124 films from 42 countries in Chennai
- IndiaGlitz, [Monday,December 10 2007]
The 5th edition of the Chennai International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 14th to 21st of December 2007. The festival will feature I24 films from 42 countries.
The Festival opens with the Oscar winner for the best foreign language film of the year ÂThe Lives of Others from Germany.
Award winning films from Germany will be screened in the festival. Films from Africa ÂBenin, Congo, Nigeria, Egypt, Latin American countries and films from Asian countries are also likely to be screened.
Some of the recent Tamil movie will be screened during the festival. Paruthi Veeran, Mozhi, Veyil, Onbadhu Ropai Nottu, Pallikoodam and Evano Oruvan will be screened at the festival. These film will be screened with English sub titles.
These films are screened in Pilot theatre, Woodlands theatre and South Indian Film Chamber in Chennai. The details of the films screened in these three theaters will be announced on the previous day of the opening day.
K. Balachandar, Kamal Haasan, Mani Rathnam, Sathyaraj, Suhasini Mani Rathnam are expected to attend the inaugural function to be held on December 14.
The pass for the movie is praised at Rs. 500 for the public and Rs. 300 for the students.