[Reader-list] 13th Mumbai Film Festival - dates announced

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13th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL
13th to 20th October 2011




The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) announced the dates of the 
next edition of the Mumbai Film Festival.  The 13th Mumbai Film 
Festival will be held from 13th to 20th October 2011.

The Mumbai Film Festival is emerging as one of the most important 
international film festivals in Asia. It showcases the best of 
contemporary world cinema, Indian cinema and feature length 
documentaries.  The five minute short films by young students and media 
professionals, titled DIMENSIONS MUMBAI and the academic programme 
MUMBAI YOUNG CRITICS have been widely appreciated by the youth.  The 
12th edition also introduced a new competition section CELEBRATE AGE 
for films dealing with the concerns, spice, fun and adventure of 
growing older.  The Festival is a highly regarded and anticipated event 
in Mumbai’s cultural calendar, attracting leading international 
filmmakers, industry professionals, together with large public 
audiences.

One of the main attractions of Mumbai Film Festival is the 
International Competition of first-time film directors.  The first 
feature films by filmmakers compete for Rs. 75 lakhs (Approx. US$ 
150,000) cash awards.  The Festival hands out cash awards equivalent to 
US$ 200,000 in all categories.

The 12th Mumbai Film Festival hosted 215 feature films from 58 
countries. There were 315 screenings. The Festival opened on 21st 
October 2010 with David Fincher’s “The Social Network” and closed with 
“Red” starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John 
Malkovich on 28th October 2010.

The eminent International Jury consisting of veteran Korean actress 
Jeong-hee Yoon, well known Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf and award 
winning Indian actor-director Suhasini Maniratnam was headed by Oscar 
winner Jane Campion.  The Turkish film "Majority" directed by Seren 
Yuce won the Best First Film award (US$ 100,000) and the Danish film 
"R" directed by Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm won the Jury Grand 
Prize (US$ 50,000).

In 2009, the Festival introduced Film Business Centre to facilitate B2B 
interactions and serve as a networking platform for film professionals 
 from India and abroad.  Important buyers and sales agents from around 
the world attended the Film Business Centre.  In 2010 this initiative 
grew bigger with the participation of representatives of Pathe Intl., 
Studio Canal, Wide Management, Memento Films Intl., Bavaria Films Intl. 
and Sheherzad Media Intl. to name a few.

The 13th Mumbai Film Festival will start accepting submissions from 1st 
April 2011.  The regulations, entry forms and other details will be 
announced shortly.

About MAMI: Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) is a body comprised 
of Indian film industry stalwarts which was founded in 1997 by late 
filmmaker Shri Hrishikesh Mukherjee.  Noted filmmaker Shri Shyam 
Benegal heads the body that consists of film directors including: Yash 
Chopra, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Karan Johar, renowned actresses Shabana 
Azmi and Jaya Bachchan, actor-director Amol Palekar and Farhan Akhtar 
and the chairman of Reliance Big Entertainment Amit Khanna as Trustees.

Mumbai Film Festival (MFF), organized by MAMI is a Reliance Big 
Entertainment Ltd. (RBEL) initiative which is the flagship media and 
entertainment arm of India's Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

For more information please log on to www.mumbaifilmfest.com


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