The 14th Chennai International Film Festival, which was scheduled to begin on December 15, has been postponed to January 5 on account of the demise of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
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The 7-day festival will be held from 5th to 12th January, 2017, according to a press release from the festival director E Thangaraj. “As a mark of respect to the sad demise of our beloved former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu PuratchiThalaivi AMMA, the iron lady who has given support to the Chennai International Film Festival continuously for the last five years, Executive Committee of Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation has decided to postpone the 14th Chennai International Film Festival to 5th to 12th January 2017. We seek the support and cooperation from all of you like previous years. ”
The festival will have the screening of films selected for the Indian Panorama, films that won the Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Films in 2015, and many more from countries like France. Brazil and Iran. Apart from these 12 Tamil films will be screened under the competitive category.