KOCHI: Curtains go down on the tenth edition of the SiGNS digital video festival on Sunday with a valedictory function that will see awards for the best short films and documentaries handed out. The Mayor of Kochi Soumini Jain will preside over the closing ceremony – on at Ernakulam Town Hall from 5.30 pm – […]
KOCHI: Noting that the political climate in the country today was as dark as – if not darker than – that during the Emergency in 1975, award-winning filmmaker Rakesh Sharma said existing societal fault lines had become even deeper. Delivering the John Abraham Memorial Lecture today at the ongoing tenth edition of the SiGNS festival […]
KOCHI: To describe Kesari Balakrishna Pillai as a Renaissance man alone is to do disservice to his multi-facetted genius, which ushered in a sea-change in the thinking of the Malayalee, National award-winning filmmaker K.R. Manoj said. “The dismissal of, or rather the refusal to engage with, his late-in-life contributions to history by intellectuals is an […]
KOCHI: While digital innovations in cinema have delivered awe-inspiring visual experiences and added to its popularity, award winning documentarian and film critic Neelan said the flawless filmmaking of auteurs like Abbas Kiarostami transcended the limitations of the medium. Delivering a talk on the iconic Iranian director’s Taste of Cherry, on the sidelines of the ongoing […]
KOCHI: Over the course of four frenz ied days at the ongoing SiGNS short film and documentary festival here, more than 1,000 delegates have registered entry. This makes the tenth edition of the popular cine extravaganza the best-attended in its history with one more day to go. Organised by the Federation of Film Societies India […]
KOCHI: The tenth edition of SiGNS short film documentary festival, organised by Federation of Film Societies of India in association with Kochi Biennale Foundation, witnessed a footfall of students from city’s various visual communication colleges. Around 70 students from Amrita school of Arts and Science attended ‘SiGNS 2016’ on Friday. “Students from literature and visual […]
KOCHI: SiGNS short film and documentary festival has become a platform where aspiring film students get to know about alternate visual possibilities, affirmed directors who participated in an interactive session at SiGNS 2016 with the delegates at Ernakulam Town Hall. The interactive session saw constructive discussions where directors whose movies were screened at SiGNS 2016, […]
KOCHI: Stressing upon the importance of film societies and the importance of their efforts, Chalachitra Academy Chairman Kamal officially inaugurated the tenth edition of SiGNS short film and documentary festival on Wednesday at Ernakulam Townhall. Ex MP Sebastian Paul released the festival book by presenting the first copy to actress Sajitha Madathil during the function. […]
KOCHI: It was a musical treat in memory of the compositions of the legendary Devarajan Master. 136th edition of the Kochi Biennale Foundation’s weekly ‘Arts and Medicine’ programme today at the Ernakulam General Hospital added more meaning to the melodies of one among the stalwarts of Malayalam music. Organised by the Kochi Biennale Foundation in […]
KOCHI: As the curtains rise on Wednesday for the tenth edition of SiGNS short film and documentary festival, all eyes are on three acclaimed documentaries that will be screened under the competition section on the opening day. Winner of the Rajat Kamal National Award for Best Environment film in 2014, ‘I cannot give you my […]