Cinema in Kerala

Malayalam cinema
No. of screens	1100 single-screens in Kerala state of India
Main distributors	Aashirvad Cinemas Anto Joseph Film Company August Cinema LJ Films Merryland Studio Maxlab Entertainments Navodaya Studio Graand Production Galaxy Films Mulakuppadam Films Sree Gokulam Films
Produced feature films (2016)
Total	134
Gross box office (2016)
National films	India: ₹900 crore (US$140 million)

Malayalam cinema is the Indian film industry based in the southern state of Kerala, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalam language. Malayalam cinema is the fourth largest film industry in India. The films produced here are known for its cinematography and story driven realistic plots. Works such as Marana Simhasanam and Vanaprastham were screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.Marana Simhasanam garnered the coveted Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") for that year.

In 1982, Elippathayam won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, and Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 by the British Film Institute. Rajiv Anchal's Guru (1997) and Salim Ahamed's Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) were Malayalam films sent by India as its official entries for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards. Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won the International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) for his works such as Mukhamukham (1984), Anantaram (1987), Mathilukal (1989), Vidheyan (1993), Kathapurushan (1995), and Nizhalkkuthu (2002).

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