SiGNS Film Festival is one of the short film and documentary film festivals in India. The tenth edition was conducted in October 2018 in association with the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Festival organization

FFSI-Keralam is one of the five chapters of the

Federation of Film Societies of India Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) is the umbrella body of film-screening societies in India. FFSI is currently a member of the International Federation of Film Society that has its Central Office in Paris. The international organisatio ...

started by

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...

. Unlike the other four (namely, Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern India), FFSI-Keralam is a State chapter. It is funded by the government of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, has its own library of film DVDS, and has 99 film societies affiliated to it, in addition to hosting its own film festival. Chelavur Venu, V. K. Joseph, and K.S. Prasannakumar are the president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively.

Jury members over the years

*SiGNS 2020: Suma Josson (chairperson),

Amudhan R P Amudhan R. P. ( ta, புஷ்பம் ராமலிங்கம் அமுதன் (Puṣhpam Rāmaliŋkam Amudhaņ), born 1971 in Madurai Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultura ...

, and Surabhi Sharma *SiGNS 2019:

Supriyo Sen Supriyo Sen is an independent filmmaker from India. He produced and directed the film '' Tangra Blues'' (2021). He directed the documentary ''Wagah'' which won the Berlin Today award at the Berlin Film Festival, ''The Nest'' which won the B ...

(chairperson), Baburaj, and Dr Asha Joseph *SiGNS 2018: K.G. JAYAN (chairperson), GEORGEKUTTY. A.L, and

B. Ajithkumar B. Ajithkumar (also known B. Ajith Kumar) is an Indian film editor and director. He has won the National Award for Best Editing in 2007 for ''Naalu Pennungal'' as well as the Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor in 2002 (for '' Nizhalkuthu' ...

*SiGNS 2017:

Amrit Gangar Amrit Gangar is an Indian film scholar, historian, critic, curator and writer from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He worked as consultant content developer for the National Museum of Indian Cinema set up by the National Council of Science Museums ...

(chairperson), Dr Meena T. Pillai , and

*SiGNS 2016:

Rakesh Sharma Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although ...

(chairperson), Premendra Mazumder, and

Fowzia Fathima Fowzia Fathima (born 24 January 1972) is an Indian film cinematographer and director. Fowzia is known for her cinematography on feature films such as Mitr, My Friend 2012, Gulumaal: The Escape 2009 and Uyir 2006. She is an intuitive practitio ...

*SiGNS 2015: Deepa Dhanraj (chairperson),

Gitanjali Rao Gitanjali Rao (born 1972) is an Indian theatre actress, animator and film maker. Biography and career Gitanjali graduated as an applied artist from Sir. J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, in 1994. Two animated short films independently ...

, and Oindrilla Hazra *SiGNS 2014:

Madhusree Dutta Madhusree Dutta is an Indian filmmaker, author and curator. Life and education Madhusree Dutta was born in the industrial town of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (then Bihar). She has studied Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Dramatics at Na ...

(chairperson), Riyas Komu, and K.B. Venu *SiGNS 2013: Girish Kasaravalli (chairperson),

, and P. Baburaj *SiGNS 2012: R.V. Ramani, (chairperson), G.P. Ramachandran,

Susmesh Chandroth Susmesh Chandroth (born April 1, 1977) is an Indian writer, who writes in Malayalam. He won the first Yuva Puraskar for Malayalam in 2011 instituted by the Sahitya Akademi, Government of India. Susmesh Chandroth is also involved in the Malayala ...

, and Shyni Jacob Benjamin *SiGNS 2011: K.R. Mohanan (chairperson),

, Mini Sukumar, Vinod Sukumaran, and K.Y. Radhalakshmy *SiGNS 2009: Arun Khopkar (chairperson), Chalam Bennurkar, and

*SiGNS 2007:

Kumar Shahani Kumar Shahani (born 7 December 1940) is an Indian film director and screenwriter, best known for his parallel cinema films '' Maya Darpan'' (1972), ''Tarang'' (1984), ''Khayal Gatha'' (1989) and '' Kasba'' (1990). Due to his dedication to forma ...

(chairperson),

T.K. Rajeev Kumar Thazhathupurakkal Karunakara Panicker Rajeev Kumar (born 20 September 1961) is a National Award-winning Indian director of Malayalam films, from Trivandrum. He is the winner of five Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film, Director, Story Writer ...

, 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 Sunny Joseph (born 12 October 1957) is an Indian cinematographer and director from Kerala, most known for his work in Shaji N. Karun classic, ''Piravi'', for which he won the 1988 Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography and Caméra d'Or � ...

References

External links

Official website
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