The twenty sixth version of Global Movie Competition of Kerala (IFFK) has been postponed because of the upward push of Covid-19 instances. Minister of Cultural Affairs Saji Cherian introduced the verdict whilst pronouncing that the pageant can be performed as soon as scenario is beneath regulate. The pageant used to be scheduled to be held in Thiruvananthapuram from February 4.
Thiruvananthapuram is the worst hit district in Kerala, with a constant upward thrust in Omicron and Covid instances. The state recorded 18,123 new instances on Sunday, with the lively Covid caseload at 1.03 lakh. Thiruvananthapuram has the perfect choice of newly reported instances at 5863, adopted by way of Ernakulam at 4100 freshly reported instances.
IFFK is without doubt one of the maximum prestigious occasions held within the state and is organised by way of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, on behalf of Division of Cultural Affairs. The pageant has sections like Indian Cinema Now, Malayalam Cinema As of late, and Homage phase amongst others. Global Pageant phase of IFFK could also be of prepared pastime amongst movie lovers and picture scholars.
The most productive movie is gifted with Golden Crow Pheasant (Suvarna Chakoram), and Highest Director is gifted with Silver Crow Pheasant. NETPACK (Community for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) award and FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de l. a. Presse Cinématographique) awards also are offered for the winners beneath other classes. Most often held within the month of December in Thiruvananthapuram, the closing version of pageant additionally used to be rescheduled to February because of upward thrust in Covid-19 numbers. It used to be sooner or later held at 4 venues to keep away from inflow of delegates into one position.