The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), one of the prominent film festivals of India is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Over the years, the IFFK has come to be known as Asia’s best managed and probably the world’s most people-centred film festival. The Festival held in the first week of December every year in Trivandrum city. The eight-day fest conducts the screening of films in the categories International Competition, Malayalam Cinema Today, Indian Cinema Now, World Cinema, Country Focus, Retrospectives of major filmmakers, Contemporary Focus, Homages and various curated packages. Coupled with film screenings, platforms like Open forum and workshops are also organized for the delegates to interact with film fraternities from all over the world. The annual Aravindan Memorial Lecture is a major event of the Festival. The Festival charms the best films, renowned directors, technicians and spectators from across the globe and is acknowledged as one of the leading cultural events in India. The festival aims at presenting a selection of the best of World Cinema and a competition section exclusively for films from Asian, African and Latin American countries. The first IFFK was held at Kozhikode in 1996. Incidentally, the Festival was held on the 100th anniversary of cinema and 100 films were screened as a part of the event.