Mumbai Film Festival

About

Mumbai Film Festival is organized by theMumbaiAcademyof the Moving Image (MAMI). In 1997, a group of film industry stalwarts founded the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image as a not for profit Trust. The main intention was to organize an annual International Film Festival of which the film industry and the country can be proud of.

MAMI aims to foster a climate of good cinema. Appreciation of good cinema, stripped off all the limiting labels of art and commercial, can only come about through exposure to the best of films the world has to offer. The festival is the first step in that direction.

The Official Programme comprises:

• International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
• World Cinema
• India Gold
• Dimensions Mumbai
• The India Story
• Retrospectives / Homages

Applicants may choose to which section(s) they wish to offer their film.  The film / filmmaker must qualify as per the section(s) to which they are applying for.

Awards

International Competition Jury prizes:

• Best Film. Golden Gateway trophy plus cash prize of INR 2 500 000 (approx. USD 36 250) to be equally shared by the director(s) & producer(s).
• Second Best Film. Silver Gateway trophy plus cash prize of INR 1 500 000 (approx. USD 21 750) to be equally shared by the director(s) & producer(s).
• Special Jury Award. Special Jury Award certificate plus cash prize of INR 500 000 (approx. USD 7 250). This is an individual prize, awarded by the Jury.

Rules

The International Competition:

• The minimum length of a feature length film (fiction or documentary) should be 50 minutes.
• The films must have been completed after 25  October, 2021.
• For the International Competition, it is mandatory that the film be the first fiction or documentary feature film of the director.
• In terms of selection, preference will be given to World Premieres, International Premieres, Asian Premieres and Indian Premieres in that order.
• The films should not have been presented in India either theatrically (commercially or in Festivals) or released on video/DVD/telecast/internet/VOD.
• All films that are submitted must be screened in their original language with English subtitles wherever applicable.
• Only 35mm or DCP projection formats are accepted.

Filmmakers can choose to submit the screener in any ONE of the following options given below:

• DVD (two copies)
• Pen Drive
• Downloadable Online Link

Premiere Requirements

National premiere required.

Jury and Organizers

• S. Narayan, Festival Director
• Uma Da Cunha, Programme Advisor