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Signs film festival


SiGNS Film Festival is one of the premier short and docu film festivals in India. The tenth edition was conducted in October in association with the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

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Signs film festival


Festival organization

FFSI-Keralam is one of the 5 chapters of the Federation of Film Societies of India started by Satyajit Ray. Unlike the other 4 (namely, Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern India), FFSI-Keralam is a State chapter. It is funded by the government of Kerala, has its own library of film DVDS, and has 99 film societies affiliated to it, in addition to, of course, hosting its own film festival. Chelavur Venu, V. K. Joseph, and K.S. Prasannakumar is the president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively.

Jury members over the years

  • SiGNS 2016: Rakesh Sharma (chairperson), Premendra Mazumder, and Fowzia Fathima
  • SiGNS 2015: Deepa Dhanraj (chairperson), Gitanjali Rao, and Oindrilla Hazra
  • SiGNS 2014: Madhusree Dutta (chairperson), Riyas Komu, and K.B. Venu
  • SiGNS 2013: Girish Kasaravalli (chairperson), Amrit Gangar, and P. Baburaj
  • SiGNS 2012: R.V. Ramani, (chairperson), G.P. Ramachandran, Susmesh Chandroth, and Shyni Jacob Benjamin
  • SiGNS 2011: K.R. Mohanan (chairperson), Amudhan R P, Mini Sukumar, Vinod Sukumaran, and K.Y. Radhalakshmy
  • SiGNS 2009: Arun Khopkar (chairperson), Chalam Bennurkar, and B. Ajithkumar
  • SiGNS 2007: Kumar Shahani (chairperson), T.K. Rajeev Kumar, and C. S. Venkiteswaran
  • SiGNS 2006: Saeed Akhtar Mirza (chairperson), Beena Paul Venugopal, and M.R. Rajan
  • SiGNS 2005: Adoor Gopalakrishnan (chairperson), Chandita Mukherjee, and Sunny Joseph

    • References

    SiGNS Film Festival Wikipedia
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