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Mumbai (Maharashtra):

The Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on Monday introduced its line-up for the 12 months 2023, with over 250 movies unfold over 10 days.

The competition might be held on the Jio World Centre, a conference, theatre and live performance corridor advanced within the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. It will run from October 27 to November 5.

The curation boasts over 40 World Premieres, 45 Asia Premieres, and 70 South Asia Premieres, with a record-breaking variety of 1000 submissions for the South Asia programme.

The competition guarantees to highlight modern movies and new cinematic voices from South Asia. The essential competitors on the competition this 12 months is the South Asia Competition. It aligns with the competition’s new imaginative and prescient to turn into a hub for South Asian and South Asian Diaspora cinema and expertise. This aggressive part goals to showcase breakthrough modern South Asian movies.

The press convention, hosted on the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai, witnessed the competition’s illustrious board members. Anupama Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Rana Daggubati, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Vikramaditya Motwane, Zoya Akhtar, Rohan Sippy, and Ajay Bijli unveil the meticulously curated line-up of the perfect in world and South Asian cinema.

Artistic Director, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, Deepti DCunha mentioned, “We are very proud that we have managed to achieve such a diverse curation in our South Asia section within the first year of us expanding our vision to be a festival that is focused on building an ecosystem for new cinematic voices from South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora. This commitment extends beyond film screenings, aiming to facilitate the exchange of ideas, collaborations, and business opportunities while bringing the best of world cinema to Mumbai.”

Anupama Chopra, Festival Director, Jio MAMI, mentioned, “with every new edition of the festival, we hope to create a larger impact for all our stakeholders, from filmmakers to audiences. Our commitment to cinema and filmmakers remains at the heart of all that we stand for at the festival, and we hope to emerge as a melting pot of talent from across the world while spotlighting and creating more opportunities for South Asian films and filmmakers.”

The competition introduced the next key classes (competitors & non-competition):

1. South Asia Competition: Through this aggressive part, the competition showcases 14 breakthrough modern South Asian movies in various languages.

Highlights: Mithya by Sumant Bhat, Barir Naam Shahana (A House Named Shahana) by Leesa Gazi, The Red Suitcase by Fidel Devkota

2. Focus South Asia (Non- Non-Competition): This part options movies from the South Asian Diaspora that spotlight and rejoice the range of the area. Featuring a potpourri of lengths, languages, storytelling strategies, and varieties, the movies on this part highlight expertise from South Asia and the South Asian diaspora and underline the wealth of narratives that make up the South Asian expertise. It contains 46 movies throughout lengths

Highlights: All India Rank by Varun Grover, Pushtaini by Vinod Rawat, Stolen by Karan Tejpal, Mai by Milin Dhamade

3. Icons South Asia: This part options iconic movies by distinguished South Asian expertise.

Highlights: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam by Anand Patwardhan, Indi(r)a’s Emergency by Vikramaditya Motwane, Paradise by Prasanna Vithanage, Something Like an Autobiography by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

4. Gala Premier South Asia: This part incorporates a number of probably the most formidable Indian movies of the 12 months. It showcases established expertise and distinct directorial voices from throughout the nation.

Highlights: Kennedy by Anurag Kashyap, Sharmajee ki Beti by Tahira Kashyap, Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa by Rajat Kapoor

5. Marathi Talkies: Launched in 2016, the part showcases the perfect of latest Marathi cinema. Marathi Talkies is a platform for Jio MAMI to showcase a bigger number of modern voices from its house area (Maharashtra). This 12 months the part is curated by Sachin Chate.

Highlights: Aatmapamphlet (Auto-bio Pamphlet) by Ashish Bende, Ved by Riteish Deshmukh, Dhekun (Bedbug) by Kshitij Joshi, Vaalvi by Paresh Mokashi

6. Dimensions Mumbai: Dimensions Mumbai was first launched to Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in 2009 by Ms Jaya Bachchan, and has been one of the sought-after sections on the competition. Many profitable filmmakers at Dimensions Mumbai have gone on to direct function movies and net collection.

Highlights: Should I Kill Myself, Or Have A Cup Of Coffee? By Vidar Joshi, Halfway by Kumar Chheda, City of Mirage by Anjani Chadha, Nivedita Rani

7. World Cinema: This iconic part options critically acclaimed cinema from around the globe created inside the calendar 12 months of the competition.

Highlights: Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet, The Daughters of Fire by Pedro Costa, Monster by Hirokazu Kore-eda, In Our Day by Hong Sang-soo, Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodovar, The Old Oak by Ken Loach, Fallen Leaves by Aki Kaurismaki, La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher, The Beast by Bertrand Bonello, Maestro by Bradley Cooper.

8. After Dark: Curated by BIFAN’s Jongsuk Thomas Nam, the part showcases probably the most thrilling options from internationally.

Highlights: Oldboy (Restored) by Park Chan-wook, Late Night with the Devil by Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes, Dream Scenario by Kristoffer Borgli, Night of the Bride by Virat Pal

9. Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films: Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films acknowledges the rising significance of the quick movie format. It goals to rejoice authentic quick movies and assist aspiring younger filmmakers get a chance to showcase their work on the massive display screen. The Perfect Ten competitors, which is part of the Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films, is open to movies underneath 10 minutes made by Indian filmmakers.

Highlights: Badminton by Dibakar Banerjee, Next, Please by Rishav Kapoor, Themb (The Drop) by Shrirang Phatak

10. Restored Classics: The competition is deeply dedicated to honouring and preserving cinematic legacy. This part showcases digitally restored basic movies from India and around the globe.

Highlights: Bugis Street by Yonfan, Chocolat by Claire Denis, Millennium Mambo by Hou Hsiao-Hsien

11. MAMI Tribute: This part pays homage to people who’ve contributed deeply to cinema by lending their experience to the development of the artwork kind.

12. Retrospective: Jio MAMI pays homage to nice movie personalities for his or her lifetime achievements via the Retrospective part. It brings works from worldwide movie historical past again to the massive display screen.

13. Recap: The part revisits our choice from 2020 and 2022

Highlights: The Rapist by Aparna Sen, Dostojee by Prasun Chatterjee, A Night of Knowing Nothing by Payal Kapadia

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