Press Meet | 18th Chennai International Film festival ( February18 – 25, 2021)

18th CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:

Organized by: Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation in association with PVR

Dates of the Festival: 18-25 February 2021

Venues: PVR Multiplex (formerly Sathyam Cinemas – Santham, Seasons, Six Degrees, Serene screens) & Netherlands Casino Cinemas

Inaugural Function: PVR Multiplex – Sathyam Screen (Feb 18, 2021 at 6:00 pm)

Closing Function: PVR Multiplex – Sathyam Screen (Feb 25, 2021 at 6:00 pm)

For Tamil films competition category, ICAF informed through Press, our Website and our Social Media about the submission process and the last date for receipt of entries was fixed on 9th January 2021. 13 films have been selected by the Preview Committee.

The selected tamil films are

1. Labour
2. Galtha
3. Soorarai Pottru
4. Ponmagal Vandhal
5. Mazhaiyil Nanaigiren
6. My name is Anandhan
7. Godfather
8. The Mosquito Philosophy
nine. Chiyangal
10. Someday
11. Kalidas
12. Ka/Pae Ranasingam
13. Kanni Maadam

HIGHLIGHTS OF 18TH CIFF

Number of Countries: 53
Number of Languages: 37 (worldwide) + 10 Indian
Number of Films: 91

Guests: Diplomats from various Foreign Missions at Chennai and Delhi

Opening Film: THE GIRL WITH A BRACELET (France) – Locarno Film Festival (nominee)

Closing Film: I WAS, I AM, I testament BE – Federal Republic of Germany

Other Award

Winning Films:
Oscar Nominations and Selections (93rd and 94th)
1. Apples – Hellenic Republic’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
2. Quo vadis, Aida? – Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
3. Listen – Portugal’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
4. The Sleepwalkers – Argentine Republic’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
5. Agnes Joy – Republic of Iceland’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)
6. Running Against the current of air – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)
7. Running to the Sky – Kyrgyz Republic’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)

CANNES Film Festival – 2020 Labels and 2019 Winners
1. A Good Man – Kingdom of Belgium, France
2. In the Dusk – Lithuania, France
3. Spring Blossom – France
4. A White, White Day – Republic of Iceland

 
BERLIN International Film Festival – Winners
1. Our Lady of the Nile – Rwanda, Monaco
2. Undine – Federal Republic of Germany, France

FAJR Film Festival (Islamic Republic of Iran) – Winner: The Slaughterhouse – Islamic Republic of Iran

VENICE Film Festival – Winners
1. Careless Crime – Islamic Republic of Iran
2. Listen – Portugal, UK
3. Revenir – France
4. The Wasteland – Islamic Republic of Iran
5. Thou Shalt Not Hate – Italy, Poland

ROTTERDAM International Film Festival – Winner

1. A Perfectly Normal Family – Kingdom of Denmark
2. A White White Day – Republic of Iceland
3. Berlin Alexanderplatz – Federal Republic of Germany
4. Kala Azar – Netherlands, Hellenic Republic

BUSAN International Film Festival – Winner

1. Drowning in Holy H2O – Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
2. Running to the Sky – Kyrgyz Republic
3. The Slaughterhouse – Islamic Republic of Iran

Cannes Film Festival – Nominee: 1

Berlin International Film Festival – Nominees: 4

Venice Film Festival – Nominee: 1

Busan International Film Festival – Nominees: 3

Islamic Republic of Iran – Different Perspective: 11 films

Country Focus (France): 6 films (courtesy Alliance Française of Madras)

Glimpses of Republic of Hungary: 4 films (courtesy Hungarian Cultural Institute Delhi)

German Films: 4 films (courtesy Goethe-Institut, Chennai)

Chilean Cinema: 2 films (courtesy Embassy of Republic of Chile New Delhi)

Indian Panorama: 17 films – including 4 Tamil films (list enclosed)

Tamil Feature Film Competition: 13 films (list enclosed)

 
FIRST TIME IN CIFF:

Films from:
1. Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan – The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night, Drowning in Holy H2O
2. Republic of Albania, Republic of North Macedonia & Kosovo – My Lake
3. Republic of Angola – Farewell Amor
4. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia – Running Against the current of air
5. Kyrgyz Republic – Running to the Sky
6. Lebanese Republic – Passion Simple
7. Monaco & Rwanda – Our Lady of the Nile
8. Vietnam – To the Ends of the World

A Tulu language film named ‘Pingara’.

An Oriya language film named ‘Kalira Atita’.

MASTERCLASS:
We are having 8 sessions conducted by eminent personalities from the film industry and literature.

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