The MAMI Mumbai Movie Competition has unveiled its official international movie alternatives for 2024. Set to run from October 19 to 24, this yr’s version will function 110 movies from over 45 nations, overlaying greater than 50 languages, genres, and lengths.
A key spotlight of the 2024 competition is the South Asia Competitors, which serves as a platform for unbiased filmmakers from the area and its diaspora. Persevering with the legacy of the previous India Gold part, this competitors emphasizes the voices of rising expertise. Eleven movies will compete on this class, together with seven from South Asia and 4 Indian productions.
Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, Konstantin Bojanov’s The Shameless, Shuchi Talat’s Women Will Be Women and Lawrence Valin’s Little Jafna are a few of the movie’s included within the competition’s South Asia Competitors this yr. Amongst these, two are official Oscar submissions from their respective nations. The choice spans quite a lot of genres, together with fiction, documentary, and animation, with a lot of the movies making their South Asian premieres.
World Cinema fans can anticipate a exceptional lineup that includes acclaimed movies from internationally famend administrators. Standouts embrace Pedro Almodóvar’s Venice Golden Lion-winning The Room Next Door, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, that each gained prizes at Cannes. Further titles embrace Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest, Wealthy peppiat’s Kneecap and Olivier Assayas’s Suspended Time.
This yr, the competition may even function premieres throughout varied classes, together with over 20 World Premieres, 25+ Asia Premieres, and 35+ South Asia Premieres. As well as, MAMI will display screen a number of official submissions for the 2024 Academy Awards, from nations like Argentina, Canada, Denmark, France, Eire, Japan, Nepal, Norway and the UK.
Final yr’s competition Final yr, was held throughout 10 days in November and December the place over 250 movies have been screened together with the competition opener, The Buckingham Murders and the closing movie, Priscilla.
Past screenings, the MAMI Mumbai Movie Competition presents masterclasses, panel discussions, and the South Asia Competitors awards. Notable awards embrace the NETPAC Award, Rashid Irani Younger Critics Alternative Award, and Excellence in Cinema.
Revealed – September 30, 2024 02:24 pm IST