17th CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Organized by                           Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation

Dates of the Festival:              12-19 December 2019

Venues:                                   Devi & Devi Bala, Anna Theatre, Casino, Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Tagore Film Centre

Inaugural Function:                 Kalaivanar Arangam (Dec 12, 2019 at 6:00 pm)

Closing Function:                     Devi Theatre (Dec 19, 2019 at 6:15 pm)

For Tamil films competition category, ICAF informed through Media about the submission process from 7^thOctober and the last date for receipt of entries was fixed on 10^thNovember.  In total ICAF received 19 Tamil Films and 12 films have been selected by the Preview Committee.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 17^TH CIFF

Number of Countries:             55

Number of Films:                    130

Guests:                                    Diplomats from various Foreign Missions at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai

Filmmakers
Expected:                                1) Dr. BalázsVarga (Assistant Professor)– Hungary

                                                2) Ms. Shilpa (Director from Singapore)       

                                                 3) Mr. BharathirajaaNadarajah (Malaysian Producer& Director)

4) Mr. Y Srinivas (Kannada Movie Director) and crew

5) Mr. Chetan Singh (Hindi Movie Director)

6) Mr. Prasad KL (Telugu Movie Director) and crew

7) Ms. RajniBasumatary (Assamese Movie Director)

                                               

Opening Film:                         Palme d'Or winner at Cannes Film Festival–THE PARASITE (Korea)

Closing Film: Gundermann- Germany

                                   

Other Award

Winning  Films:                       CANNES Film Festival – Winners

·                     Portrait of a Lady on Fire – France

·                     Beanpole –Russia

BERLIN International Film Festival – Winners

·                     Piranhas– Italy

·                     So Long, My Son– China

·                     System Crasher– Germany

·                     Buoyancy– Australia

·                     The Legend of Rita– Germany

·                     Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe– Hungary

FAJR Film Festival (Iran) – Winners

·                     Just 6.5 (Iran)

·                     The Warden (Iran)

·                     Irina (Bulgaria)

VENICE Film Festival – Winners

·                     A Son – Tunisia

·                     The Man Who Surprised Everyone – Estonia

·                     Sole–Poland

TORONTO International Film Festival – Winner

·                     Sole – Poland

KARLOVY VARY International Film Festival(Czech Republic) – Winner

·                     Paths in the Night– Germany

Cannes Film Festival – Nominees

Nina Wu (Taiwan), Summer of Changsha (China), Sick SickSick (Brazil),

Goldie (USA), Tlamess (Tunisia), Song Without a Name (Peru),

The Unknown Saint (Qatar, Morocco), Sibyl (Belgium), Homeward (Ukraine) and

Oh Mercy! (France)

Berlin International Film Festival – Nominees

The Ground Beneath My Feet (Germany), Holy Beasts (Dominican Republic),

The Day After I’m Gone (Israel), Easy Love (Germany) andDivine Love (Uruguay)

Venice Film Festival – Nominees

Just 6.5 (Iran), Adam and Evelyn (Germany) and Stripped (Israel)

Busan International Film Festival – Nominee

The Man Who Surprised Everyone – Estonia

INDIAN PANORAMA has 2 National Award Won films

1)      Amori by Mr. Dinesh P Bhonsle (Konkani movie)

2)      Hellaro by Mr. Abhishek Shah (Gujarati movie)

Contemporary German

Cinema:                                   6 films (courtesy Goethe-Institut, Chennai)

30 Years of Fall of

Berlin Wall:     5 films (courtesy Goethe-Institut, Chennai)

Country Focus

(Hungary):                               4 films(courtesy Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre, New Delhi)

Thailand Focus: 2 films(courtesy Royal Thai Consulate General, Chennai)

Taiwanese Corner: 2 films (courtesy Taipei Economic and Cultural Center, Chennai)

Glimpses Australia:                 2 films (courtesy Australian Consulate, Chennai)

Contemporary Films

from Iran:                                   5 films

Indian Panorama:                   13 films

Tamil Feature

Film Competition:       12 films