Sunday, December 8, 2013

Notable films screening at Chennai International Film Festival - 2013

Foreign Language Film Submissions:

  1. The Past (Iran)
  2. The Great Beauty (Italy) 
  3. The Hunt (Denmark) 
  4. In Bloom (Georgia) 
  5. The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
  6. Wakolda (Argentina)
  7. Back to 1942 (China) 
  8. Disciple (Finland) 
  9. Omar (Palestine) 
  10. The Old Man (Khazak) 
  11. Mother I Love You (Latvia) 
  12. The Cleaner (Peru) 
  13. Walesa: Man of Hope (Poland) 
  14. Ilo Ilo (Singapore) 
  15. No (Chile) - 2012
  16. Fill the Void (Israel) - 2012

Cannes:

Palme d'Or:

  1. Blue is the Warmest Color (Winner)
  2. A Touch of Sin 
  3. Like Father, Like Son 
  4. Jeune & Jolie
  5. The Past
  6. The Great Beauty
  7. The Hunt (2012)
  8. After the Battle (2012)
  9. Poseban tretman (1980)
  10. Budapest Tales (1977)

Un Certain Regard:

  1. The Missing Picture (Winner)
  2. My Sweet Pepper Land 
  3. Omar 
  4. Wakolda

Critics Week:

  1. Salvo (Winner)
  2. Suzanne

Venice: 

  1. Stray Dogs
  2. Fill the Void (2012)
  3. The Intruder (2004)
  4. Cabaret Balkan (1998) - Fipresci Prize - Winner
  5. How Harry Became a Tree (2001)

Sundance: 

  1. Il Futuro 
  2. What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love

Berlin: 

  1. A Long and Happy Life 
  2. Harmony Lessons 
  3. On My Way 
  4. Beau Travail (2000)
  5. Beach Guard in Winter (1976)
  6. Sweet Emma, Dear Bobe (1992) - Silver Bear Winner

Others:

  1. Oh Boy (European Film Awards - Best Film Nominee)
  2. Svecenikova djeca (European Film Awards - Best Comedy Nominee)
  3. Thou Gild'st the Even (Best Turkish Film - Istanbul Film Festival)
  4. Cheap Thrills (SXSW - Audience Awards - Winner)
  5. Hide Your Smiling Faces (Jordan Hoffman's recommendation)
  6. Claire Denis Retrospective [Beau Travail, The Intruder and 35 Shots of Rum]
  7. Lucia 
  8. Ship of Theseus
  9. Soodhu Kavvum
  10. Lincoln

List of all the films screening at the festival:

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