Highlights of 19th CIFF
Number of Countries: 53
Number of Films: 121
Guests: Diplomats and Indian Film Directors from various Foreign Missions across India
Opening Film: THREE FLOORS by Nanni Moretti (Cannes Festival 2021, Palme d’Or nominee)
Closing Film: VORTEX by Gaspar Noé (San Sebastián International Film Festival 2021 winner)

Spectrum of Iranian Cinema: 9 films
Country Focus (Korea): 5 films (courtesy Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Chennai)
Retrospective of Director Caroline Link (German): 3 films (courtesy Goethe-Institut, Chennai)
Coming of Age –French Cinema: 6 films (courtesy Alliance Française of Madras)
Indian Panorama: 10 films
Malayalam Cinema: 4 films
Tamil Feature Film Competition: 11 films
Special Screening: Dikkatra Parvathi by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Oscar Nominations and Selections
- A Hero – Iranian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards
- When Pomegranates Howl – Australian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards
- Yuni – Indonesian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards
- A Taxi Driver – South Korea’s submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 90th Annual Academy Awards
CANNES Film Festival – Winners
- A Hero, Iran
- Lamb, Iceland
- Memoria, Thailand
- Feathers, Greece
BERLIN International Film Festival – Winners:
- Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Czech Republic – GOLDEN BEAR winner
- Introduction, South Korea – SILVER BEAR winner
- Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Japan
- Brother’s Keeper, Turkey
- Natural Light, Hungary
- The Girl and The Spider, Switzerland
FIRST TIME IN CIFF:
Films from:
- Kazakhstan – 18 Kilohertz
- Cambodia, Qatar – White Building
- Ghana – Queen of Glory
- Dominican Republic – Bantu Mama
- Latvia, Hungary – Natural Light
- Uruguay – The Employer and the Employee
- Haiti, France – Zombie Child
- Afghanistan, Australia – When the Pomegranates Howl
A Dimasa language film named ‘Semkhor’.
MASTERCLASS:
We are having 6 sessions conducted by South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce with eminent personalities from the film industry.