The MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival (full title: "Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival with Star") took place between 17 and 24 October 2019 in Mumbai, India.[1] It was the only edition of the festival during which actor Deepika Padukone served as the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI).[2]
Over 220 films were screened in this edition of the festival, spread out across eight venues located in both the city's Suburban and City districts.[1]
It was also the final edition of the festival to host the India Gold and International competitions, which were replaced with the South Asia Competition in 2023.[3] In the India Gold competition, Eeb Allay Ooo! by Prateek Vats won the Golden Gateway Award, while Bombay Rose by Geetanjali Rao won the Silver Gateway Award. In the International Competition, the Golden Gateway Award went to Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, while the Silver Gateway Award went to Buoyancy by Rodd Rathjen.[4]
During this edition, the festival bestowed the Excellence in Cinema Award to veteran Indian actor Deepti Naval and Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles.[5]
Juries
The following juries were constituted for this edition of the festival:[6][7]
The Half Ticket juries were composed of schoolchildren in two age groups, 5-12 years (Aishwarya Venkatesh, Gauri Sajith, Kyathi Kottari, and Saher Sakhpara), and 13-17 years (Amay Doshi, Janice Mistry, Karan Rajput, and Smriti Singh).
Programmes
The Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival was organised into the following programmes:[8][9]
India Gold – Films from across India (fiction and documentary), competing for the associated Golden Gateway Award, amongst other awards.
International Competition – Films from debut filmmakers from across the world, competing for the associated Golden Gateway Award, amongst other awards.
Dimensions Mumbai – Short films from emerging Mumbai-based filmmakers between the ages of 18 and 25, competing for the associated Golden Gateway Award, amongst other awards.
Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films – Short films, competing for the associated award.
After Dark – Independent genre films from across the world, out of competition.
World Cinema – Films from across the world, out of competition.
Special Presentation: Egyptian Cinema – Three films from alternative Egyptian cinema.
Special Presentation: Qatar-India Year of Culture 2019 – Three short films from Qatari cinema.
India Story – Films from across India, out of competition.
Spotlight – Curated films from across India that 'push boundaries', out of competition.
Discovering India – Films that either follow an Indian in the West, or a Western film that features Indian cast, crew, or themes; competing for the associated Best Film Award.
Rendezvous with French Cinema – Contemporary films from French cinema, out of competition.
Marathi Talkies – Three contemporary films in the Marathi language, out of competition.
Half Ticket – Feature-length and short films from across the world showcasing children's cinema, competing for the associated Golden Gateway Awards in two age categories.
Restored Classics – Restored versions of three classic films from across the world.
Play – Premieres of series from streaming services.
Tribute – Dedicated in 2019 to Indian filmmaker Mrinal Sen, who passed away in 2018, represented by his 1969 film Bhuvan Shome.
Apart from these programmes, the festival screened Moothon by Geetu Mohandas as the opening film, and Saand Ki Aankh by Tushar Hiranandani as the closing film. Also screened as a Special Presentation was the 2019 documentary Kaifinama by Sumantra Ghosal, whose subject is the Indian Urdu-language poet Kaifi Azmi.
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