Youths’ passion for cinema marks Day One of IFFK in Kochi

Young film lovers beat pandemic blues and turned up in good numbers to watch their favourite movies on screen as the curtains on the Kochi edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) went up here on Wednesday. A major chunk of the film buffs that turned up at the six venues comprised students from various higher educational institutions, film schools and those representing film societies. Some of the inaugural day movies that won the hearts of the youth included Adhilkhan Yerzhanov’s Yellow Cat; Bahman Tavoosi’s The Names of the Flowers; Mohammed Rasoulof’s There is no Evil; Dear Comrades by Andrei Konchalovsky to name a few. Among the Malayalam Cinema Today category, Senna Hegde’s Thinkalazcha Nischayam and Shambhu Purushothaman’s Papam Cheyathavar Kallariyette earned critical appreciation from the viewers.