Filmmakers face uncertainty as eight documentaries await I&B Ministry censor exemption for IDSFFK

Eight documentary films await censor exemption from the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry to screen at the 18th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala.

Filmmakers like Afiya Khalid reported that the Ministry demanded cuts related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's COVID-19 lockdown announcements before withholding clearance for their sanitation worker documentary.

The Kerala High Court is expected to address the censor exemption case on Monday following petitions from a collective of filmmakers urging festival inclusion.