Thiruvananthapuram 09-12-2011: CM today inaugurated the 16th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) at the Nishagandhi open air auditorium.
Apart from providing a global platform, the IFFK would help Malayalam cinema to imbibe the cinematic innovations experimented in films from across the world, said Cm while inaugurating the function.
Veteran actor Jaya Bachchan was the chief guest at the function, presided over by Minister for Sports and Cinema K.B. Ganesh Kumar. Cultural Affairs Minister K.C. Joseph, Minister for Transport and Devaswom V.S. Sivakumar, Sasi Tharoor, MP, Culture Secretary Sajan Peter, Kerala State Chalachitra Academy chairman and festival director S. Priyadarshan, vice-chairman Gandhimathi Balan, festival deputy director Bina Paul Venugopal, Kerala Film Chamber president B. Sasikumar, FEFCA president B. Unnikrishnan and MACTA chairman Harikumar were present.
Versatile actor Om Puri, veteran Malayalam actor Sukumari, and jury chairman and Australian film-maker Bruce Beresford also graced the occasion.
