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:

  1. Afghanistan – The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night, Drowning in Holy Water
  2. Albania, Republic of North Macedonia & Kosovo – My Lake
  3. Angola – Farewell Amor
  4. Ethiopia – Running Against the Wind
  5. Kyrgyzstan – Running to the Sky
  6. Lebanon – 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’.

Master Class

8 sessions conducted by eminent personalities from the film industry and literature.

Award Winning Films

 

Oscar Nominations and Selections (93rd and 94th)

  1. Apples – Greece’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
  2. Quo vadis, Aida? – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
  3. Listen – Portugal’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
  4. The Sleepwalkers – Argentina’s official entry to the Oscars (94th)
  5. Agnes Joy – Iceland’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)
  6. Running Against the Wind – Ethiopia’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)
  7. Running to the Sky – Kyrgyzstan’s official entry to the Oscars (93rd)

 

CANNES Film Festival – 2020 Labels and 2019 Winners

  1. A Good Man – Belgium, France
  2. In the Dusk – Lithuania, France
  3. Spring Blossom – France
  4. A White, White Day – Iceland

BERLIN International Film Festival – Winners

  1. Our Lady of the Nile – Rwanda, Monaco
  2. Undine – Germany, France

FAJR Film Festival (Iran) – Winner: 

The Slaughterhouse – Iran 

VENICE Film Festival – Winners

  1. Careless Crime – Iran
  2. Listen – Portugal, UK
  3. Revenir – France
  4. The Wasteland – Iran
  5. Thou Shalt Not Hate – Italy, Poland

ROTTERDAM International Film Festival – Winner

  1. A Perfectly Normal Family – Denmark
  2. A White White Day – Iceland
  3. Berlin Alexanderplatz – Germany
  4. Kala Azar – Netherlands, Greece

BUSAN International Film Festival – Winner

  1. Drowning in Holy Water – Afghanistan
  2. Running to the Sky – Kyrgyzstan
  3. 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