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{{Infobox Film Festival<br />
| name = SYNE International Film Festival<br />
| location = [[Cochin]], [[India]]<br />
| founded = 2001<br />
| number = From 2001, over 100 films screened, Genre: Feature films, Documentaries & Short films, Language: Indian Languages, Iranian, Japanese, Indian and Italian. <br />
| website = http://www.syne.org<br />
}}<br />
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'''SYNE International Film Festival ''' (SIFF) is an annual [[film festival]] at [[Muvattupuzha]], [[Ernakulam(Cochin)]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. SYNE International Film Festival was first conducted in 2001 May. The First Film festival was started with the film ''[[The Cup (1999 film)|The Cup]]'' from [[Tibet]]. The festival was conducted by SYNE featured 20 films during 4 days at [[Muvattupuzha]], 35 kilometers away from [[Cochin]] in [[Kerala]].<br />
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The festival also offered filmmaker workshops, industry seminars, discussion forums, and outreach activities that include screenings in rural and urban areas where international cinemas access are non-existent. The second film festival was on 2002, which was conducted by SYNE in association with [[Muvattupuzha]] [[Press Club]]. The festival screened its first movie in the [[Muvattupuzha]] Municipal Park for 800+ Public film supporters. The festival featured 16 Films categorizing [[Family & Love]] as the main theme. The festival was inaugurated by [[Priyanandan]], young film director in [[Malayalam]] language.<br />
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The third Film Festival was at [[Perumbalam]] in 2003, an [[Island]] in [[Alleppy]] in association with a regional arts community. The festival initiated with the film [[No Mans Land]], featuring the war in between [[Bosnia]] and [[Serbia]]. The festival featured 16 films including [[short films]] and [[documentaries]].<br />
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The fourth film festival theme was [[War & Peace]], conducted at [[Muvattupuzha]] in 2005 May. The film festival was dedicated to Twelve-year-old [[Ali Ismail Abbas]] of [[Iraq]] who suffered 60% burns in the attack which destroyed his [[Baghdad]] home and killed his family. Ali lost two hands and legs in the [[Iraq War|Second Gulf War]]. The inaugural film was [[Khantahar]] by [[Mohesin Makmalbaf]]. The festival also featured the documentary Godse.<br />
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In 2005, SYNE conducted [[Touring Talkies]] - Film festival along with [[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]] at [[Muvattupuzha]]. The festival featured 18 films and exhibited the 100 years of Malayalam and Indian Cinema.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.keralafilm.com Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]<br />
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2936357.stm Ali Ismail Abbas, Iraq]<br />
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[[Category:Film festivals in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Festivals in Ernakulam district]]</div>->AnomieBOT