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Called Delyn by English sailors in the Renaissance era, the once large seaport Payyannur is now the Cultural Capital of North Kerala. From the history of trade with China to Mahatma Gandhis visit to Swami Anandatheertha in 1934, folklores of Theyyam to the encompassing Vannathi Puzha, rise of the Communist movement to the indulgence in Film Societies, our Cover Spread pays homage to one and all.
Shades Festival set it's foot in Payyannur with its 4th edition in 2023. Shades is here to reminiscence these stories and showcase new ones.
Dialogue
Best Film | Announcement
Best Performer | Announcement
Best Director | Announcement
Signature Video
Launch
Jeeva Savithri Janardhanan is a renowned filmmaker from Kerala who entered the film industry with the critically acclaimed feature film Richter Scale 7.6. The film has been screened in many international film festivals, and won debut film award in Noida international film festival.
She is a postgraduate in Broadcast Journalism and Video Production from Amrita Viswavidhyapeetam and has more than 6 years of experience in teaching Cinema and Media. She is now working as the Head of the Department of Cinema, SH School of Communication in Sacred Heart College Kochi. We are glad to welcome Miss Jeeva Savithry Janardhanan as the festival director for the forth edition of Shades International Short film Festival.
Shades International Short film Festival is under New management.
Started off as an initiative of Pi Collective in 2019, featuring an all woman jury, Shades International Short film Festival has completed 3 successful editions and is onto the fourth. Thanks to the participants!
The 1st edition of Shades was held at Indore, Madhya Pradesh with renowned short film maker Aniruddha Sharma as festival director. We had Anjali Menon, Leena Manimekalai and Amala Akkineni in the jury.
Due to the unprecedented covid outbreak, the festival shifted to online the next year. 2nd edition of Shades had Archana Padmini, artist and festival curator as our festival director. Beena Paul, Surabhi Sharma and Richa Chadda were the in the jury.
The 3rd edition continued to be online and was held on Dec 2021. It had Jijith Nambradth as the festival director, Rohini Molleti, Leena Yadav and Shailaja Padindala in the jury.
All the three editions had a tremendous response from the artists across globe. We wholeheartedly thank each and everyone of you for our success and wish to take this ahead in the future editions.
On to the 4th, with a new management at the helm.
Watch out this space.
