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

  1. A Hero – Iranian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards
  2. When Pomegranates Howl – Australian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards
  3. Yuni – Indonesian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards
  4. A Taxi Driver – South Korea’s submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 90th Annual Academy Awards

CANNES Film Festival – Winners

  1. A Hero, Iran
  2. Lamb, Iceland
  3. Memoria, Thailand
  4. Feathers, Greece

BERLIN International Film Festival – Winners:

  1. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Czech Republic – GOLDEN BEAR winner
  2. Introduction, South Korea – SILVER BEAR winner
  3. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Japan
  4. Brother’s Keeper, Turkey
  5. Natural Light, Hungary
  6. The Girl and The Spider, Switzerland

FIRST TIME IN CIFF:

 Films from:

  1. Kazakhstan – 18 Kilohertz
  2. Cambodia, Qatar – White Building
  3. Ghana – Queen of Glory
  4. Dominican Republic – Bantu Mama
  5. Latvia, Hungary – Natural Light
  6. Uruguay – The Employer and the Employee
  7. Haiti, France – Zombie Child
  8. Afghanistan, Australia – When the Pomegranates Howl

 

A Dimasa language film named ‘Semkhor’.

 

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