Synopsis : The 30th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala begins on 12 December. From 12 to 19 December, Thiruvananthapuram is preparing for a week where cinema does not just entertain; it interrogates, remembers and resists. The festival opens not with glittering nostalgia, but with the bruised memory of Palestine 36 — a film that exhumes the 1936 revolt and echoes with the present-day anguish of Gaza.

At 30, the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) refuses the comfort of celebration. Instead, it steps boldly into turmoil, opening with a Palestinian story of uprising and guided by the moral voice of an exiled Iranian filmmaker.

The festival opens not with glittering nostalgia, but with the bruised memory of Palestine 36 — a film that exhumes the 1936 revolt and

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