Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 9 (FN Agency) On the second day of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), as many as 66 films from directors who have captured the hearts of film buffs will be screened. Films from 14 categories, including world cinema, masters mind, international competition, Latin American and animation films will be screened on Saturday. This includes Oscar entries from six countries as well. The Nobel prize winning novel’s cinematic adaptation, ‘The Peasants’ by D K Welchman and Hugh Welchman, Fallen Leaves by Aki Kaurismäki, ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ by Ilker Çatak, Omen by Baloji, ‘About Dry Grasses’ by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and ‘Slow’ by Marija Kavtaradze are the Oscar entries. Seven films from the competition category include two Malayalam films, ‘Family’ by Don Palathara and ‘The Sentence’ by Fazil Razak.
Both will be screened on Saturday. Hindi film ‘Agra’ by Kanu Behl, which won the audience’s favour at the Cannes Film Festival, ‘Southern Storm’ by Edgardo Dieleke and Danile Casabe, ‘Power Alley’ by Lillah Hallah, ‘All the Silence’ by Diego del Rio and ‘The Snowstorm’ by Sabit Kurmanbekov fill the rest of the list. ‘O Baby’ by Ranjan Pramod, ‘Apple Plants’ (Applechedikal) by Gagan Dev, ‘Valassai Paravakal’ by Sunil Maloor, ‘B 32 to 44’ by Shruthi Sharanyam are the other Malayalam films screening under Malayalam Cinema Today section. 28 films, including Justin Triet’s ‘The Anatomy of a Fall’, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival will be screened under World Cinema on Saturday. The film tells the story of Sandra Hüller, a German writer accused of murdering her husband. Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage’s film ‘Paradise’, is the only Indian film in this category. The day’s attractions include classics such as the 1940 film ‘The Great Dictator’ by Charlie Chaplin and ‘Calcutta 71’ by Mrinal Sen. 2015 IFFK Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dariush Mehrjui’s film ‘A Minor’ will screen under the homage category. ‘Perfect Number’ and ‘A Year of the Quiet Sun’ will be shown under Zanussi retrospective.