"The 8th edition of "Film Festival of Tamil Nadu (intl)" has been scheduled in the month of October 2011. The screening of films will be at Devi Sridevi Theatre,Vijaya Raghava Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 17 on 20th, 21st & 22nd of Oct 2011. The timing of screenings will be 12 noon , 3 P.M & 6 P.M on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The list of films selected to be screened for the 8th film festival in 2011 are:
1.Another Sense Drama-Russia-2010 105 min.A new version of today’s world.The life of a person who differs a little bit from the rest of us. May be he has something in common with Forrest Gump but his soul is a Russian one.
2.Beyond the Road Road Movie Brasil-2010 86 min. Santiago and Jullite meet by chance in Uruguay and fall in love as they explore this new country.
3.Cheila Drama - Venezuela-2010 -90 min. Cheila comes back from Canada to spend her holidays at the beautiful house she bought for her mother with a lot of effort. She has great news. She will finally make her dream come true, changing her sex to become a complete woman.
4.How I was stolen by the Germans Drama - Slovinea - 2010 .138 min. As a child felt neglected by his communist family and was taken care of by a German officer, who occupied his home during the second world war and was the only person who offered him love warmth during his childhood( Based on true story)
5.Million Up To The Sky Comedy Ukrine 2010- 97min.
Valery is a hopeless case. Even after turning 30s he
is still naïve and romantic crank. His wife loves him
unconditionally. One day however he come out with a plan
that in his opinion should make them rich and happy.
6.I Phone You Romance – Germany&/China – 2011- 97
min. Ling mid 20slives in Chongqing where she meets
Yu a Chinese business traveler who lives in Berlin. He
gives an iPhone as a good bye present. They start a
romantic phone relationship. Valery is hopeless
case.Even after turning 30 he is still a naïve and
romantic crank. His wife loves him unconditionally. One
day however he comes up with a plan that in his opinion
should make them rich and happy.
7.The Most Important Thing In Life Is Not Being
Dead-Comedy Drama-Switzerland/Spain-2010-82m
Is the life we live in safe and secure,or is there a
second realitylurking? A playful tragic comedy about
betrayal and forgiveness against the Franco era a period
of political deceit and distorted reality in Spain.
8. This Is Not An American film- Drama-
Macedonia—2010 -90 min A gang of smalltime criminals
is trying to make their lives more interesting and
relevant –into something that fits their ideal of life
inside an American film. Ofcourse they are not in an
American film.
9.The Human Centipede - Horror/Thriller
Netherlands-2009 -90min Two American girls are
trapped in a makeshift basement hospital. A German man
identifies himself as a retired surgeon specialized in
separating Siamese twins However his patients are not
about to be separated but joined
10.4 Black suits comedy - Greece- 2010 – 90min
Four undertakers are in financial trouble latch on to a
one-off opportunity to change their lives and bid
farewell to the profession they ended for a while but
got stuck in for good. They embark on an unexpected
voyage of discovery.
11. Leaving Cekcoslovakia - comedy 2011- 90 min-
A mayor of a state has to leave his position . e had
everything including a girl friend but slowly all of
them leave and the dramatic end of him.
12.The Return of the Neanderthal Man –Romance,
comedy-Germany – 2011 -81 min
The film plays with different genres surprises and style
A story which is joyful and with absurd surprises.
13 .22nd May . Belgium/Germany/Netherlands- Drama-2010- 88min We follow Sam a security agent in a shopping mall. On a normal day a bomb explodes. He tries to save the victims until something terrible happens. He runs off till he falls down from exhaustion.
14.Kolorado Kids Hungary 2010 ( 1 hr 30 mins )
A story of a man who got involved in the revolution of 1956 in Budapest involuntarily: while being too busy with his love life to care about the fights in town, a bomb landed on his bad. Betrayed by friends and his lover, Béla Kreuzer ends up in prison sentenced for 15 years.
15. Walking too fast - Czeh Republic - Thriller-2010
-142 min Dark atmospheric thriller set in the 80s
about asecret police man gone wild. Considered one of
the best Cezh films in the recent years.
16.Saint Netherlands 2010 ( 1 hr 22 mins )
St.Nichlos is not a good hearted children's friend as people think he is. In reality he is a cruel bloodthirsty Bishop who, whenever there‘s a full moon on December 5th will try to slaughter as many children as possible.
17.5days of August Action USA 2010 113min A group
of international reporters get caught in the crossfire
during the Russian invasion od the country of Georgia in
2008.
18.Day And Night - Austria Drama -2010 101min Work for an escort company and make a lot of money .She has already lots of bad sex but never paid for. Lea employs this argument to win over her best friend Hanna. They plunge into an adventure between day and night.
Shorts
1.The Observation- Germany 2011 -23min When he
woke up one morning he found two people watching him and
noting all what he was doing. Why ? They don’t have an
answer .May be the audience could help.
2.Point Zero- Action Thriller- Germany- 2010 – 19min What if fortune could be planned. Lenny and Daniel follow an absurd theory to gain happiness. Unfortunately this theory claims a steady stream of victims.