Film festival in Cuddalore Town Hall

Film fest in Cuddalore-Newindpress

A two-day International short film and documentary film festival jointly organised by the Cuddalore Thiraipada Iyakkam (CTI) and Tamil Nadu Thiraipada Iyakkam, will be conducted in the coastal town from Friday.

Speaking to this website's newspaper, Anban Siva, organiser, CTI, said that masterpieces of legendary directors in the world would no longer be confined to metropolitan cities to be enjoyed by elites in the country.

Denizens in rural areas would get the opportunity to watch films made by directors from Japan, Canada, England, Italy, Russia, France, Poland, Iran, USA and Mexico.

As a first step, to draw the attention of the people in rural terrain from commercial films to art films, the festival had been organised. Film lovers would also get the opportunity to watch documentary and short films in Tamil, he added.

Movies like Rashomon and Dreams, directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan, Bi-cycle Thief, Vittoria De Sica, Italy, La Strada, Fellini, Italy, Modern Times and Great Dictator by Chaplin, Pather Panchalai by Satyajit Ray, Nanook of the North, the USA, Battleship Potemkin, Eisenstein, Russia, Colour of Paradise, Iran, Where is the Friends Home, Iran, Nazarin by Luise Bunuel, Mexico, Knife in the water by Roman Polanski, Poland, and Incident at Owl Creek directed by Robert Enrico, France, would be screened.

Tamil movies like Nilam, directed by Arivumathi, Kadal Veesiya Valai by RR Srinivasan, Alaigal Kadanthu by Leena Manimegalai, Mutharasu by Tha Amudan, Rajangaththin Mudivu by Arul Ezhilan, Erandavathu Pirappu by Gowthaman, Manusi and Manamul by Sumathi Ruban, Canada, Vilasam by Vathanan, France, Nizhal Uththam by Ajeevan, Swiz, Thagam by Mano, France, Azhiyatha Kadai by Ajeevan, Nadhi by Baskaran and Adit directed by M Sudan, Canada, would be screened at the fest, he said.

Denizens in rural areas would get the opportunity to watch films made by directors from Japan, Canada, England, Italy, Russia, France, Poland.