Chennai International Film Festival

Chennai International Film Festival
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Founded	2002
Language	International
Official website

The Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) is a festival organised in the city of Chennai by the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF) with the support of the Government of Tamil Nadu, the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and the Film Federation of India. ^[1]

The festival aims at (from the official website):

providing a common platform for the film fraternity to show its expression through films; understand other cultures and project the excellence of this art form; contribute to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of different nations in the context of the social and cultural ethos; and promote friendship and co-operation among peoples of the world.^[1]

The festival has been organised since the year 2002. It showcases Indian language as well as international language feature films. The Indian language films are divided into the Tamil (around 12 films) and the Indian panorama feature films (around 12 films). The festival screens around 120 international feature films.^[2]

The CIFF provides Awards in the following categories:

1. Best film in Tamil competition
2. Second Best film
3. Best Director
4. Special Jury Award for individual excellence
5. Special award for independent films
6. Online Film buff Award^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Official website at http://www.chennaifilmfest.com/ciff.html
2. ^ Official website filmlist 2010 http://www.chennaifilmfest.com/films.html
3. ^ Official website awardslist 2010 http://www.chennaifilmfest.com/awards.html

External links

• Official website