INTRODUCTION - Film Festivals have evolved through the seven decades and have occupied an indelible space in the cultural milieu in India. Starting from 1952 after the first International Film Festival in Delhi, the movement has spread its presence to other locations also. Through 1990s the film enthusiasts of semi urban lower tier towns and also villages, began to undertake bold initiatives to propagate the concept of good cinema through Film Festivals. State Governments also realized the cultural impact of the movement and started to provide spaces and the movement received the much needed push from them. After initial hesitation, the rural folk also gradually joined the bandwagon and the idea of Film Festival became an integral organ of the socio cultural space. The year 2004 marked the rise of Thrissur Janasamskara Chalachitra Kendram and with the unstinted support from Thrissur Corporation, we conducted a highly successful campaign for bringing in the concept of Good Cinema to the enlightened denizens of Thrissur. Since then we have never looked back. Progressively, in the subsequent years, the festival matured into one of the most sought after Film event in the state. History of Previous Festivals - The festivals of yesteryears were not restricted to movie house exhibitions. Seminars and talks by eminent film and art personalities witnessed active and ardent participation from all walks of life. The Tier 2 towns and villages were also brought to our operational ambit and the involvement of enthusiasts from those places were encouraging. The role of Festival Booklets cannot be discounted. They provide insightful information of the screenings held and are historical documents. The booklets brought out by us with their brief and clear information were well received by the film fraternity. Our endeavours in the publishing field resulted in the publication of five books. Two of them were biographies, one of P K Nair, the former director of Film Archives of India and of K R Mohan the eminent film maker. We had the fortune to host an array of distinguished guests in all the previous festivals. Shyam Benegal , Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Late Budhadeb Dasgupta, Girish Kasaravalli, Bharathi Raja, Madhur Bhandarkar, Late K G George , Shaji N Karun ,K P Kumaran, TV Chandran were some of the doyens whom we had the privilege to have as our guest speakers. COLLABORATORS - Without the support of participating establishments, we would not have reached the desired heights. Thrissur Corporation, Federation of Film Societies of India, Thrissur JIlla Panchayath, andmany other organizations rendered us meaningful support, for which we aregrateful.