KSFDC organised the International Film Festival of Kerala annually until 1998 , after which its management was handed over to the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy . KSFDC is the founder of the Chithranjali Studio . KSFDC owns a cinema exhibition network of ten theatres across Kerala . KSFDC also works as a production agency which makes public interest documentary films and short films for the Government of Kerala . Shaji N. Karun is appointed as the new chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation after the demise of previous chairman Lenin Rajendran The demand for a studio in the public domain was first put forward by filmmaker Ramu Kariat , his idea was to make one in the lines of Moscow Film Studio , He , along with like minded filmmakers P. Bhaskaran and Thoppil Bhasi and many others met C. Achutha Menon , the then chief minister who in turn directed them to the then home minister K. Karunakaran who also looked after state 's cinema . Karunakaran and the then secretary of government Malayattoor Ramakrishnan supported the demand . In 1975 , the Kerala State Film Development Corporation ( KSFDC ) was formed with P. R. S. Pillai as its first chairman and G. Vivekanandan as the first managing director
International Film Festival of Kerala
International Film Festival of Kerala
Kerala State Film Development Corporation