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 WILL BE – Germany

Categories
Iran – Different Perspective: 11 films
Country Focus (France): 6 films (courtesy Alliance Française of Madras)
Glimpses of Hungary: 4 films (courtesy Hungarian Cultural Institute Delhi)
German Films: 4 films (courtesy Goethe-Institut, Chennai)
Chilean Cinema: 2 films (courtesy Embassy of Chile New Delhi)
Indian Panorama:17 films – including 4 Tamil films (list enclosed)
Tamil Feature Film Competition: 13 films
First Time in CIFF
Films from:
- Afghanistan – The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night, Drowning in Holy Water
- Albania, Republic of North Macedonia & Kosovo – My Lake
- Angola – Farewell Amor
- Ethiopia – Running Against the Wind
- Kyrgyzstan – Running to the Sky
- Lebanon – Passion Simple
- Monaco & Rwanda – Our Lady of the Nile
- Vietnam – To the Ends of the World
A Tulu language film named ‘Pingara’.
An Oriya language film named ‘Kalira Atita’.
Master Class
8 sessions conducted by eminent personalities from the film industry and literature.
Award Winning Films
Oscar Nominations and Selections (93rd and 94th)
- Apples – Greece’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
- Quo vadis, Aida? – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
- Listen – Portugal’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
- The Sleepwalkers – Argentina’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
- Agnes Joy – Iceland’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)
- Running Against the Wind – Ethiopia’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)
- Running to the Sky – Kyrgyzstan’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)
CANNES Film Festival – 2020 Labels and 2019 Winners
- A Good Man – Belgium, France
- In the Dusk – Lithuania, France
- Spring Blossom – France
- A White, White Day – Iceland
BERLIN International Film Festival – Winners
- Our Lady of the Nile – Rwanda, Monaco
- Undine – Germany, France
FAJR Film Festival (Iran) – Winner:
The Slaughterhouse – Iran
VENICE Film Festival – Winners
- Careless Crime – Iran
- Listen – Portugal, UK
- Revenir – France
- The Wasteland – Iran
- Thou Shalt Not Hate – Italy, Poland
ROTTERDAM International Film Festival – Winner
- A Perfectly Normal Family – Denmark
- A White White Day – Iceland
- Berlin Alexanderplatz – Germany
- Kala Azar – Netherlands, Greece
BUSAN International Film Festival – Winner
- Drowning in Holy Water – Afghanistan
- Running to the Sky – Kyrgyzstan
- The Slaughterhouse – Iran
Cannes Film Festival – Nominee: 1
Berlin International Film Festival – Nominees: 4
Venice Film Festival – Nominee: 1
Busan International Film Festival – Nominees: 3