MUMBAI: NDTV Lumi?re and Alliance Francaise of Madras have organised ‘Experience Thrillers‘, a five day film-festival showcasing the best in horror, suspense, mystery adventure and crime from 5 to 9 August.
Presented by Roca in association with Ford Fiesta- Go Fida, the film festival will be held in Chennai with a new film screened twice a day at 7 and 9 p.m.
‘Experience Thrillers‘ kicks off with The Orphanage, a spine-chilling thriller and Spain‘s official entry for the 2008 Academy Awards. Directed by award-winning young filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona and produced by the renowned Guillermo Del Toro, the thriller stars Spanish actress Bel?n Rueda and Geraldine Chaplin, 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 escape with Quim in King of the Hill and discover a terrible secret hidden in the woods with Shiver.
Says NDTV Lumi?re Business Head Dhruvank Vaidya, “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 for this festival and are happy that our sponsors- Roca and Ford are associating with this premium offering. “
Tara Rhine from Alliance Francaise of Madras adds, “After the extremely successful Louis Malle film festival with NDTV Lumiere last year, we are proud to co-host ‘Experience Thrillers‘ this year. The festival has some of the finest films from the NDTV Lumiere catalogue and we are sure that like the 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.”
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