Film Festivals

THE INDIAN ACTOR WHO MADE HISTORY AT CANNES

Anasuya Sengupta has made the nation proud by becoming the first Indian (Woman) to win the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. The star won the award for the portrayal of Renuka in the film The Shameless in Uncertain Regard category of the Festival. It was an incredible life changing journey for her from going to Cannes as an artiste participant and coming back as the Nation’s ‘Darling’.

INDIAN  CINEMA CREATED HISTORY  AT 77 TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Payal Kapadia, a FTII Pune diploma holder scripted history by becoming the first Indian  film maker to win GRAND PRIX, the second highest award at the prestigious and world’s top  77 th International Film Festival Cannes for her debut narrative feature “All We Imagine As Light” .It was amongst 22 films competing for the for the Palme d’Or, the top award

 16 Th MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF)

  MUMBAI ---28 Jan.to 3 Feb. 2020

16 th MIFF takes  a flying start

Highlights

• Star studded opening at the Posh South Mumbai Liberty Cinema  with an inaugural film of Anurag Kashyap’s “Mukkabaaz”. This was also Asian premiere of the film.
• Red Carpet galore on the inaugural ceremony  was lit with glamour filled presence of Chairman MAMI Neeta Ambani,  Shridevi,   Kangna  Ranaut , Sharmila Tagore , Nandita Das   Kiran Rao, Anupama Chopra and  stars Amir Khan , Rajkumar Rao, Anupam Kher  with host of Present   generation film directors like Anurag Kashyap, Kabir Khan, Karan Johar, Imitiaz Ali  etc. On last day additions to glamour quotient and celebrities were Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Rajkumar Hirani, Ashutosh  Gowarikar,Konkona Sen Sharma, Vidhu Vinod Chopra to name a few.
• About 200 films from 29 countries were screened during the six days spread over 16 luxury auditoriums with capacity of 4974 seats in Mumbai and Thane. This large seating capacity made it easier for Fest cineists to choose the screening of their choice without hassles or serpentine queues  for those without reservation .
• For convenience and easy categorization films were divided in 14 segments viz; After Dark, Discovering India, India Gold , Marathi Talkies, Restored Classics, Special Screenings, The India Story , Tribute, Dimensions Mumbai , Half Ticket ( For children), International Competition, Rendezvous, Spotlight , The new Medium besides, Seminars, talk shows, Master Classes and Q & A with the film makers after the screening.
• For the first time ,MAMI had introduced “Movie Mandi” an online platform for film makers to find funding in collaboration with Netflix, having world wide presence.
• The popular “Movie Mela” this year was held preceding day of the festival.
• Besides the Life Time Achievement Award for Excellence in Cinema conferred  on a veteran film maker in International arena. Other  awards were the Jio-MAMI-Reliance Foundation Award for excellence in Digital content in Indian Cinema, Best film/s in International Competition , India Gold and Dimensions Mumbai awards Etc.

( 20 TO 28 NOVEMBER 2016 )

AT THE OUTSET MUST MENTION THAT OPPOSED TO THE ESTABLISHED NORM OF 10 DAYS DURATION SINCE TEH INCEPTION OF THE FEST; THE DIRECTORATE OF FILM FESTIVALS PRUNED THE DURATION FROM TEN TO EIGHT DAYS IN ORDER TO SAVE THE COST AND TIME OF OUTSIDE PARTICIAPTING DELEGATES ;BUT WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FILMS TO BE SCREENED.