Priest Fr. Jose Puthussery of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly received the award in the short film screenwriting competition organized by the Kerala Chalachithra Academy on the problems faced by Malayalees all over the world in connection with the lock down during the Corona period.
During this Kovid period, the Short Film Screenwriting Competition was another initiative of the Kerala Chalachithra Academy. The competition was organized with the cultural mission of promoting the creative expressions of the artists during the lockdown period and documenting the artistic response of the filmmakers of Kerala to this difficult time. The screenplay is based on the theme ‘Isolation and Survival’.
Out of the 737 screenplays sent, one of the ten screenplays selected is by Fr. Jose Puthussery. He is at present abroad for strides.
