Mumbai: The MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, one of Asia’s cinematic events, is poised to captivate audiences with its 2024 edition, taking place from October 19 to October 24. This six-day celebration will highlight world cinema, community, creativity, and culture.
As always, the MAMI team has curated an impressive lineup of over 110 films in more than 50 languages, featuring both feature and non-feature films across all genres from around the globe. PVR INOX and Regal Cinema will continue to support the festival by providing screening venues.
Interim Festival Director, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur said, “As an independent charitable organisation MAMI relies entirely on the generosity of its partners and sponsors. The scale of each edition of the festival depends solely on the extent of the support we receive during the year. We are extremely grateful to each and every partner that has stood with us this transition year so that we can continue to bring the best of independent and world cinema to our wonderful audiences in the 2024 edition of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.”
The festival will feature various sections, including the South Asia Competition, Focus South Asia (Non-Competition), World Cinema, Tributes, Restored Classics, Gala Premieres, Masterclasses, Dimensions Mumbai, and Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films. The lineup includes over 20 World Premieres, more than 25 Asia Premieres, and over 35 South Asia Premieres.
From October 21 to 23, the festival will host an Industry Programme in collaboration with MAMI’s Community Partner, Soho House Mumbai. This three-day event aims to inspire the city’s vibrant film talent through a series of keynote talks and immersive workshops.
The 2024 festival will present several awards, including the South Asia Competition, NETPAC Award, Excellence in Cinema, Rashid Irani Young Critics Choice Award, Film Critics Guild Gender Sensitivity Award, Dimensions Mumbai, Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films, and Best Book on Cinema.
Artistic Director, Deepti DCunha said, “Once again this year we have achieved a fantastic curation consisting of the most anticipated and acclaimed titles from World Cinema that will show for the very first time in India, at MAMI. We were overwhelmed by the huge number of submissions from South Asia and the South Asian diaspora, and are delighted to see that South Asian filmmakers across the world are finding value in bringing their films to our Competition and Focus South Asia sections. This has strengthened our faith in our vision to provide a common platform to highlight films that champion the South Asian voice.”
MAMI’s Year Round Programme in 2024 has enjoyed a successful run, featuring previews of upcoming films and initiatives such as MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone, a Colorist Workshop focusing on Women Colorists, the Word to Screen Market (South Asia), Best Book on Cinema, and the Rashid Irani Young Critics Lab.
MAMI will soon announce the official selections and open delegate badge registrations for the festival.
