Thiruvanathapuram International Film Festival begins
News
oi-Raymond Ronamai
By Raymond Ronamai
Noted
director
Budhadebdas
Gupta
will
inaugurate
the
15th
Thiruvanathapuram
International
Film
Festival
at
Kalabhavan
Theatre
on
Friday
6.30
p.m.
Hurt
locker,
which
won
six
Oscar,
directed
by
Kathryn
Bigelow,
will
be
the
inaugural
film.
Kesari
is
the
other
venue.
Chalachitra
academy
chairman
K.R.
Mohanan
would
preside
over
the
function.
More
than
fifty
films
will
be
screened
in
the
festival.
Twenty
two
films
will
be
showcased
in
world
cinema
category,
nine
films
in
Asian
film
category,
six
films
in
current
masters
category
and
retros
of
prominent
directors
will
also
be
there.
The
festival
will
end
on
August
5.