“THE 7th CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL”
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DATES |
16 – 24 December 2009 |
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VENUE |
Woodlands |
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SECTIONS |
WORLD CINEMA COUNTRY FOCUS INDIAN PANORAMA RETROSPECTIVE FRENCH NEW WAVE FILMS TRIBUTE PANORAMA OF CZECH COMEDY WORLD CLASS DOCUMENTARIES |
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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, |
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FOREIGN DIRECTORS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL
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USA – Stan Lathan AUSTRALIA – Brian Mckenzie GERMANY – Roland Reber Team ARGENTINA – Mercades Farriots BANGLADESH – Biplob SULTANATE OF OMAN–Prashanta Nanda |
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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 |
