Toonz wins signature film contest

Unlike the past years, the signature film of the 15th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is not going to be an individual director’s work. This time around, the film will be produced by Toonz Animation, Technopark. ‘‘We are so happy that we got selected from about 23 entries for the signature film. We submitted three ideas when the entries were invited. The film is almost ready. We are busy giving final touches,’’ said Jayakumar, CEO, Toonz Animation.

It has been learnt that the decision of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy to select a private production house for making the signature film is a move to evade controversies that have always haunted signature films.

Even when the Academy had called upon the creative faculty of noted directors like Shaji N Karun and Lenin Rajendran to work wonders, the signature films simply did not click and aroused attention for wrong reasons.

The films were criticised for their technical incompetence and lack of experimentation. Stung by the response, the Academy did try to introduce new hands for the signature film. Experimentation in one of the signature films appeared as an absolute mishmash of visuals, only to worsen the image of signature films.

source: expressbuzz.com