Have you ever wanted to be a projectionist? Back in the days when 35mm projectors could be found in every theater, in every cineplex, in every town. Nowadays they're lost relics of a different time.

Thiruvananthapuram: Even when it has completely switched to digital cinema projection, the 24th edition of IFFK will relive the magic of 35mm.

I remember when we put that projector in - six of us had to carry it up the stairs. "But distributors are slowly stopping the production of new films on 35mm, so we have to move with the times.

The owner of The Mayfair Theatre says the conversion from 35mm film to digital projectors is both the end of an era and an added financial burden to independent movie houses.

The classic 1962 French film Jules and Jim was the final movie shown using the 35mm projector. It was also one of the first films ever shown at the RPL theatre.