CIFF - 2009

THE 7th CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL”

DATES

16 – 24 December 2009

VENUE

Woodlands

Woodlands Symphony

South Indian Film Chamber Theatre

SECTIONS

WORLD CINEMA

COUNTRY FOCUS

INDIAN PANORAMA

RETROSPECTIVE

FRENCH NEW WAVE FILMS

TRIBUTE

PANORAMA OF CZECH COMEDY

WORLD CLASS DOCUMENTARIES

HIGHLIGHTS

WORLD CINEMA

- First time films from Bahamas

- Chinese film by the veteran film

maker Chen Haige

- Polish films by Andrzej Wajda and

Krzysztof Zanussi

- Award-won films presented at

Cannes and Berlin Film Festival

COUNTRY FOCUS

- Films from Flemish Community of

Belgium

- Films from French speaking

community of Belgium

- 6 films from Netherlands

- 5 films from Switzerland

- 5 films from Finland

TRIBUTE

- French Director – Jacques Tati

RETROSPECTIVE

- Films by Roland Reber – Germany

- Films by Hans-Christian Schmid-

Germany

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

- Canada, China, Germany,

FOREIGN DIRECTORS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL

USA – Stan Lathan

AUSTRALIA – Brian Mckenzie

GERMANY – Roland Reber Team

ARGENTINA – Mercades Farriots

BANGLADESH – Biplob

SULTANATE OF OMAN–Prashanta Nanda

COMPETITION FOR TAMIL FILMS

Introducing for the first time, competition

for Tamil feature films produced and censored between 15/12/2008 and 15/10/09