“Jalam” , the Malayalam movie directed by M Padmakumar has been selected for screening at the Trinity International Film Festival. The festival is scheduled from August 21 – 22, 2015 at Inkster, United States of America.

Jalam is a real life story of Usha and Jomon who lives underneath Thazhathangadi Bridge, Kottayam. The film finely depicts the story of a family who faces threat to their existence during rainy seasons. ‘Jalam’ is considered to be India’s first charity film which addresses the issues of landless people. The revenue achieved by screening this movie will be used for the rehabilitation of the people who lives in a pathetic state.

S Suresh Babu has written the story and script of this movie. The movie is being produced by Sohan Roy, the young filmmaker known for his Hollywood directorial ‘DAM 999′.

Trinity Film Festival is now one of the fastest growing film festivals in USA. The festival was co founded by Detroit based filmmakers in 2007. The festival was known as Trinity Film Coalition (TFC) Film Festival in the earlier days, and in 2013, it was renamed to Trinity International Film Festival.