The Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 “main stage” doesn’t start until December, but Kochi is already throbbing with activity – from the Piramal Art Residency at Pepper House to introductions to this year’s participating artists on the KMB Facebook page.

Interested in film and video? The Signs Festival 2016 begins in less than a week at the Kochi Town Hall on September 28th.

SiGNS, the pioneering festival in India for digital videos featuring national level competition for documentaries and short fiction for the prestigious John Abraham National Awards. John Abraham Awards was instituted in 1999 by the Kerala Region of Federation of Film Societies of India in memory of JOHN ABRAHAM, who was the guiding spirit behind radical initiatives for people’s cinema. From 2005, the competition was extended to the national level, and the festival renamed as SiGNS, with a focus on documentary and short films in video format.

5 days, 25 languages, 150 films, Don’t miss it!

Click on the image above to watch the festival’s preview video.