With
less than a month to go for the 17th edition of India’s biggest film
festival, the 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in association
with the STAR Network announced its stellar program line-up. The line-up
included new programming sections being introduced this year, special
screenings and events.
The
17th edition of the festival will take place from October 29th to November 5th
in Mumbai. The festival's presenting sponsor is Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) --
and STAR India is the Associate Sponsor Partner.
Mrs
Nita M. Ambani, Founder & Chairperson, Reliance Foundation was announced as
Co-Chair, Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI).
The
announcement was made in the presence of members of the Board of Trustees that
include Kiran Rao, Chairperson – MAMI, Anupama Chopra - Festival Director,
Filmmakers Dibakar Banerjee and Vishal Bhardwaj, Mr.
Ajay Bijli, Chairman and MD, PVR Ltd, Mr. Siddharth Roy Kapur, Managing
Director, Disney India, Mr. Manish Mundra,
Founder and CEO, Drishyam Films and Gayatri Yadav, Executive Vice President
Marketing & Communications, STAR India.
Jio MAMI 2015 announced that they will present
two Excellences in Cinema awards – one to an international personality and one
to an Indian. I’m also kicked to announce that our international Excellence in
Cinema award will be given to the iconic Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai who has
created landmark films and won laurels around the globe including two Palme
D’Or nominations.
The
Indian Excellence in Cinema award will be given to two legendary screenwriters
who changed the course of Indian cinema namely Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. The
festival is introducing a special section ‘Half Ticket’ for kids, that will
feature children films from around the world.
@bhawanasomaaya
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