December 05, 2013
11th Chennai International Film Festival event is all set to commence this December starts from 12th – 19th. Actor Kamal Haasan, Amir Khan, Government Officials, Representatives from Film Industry Associations and sponsors are to grace the festival’s opening function & Actor Mohanlal, Jury of Tamil feature film competition will grace the festival’s closing functions. Both opening and closing functions will held in Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Chennai.
A Few Highlights of 11th CIFF- 2013:
The festival screenings will be held in
eight screens in total in five venues namely Woodland Theatre Complex (2
screens), Inox Screens (2 screens), Abirami Mega Mall (2 Screens), Rani
Seethai Hall & Casino Theatre.
12 Tamil feature films will compete for
the CIFF Award for Best Film (Director & Producer), Second Best Film
(Director & Producer) & the Special Jury Award.
The Jury Members for the Tamil feature
film competition are Sh R V Udayakumar, Producer | Director will head
the jury, Actor, Director Smt. Sripriya – member of the Jury, prominent
writer Shri. S. Ramakrishnan – member of the Jury
Amitabh Bachchan award for the “Youth Icon of the Year” is a new award instituted this year.
Flash Mob Dances, Zumba by the Beach,
Dance & Music performances during the opening & closing events
by popular talented artists are being planned.
163 films from 58 countries will be screened which include films won awards in Cannes, Berlin and Venice IFFs and to name a few
- The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino from Italy
- Omar by Hany Abu-Assad from Palestine
- Walesa: Man of Hope by Andrzej Wajda from Poland
- Young and Beautiful by Francois Ozon from France
- The Hunt by Thomas Vinterberg from Denmark
- Like Father Like Son by Hirokazu Koreeda from Japan
- Mold (Kuf) by Ali Aydin from Turkey |Germany
- Lucia by Pavan Kumar from India
- Harmony Lessons by Emir Baigazin from France-Germany-Kazakhstan
- The Circle Within by Deniz Ç?nar from Turkey
- A Touch of Sin by Zhangke Jia from China
- The Tree and The Swing by Maria Douza from Greece
