31st IFFK International Competition and Indian film selections announced, new Critics Discovery section introduced

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on Friday announced the list of films for the International Competition section of the 31st International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), to be held in December this year.

The chosen films include Chinese film Embers directed by Aoqian Sun, Brazilian film Gugu’s World directed by Allan Deberton, Mexican film I am Mario directed by Sharon Kleinberg, Filipino film Silenced Nights directed by Lawrence Fajardo, Iranian film Slumber directed by Mani Moghaddam, Uzbek-Kazakh co-production Ouroboros directed by Tatiana Lyutaeva, Iranian film People’s Child directed by Mahmoud Karimi, Uruguayan film Sweet Violence directed by Jeremias Segovia, Bangladeshi film Bonolata Sen directed by Masud Jassan Ujjal and Mexican film The Silent Virgin directed by Xavi Sala.

Indian films selected The Indian films in the competition are Padayaatra directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Chevittorma directed by Leo Thaddeus, Selvi directed by Sailesh Rethnakumar and Members of the Problematic Family directed by Ramalingam Gowtham.