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APPEAL TO ALL OUR HONOURABLE MEMBERS 28.10.09

As you are all aware that with the enthusiastic support given by all of you and our well-wishers, our mega event CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (CIFF) during the last 6 years proved a GRAND SUCCESS. All the festivals drew lot of accolades and appreciation not only from film buffs of Chennai but also from film lovers from other parts of India and abroad. CIFF has now come to be looked upon as THE EVENT in December every year in Chennai.

Inspired by this success we are endeavoring to conduct our 7th CIFF from 16th to 24th Dec 2009. There will be 2 venues (3 Theatres) viz., WOODLANDS THEATRE COMPLEX (WOODLANDS and WOODLANDS SYMPHONY) and the SOUTH INDIAN FILM CHAMBER THEATRE. We are receiving films from Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Croaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Phiillipines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, USA etc., in all more than 40 countries apart from India.

We are pleased to inform that the salient features of the festival are:

  1. COUNTRY FOCUS: - Belgium, Finland, Netherlands

  2. RETROSPECTIVES : ROLAND REBER, HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHMID (GERMANY)

  3. WORLD CINEMA

  4. INDIAN PANORAMA

  5. TRIBUTE TO ‘ JACQUES TATI ‘

  6. FRENCH NEW WAVE FILMS

  7. Press Meet on almost all days of the festival in the afternoon for Interaction with the Director and the film buffs after screening of the film.

  8. Competition for Tamil Films – for the first time

  9. A Delegation of Film Personalities from Germany is likely to participate in the festival.

As you would appreciate, conducting such a mega event is financially a tough proposition, particularly for a Film Society. Yet, we are confident, all of you, like in the previous years, will rise to the occasion to give us a helping hand to make our 7th edition of CIFF a GRAND SUCCESS.

The Executive Committee has decided to collect Rs.500/- towards registration as delegate for the festival in view of the high cost involved in getting good films, escalation in the theatre rentals and cost for Awards for Tamil Films. However for our members the registration fee is only Rs. 300/-. We are sure that the members will not mind meeting this small commitment and request all of you to get yourself registered as a Delegate either at our office or at the venue of our monthly screenings. A passport size/stamp size photo is to be given by each member for issue of individual Delegate Card.

Registration for Delegates will commence from 11/11/2009.

We also appeal to each member to contribute liberally even as a donation which is exempted from tax under section 80G of the Income-tax Act.

Further, on this occasion, we also solicit support from members who are so inclined to come forward :

  1. to serve as volunteers for various assignments being planned for the festival and

  2. to contribute/arrange Donations (Donations exceeding Rs.1000/- will be acknowledged in the Souvenir).

We are confident of your continued valuable support to make our 7th CIFF also a GRAND SUCCESS this year.

With Warm Greetings,

Yours sincerely,

E. Thangaraj

Gen Secretary