17th Chennai International Film Festival
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Salien tFeatures of 17th Chennai International Film Festival
Dates:12-19 December2019
Opening Function:12th December 2019 at 6 pm in Kalaivanar Arangam
Venues:
1.Devi Theatre,2.Devi Bala,3.AnnaTheatre,4.CasinoTheatre,5.Russian Cultural Centre
& 6.Tagore FilmC entre
Online registration is open www.icaf.in;www.chennaifilmfest.com;www.bookmyshow.com
Sections:World Cinema,Tamil Feature Film Competition,Indian Panorama,Retrospective and Country Focus.
Competition for Tamil Feature Films:Tamil Feature Film Competition Entries are invited for a
total prize of money of Rs.6.00Lakhs.
An award is given to the upcoming young film maker with a prize money of Rs.1.00Lakh
Award Winning and acclaimed Films Confirmed so far Include:
1.SYNONYMS-Berlin Golden Bear Winner
2.PIRANHAS-Berlin Silver Bear Winner
3.THE BRA byVeit Helmer (Russia)-Silent movie
4.A SON by Mehdi Barsaoui (Tunisia)-Venice Film Festival Winner
5.WARDEN by Nima Javidi (Iran)-Fajr Film Festival Winner
6.JUST 6.5 by Saeed Roustayl (Iran)-FaJr Film Festival Winner
7.MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE by Aleksey Chupov (Estonia)-Busan 2018 Nominee
8.NINA WU by Midi Z (Taiwan)-Cannes Nominee
9.SUMMER OF CHANGSHA by Feng Zu (China)-Cannes Nominee
10.DESPITE THE FOG by Goran Paskaljevic (Serbia)
PRO: Nikil Murugan