Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi

It started in the year 2001 at Neyyattinkara thaluk in Thiruvananthapuram district as a collective effort of film lovers.

"Wonderworld" was scripted and directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, Camera was handled by Sunny Joseph and the film was edited by Beena Paul.

Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi has produced it first feature film Oraalppokkam with crowd sourcing in 2014.

Athisaya Lokam was a crowd funded attempt inspired from the great film activist and visionary director John Abraham.

The short film was produced by the small contributions collected from the people of Perumkadavila, Marayamuttom, Keezharoor and other parts of Thiruvananthapuram district.

It also won Kerala State Film Awards Best Director for Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, Best Location Sound Recording for Sandeep Kurissery and Jiji P Joseph.

[19] In 2018 Kazhcha renamed the festival as Kniff, Kazhcha-Niv Indie film Fest, partnering with Niv Art Movies.