 The 17th IFFK was at Thiruvananthapuram 7–14 December 2012.It was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy with a special screening of Alfred Hitchcock's silent film "The Ring" (1927), with the accompaniment of live orchestration of a new score created by the sextet led by British Jazz artiste Soweto Kinch.One hundred and ninety eight films from 54 countries were shown in the festival.