Superstar
Kamal
Haasan
will
inaugurate
the
12th
International
Film
Festival
of
Kerala
to
be
held
from
7th
to
14th,
December
at
Thiruvanathapuram.
Hana
Makhmalbaf"s
Buddha
Collapsed
Out
of
Shame
has
been
chosen
as
the
opening
film
for
this
year"s
event.
The
films
chosen
for
the
Malayalam
Cinema
section
include
director
Shaji
N.
Karun"s
AKG,
Ranjith"s
Kaiyoppu,
Roshen
Andrews" Notebook,
Shyam
Prasad"s
Ore
Kadal,
Lenin
Rajendran"s
Rahtrimazha,
Avira
Rebecca"s
Thakarachenda,
Babu
Thiruvilla"s
Thaniye
and
Murali
Nair"s
Unni.
The
festival
will
also
feature
a
special
package
of
Caribbean
films
called
'Colonial
Legacies' which
include
seven
feature
films
and
two
Beta
documentaries.
A
special
package
of
13
films
of
veteran
Spanish
director
Pedro
Almodovar
will
also
be
screened
at
the
festival.
Another
major
attraction
of
the
festival
is
the
package
of
ten
Balkan
films.
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan"s
Dance
of
the
Enchantress
will
be
screened
along
with
eleven
other
documentaries
at
the
IFFK.