NISHIDDHO AND AAVASAVYUHAM FROM MALAYALAM 

Fourteen films are screening under the international competition category for 26th  International film festival of Kerala. Films from 9 countries including Turkey, Argentina, Azerbaijan and Spain, and four Indian films are there in this section. The Malayalam films included in this category are Tara Ramanujan’s Nishiddho and Krishand RK’s Aavasa Vyuham. Pebbles by Vinod raj  which is a Tamil debut film is another South Indian movie screened in this category.

Half of the films screened in the competition category is directed by women .These includes the Spanish movie Camila comes out tonight, Nathalie Alvarez Mesen’s Clara Sola,Croatian film Murina, Dina Amer’s You Resemble Me, Kamila Andini’s Yuni and the Arabic movie Costa Brava,Lebanon.

The fest also showcase Sughra and her sons directed by IIgar Najaf which was nominated for the best screenplay award at Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Captain Volkonogov Escaped and Let it be Morning are the other films that are shown in this category.