7th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2019 : We welcome you!

7th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2019

Jointly organised by MARUPAKKAM and Goethe-Institut, Chennai

Dates: 6-10 Feb 2019


A still from "In the Forest Hangs a Bridge"
Dir : Sanjay Kak; edited by Reena Mohan
Section : Reena Mohan Retrospective

Highlights :

a) Around 50 documentaries and short films will be screened under the following 10 sections :

1) Indian films
2) International films
3) Films from Tamilnadu
4) Contemporary German films
5) Retrospective of Werner Herzog, internationally acclaimed filmmaker from Germany
6) Retrospective of Reena Mohan, veteran and award winning editor / filmmaker / curator from Delhi 7) Filmmaker in Focus - Supriyo Sen, award winning filmmaker from Kolkata
8) 9 Pen Cinemackal - films by women filmmakers : curated and presented by Archana Padmini, actor / filmmaker / curator from Kochi
9) Artists' Cinema - curated and presented by C S Venkiteswaran, critic / curator / filmmaker
10) Gandhi, Gandhiness and Cinema Vimarshaa - curated and presented by Amrit Gangar, critic / curator / teacher from Mumbai

b) Screenings will be held in 3 streams. (Schedule)

1) Curtain Raiser Screenings at multiple venues on 3-5 Feb across Chennai (entry free)

2) Screenings at Goethe- Institut, Chennai (Rs.100 per person per day) on 6-10 Feb; 10 am to 8 pm.

3) Parallel Screenings on 6-10 Feb across Chennai at multiple venues (entry free)

c) Anand Patwardhan, award winning renowned filmmaker from Mumbai will formally inaugurate the film festival on 6 Feb at 10 am at Goethe-Institut, Chennai.

d) Master Class on documentary editing will be conducted by Reena Mohan at Department of Communication, University of Madras on 8th February at 10 am to 4 pm. Entry free.


A still from "Death of Us"
Dir: Vani Subramanian
Section : Indian films

e) Following filmmakers will present their films during the film festival :

1) Anand Patwardhan (Mumbai) 2) Reena Mohan (New Delhi) 3) Supriyo Sen (Kolkata) 4) Priya Thuvassery (New Delhi) 5) Vani Subramanian (New Delhi) 6) Ajay TG (Raipur) 7) Sandeep Ravindranath (Chicago) 8) Dhamayanthi (Chennai) 9) SP Mani (Chennai) 10) Arumozhi

f) Following curators will present their packages :

1) Archana Padmini (Kochi) 2) C S Venkiteswaran (Trivandrum) 3) Amrit Gangar (Mumbai)


We welcome you all!

Amudhan R.P.
Festival Director
7th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2019