir Kholikov won the Rajatha Chakoram (Silver crow pheasant) for the best director for his film 'Sunday', which portrays the generational conflict in a village.
The director's first feature film also won the Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) award for the best Asian film.
Malayalam film 'Thadavu', directed by Fazil Razak, won big at the festival, as it bagged the Rajatha Chakoram for the best film chosen through an audience poll as well as the Rajatha Chakoram for the best director. It tells the story of a desolate woman grappling with her existence.
IFFK: Attam bags Netpac award
Attam, directed by Anand Ekarshi, won the
Netpac award
for the best Malayalam film. Mexican film ‘All the Silence’, directed by Diego Del Rio, won the special jury prize for sound design.
Spanish director Felipe Carmona’s ‘Prison in the Andes’ won the Fipresci award for the best competition film. Shruti Saranyam, the director of ‘B32 to 44’, won the Fipresci award for the best Malayalam debut director. Uttam Kamathi won the FFSI-KR Mohanan award for the best debut director in India for ‘Kerwal’.
Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi — re nowned for movies like The Illumination, A Woman’s Decision, Power Of Evil and Persona Non Grata among others — received the lifetime achievement award, in recognition of his comprehensive contribution to cin ema, from Adoor Gopalakrishnan at the festival.
Prakash Raj, the chief guest, said democracy in India was made up of various opinions and interpretations.
“It became evident in the Parliament attack and in the Manipur issue. God's own country Kerala keeps God away from politics,” he said.
Cuban ambassador Alejandro Simancas Marin, who was the special guest, said independent thinking could be developed only through culture and education.
He said he would take Malayalam cinema to Cuba and hoped there would be a delegation from Kerala at next year’s Havana film festival.
Directors Jorge Luis Sánchez, Alejandro Gil and producer Rosa Maria Valdez, part of the Cuban delegation, were also honoured at the event.
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