Saturday, December 13, 2008

An Evening of Light and Shadows

An Evening of Light and Shadows
By Swetha Antony

Logo.The opening ceremony of the 13th International Film Festival of Kerala was nothing short of a visual extravaganza. Holding on to the very essence of the festival, the ceremony showcased an array of visuals ingenious to Kerala and at the same time screening a film from another corner of the world. From the very primitive method of expressing to the very modern it was a spectacle merging the frontiers of both time and place! The theme of the visuals was worked out from Lankalakshmi, the logo of the Festival and the ceremony opened with Tholpaavakoothu, a ritual art form of Kerala. The ceremony closed with the screening of the Israeli film Laila's Birthday. In a way the evolution of visuals was what the ceremony expressed.


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