5-9th August at Alliance Francaise of Madras Auditorium
NDTV Lumière and Alliance Francaise of Madras bring to you “Experience Thrillers’, a five day film-festival showcasing the best in horror, suspense, mystery adventure and crime. The film festival will be held at Alliance Francaise of Madras Auditorium in Chennai from 5th to 9th August with a different movie to be screened twice everyday at 7 and 9 p.m. The Festival is free and open to all.
Experience Thrillers kicks off with “The Orphanage’– a spine chilling thriller and Spain’s official entry for the 2008 Academy Awards. Directed by the award winning young film-maker Juan Antonio Bayona and produced by the renowned Guillermo Del Toro, this thriller stars Spanish actress Belèn Rueda and Geraldine Chaplin (the grand-daughter of Charlie Chaplin).
Watch desire and vengeance meet in a musical thriller “The Page Turner’ or get caught in the twisting tale of fate and fatality in ‘Crossed Tracks’, where nothing is what it seems. Be a part of an escaped with Quim in “King of the Hill’ and discover a terrible secret hidden in the woods with “Shiver ”
On this very celebrated occasion Dhruvank Vaidya, Business Head– NDTV Lumière says “­­­­­­­­­­­­ Chennai has a very loyal and passionate audience for world cinema and we are delighted to bring “Experience Thrillers’ to them. This film festival will showcase some of the best films in the thriller genre in world cinema. We are proud to partner with the Alliance Francaise of Madras.
” Tara Rhine from Alliance Francaise of Madras stated, “After the extremely successful Louis Malle film festival with NDTV Lumiere last year, we are proud to host “Experience Thrillers’ this year. The festival has some of the finest films from the NDTV Lumiere catalogue and we are sure that as last time, audiences in Chennai would relish this opportunity as well. We will continue collaborating with NDTV Lumiere for such film festivals on a regular basis.”
The premiere of Experience Thrillers will be held on 4th August at the Alliance Francaise of Madras auditorium with a special screening of “The Orphanage’. The guest of honour for the evening is Shruti Haasan.
- Sampurn Media