The need to promote Malayalam cinema in different parts of Kerala through film societies has been stressed at the ongoing International Film Festival of Kerala here.
Quality filmmakers find it difficult to get theatres for screening hence such films get confined to festivals, speakers said at an 'Open Forum' on the sidelines of the IFFK yesterday.
"The film societies can take steps in supporting and socializing such movies," film critic G P Ramachandran said, addressing the session titled '50 years of film society movement in Kerala.'
Film society activist Cheriyan Joseph suggested that film societies should also conduct film festivals in different parts of the state.
The speakers discussed the prospects of the film society movement in the state.
"The impact of film societies, though little, was deep," said renowned filmmaker K P Kumaran.
George Mathew, office bearer attached to Federation of Film Societies of India, said the state's film societies contributed in four phases over the years.
"They initially created awareness about the importance of cinema. Then came their contribution to film criticism. After that they contributed to the making of filmmakers and then the IFFK," he said.
