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International video film festival begins today

Special Correspondent

DISTINCT FRAMES: A still from a film to be screened at the festival

Thiruvananthapuram: Signs-2006, the second international festival of documentaries and short features in video, organised by the Federation of Film Societies of India, begins here on Thursday.

The six-day festival will showcase the best of digital video productions in the country.

John Abraham awards

As many as 160 films will vie for the John Abraham national awards in the competitive section.

The documentary section has been divided into social/ gender, environmental, and history/ biography categories.

The award for the overall best production comprises a cash prize of Rs.25,000 while the best work in each category gets Rs.10,000. The best short film also gets Rs.25,000.

A retrospective of the films of Bert Haanstra, a package of animation films, a collection of music videos and another package of ad movies from the New York international film festival form part of Signs.

Noted documentary directors, including Anjali Montario, K.P. Jayasankar, Kavitha Joshi, Althaf Masid, K.P. Sasi, Madhusri Datha, Pabankumar and M.G. Sasi, have submitted films in the competitive section.

C.V. Sathyan's `Vettayadapetta Manassu', `Shadows' by Shiny Jacob Benchamin, `United Colours of Bollywood' by Sanjeev Sivan and Pradeep Kaniyadi's `Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan' are some of the notable films from Kerala vying for the top honours.

`Printed Rainbow'

`Printed Rainbow' by Gitanjali Rao, winner of the Young Critics' Award at Cannes 2006, will be screened at the festival.

Noted filmmaker Syed Mirza is the jury chairman.

The committee also includes Beena Paul Venugopal and M.R. Rajan. The festival concludes on August 15.

The Kerala Chalachitra Academy, Public Relations Department, Culture Department and the Kerala State Film Development Corporation are co-organisors of the festival.

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