MUMBAI: The fourth edition of SIGNS, a festival of feature, short films and documentaries, will be thrown open on 12 February by Kerala Culture Minister M.A. Baby at Thiruvananthapuram.

The main focus of the festival will be on the competition section. 57 documentaries, 58 short films and 22 feature films will participate in the competition being organized by the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI).

The best feature film, documentary, short film, ‘cinema of resistance‘ and experimental film will be given awards. The award carries a cash prize of
Rs 100,000 and a citation. There will be a special section on Asian documentaries, featuring seven films selected from the Pusan and Taiwan festivals.

While eminent filmmaker Mani Kaul is the chairman of the feature film jury, Arun Khopkar is the jury head of non-feature films.

SIGNS is organized in association with the Department of Culture, Directorate of Public Relations, Kerala State Film Development Corporation, Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation.

The Festival will conclude on 19 February.