From 'Tiger's Pond' to 'Sentimental Value': 15 films to watch at IFFK 2025

Ahead of the launch of the 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) on Dec. 12, we pick a list of 15 promising titles to check out in different categories.

The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Languages: Portuguese, German

Die, My Love

Director: Lynne Ramsay | Language: English

Tiger's Pond (Vaghachipani)

Director: Natesh Hegde | Languages: Kannada, Malayalam

Magellan

Director: Lav Diaz | Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Cebuano, French

Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)

Director: Joachim Trier | Languages: Norwegian, English, Swedish

Father Mother Sister Brother

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Language: English

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Director: Mary Bronstein | Languages: English

Theatre

Director: Nishanth Kalidindi | Language: Tamil, Malayalam

No Other Choice

Director: Park Chan-wook | Language: Korean

If on a Winter's Night

Director: Sanju Surendran | Languages: Malayalam, Hindi

The Mastermind

Director: Kelly Reichardt | Language: English

It Was Just an Accident

Director: Jafar Panahi | Languages: Persian, Azerbaijani

Sirāt

Director: Óliver Laxe | Languages: Spanish, French, English, Arabic

EBB

Director: Jeo Baby | Language: Malayalam

The Remnant (Sheshipp)

Directors: Sreejith S Kumar and Grito Vincent | Language: Malayalam