{"id":2154,"date":"2013-10-02T03:18:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2017-05-02T11:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T11:00:38","slug":"15th-mumbai-film-festival-2013-a-celebration-of-world-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/15th-mumbai-film-festival-2013-a-celebration-of-world-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"15th Mumbai Film Festival, A Celebration of World Cinema in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The city of Mumbai has been waiting eagerly for back-to-back festivals from Navratri that begins on 4th of this month to Diwali on 3rd November. The capital of Maharashtra celebrated World Tourism Day with a bash this 29th September even before the spell of Ganesh Puja festival was over. With 15th Mumbai Film Festival in between 4th October and 3rd November this year, Mumbai will be in full swing of festivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The nationwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/7-best-places-to-celebrate-navratri-dussehra-in-india\/\">Dussehra celebration<\/a> on 14th October will be followed by the 15th edition of Mumbai Film Festival from 17th to 24th October. The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the Government of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/maharashtra\/\">Maharashtra<\/a> is at the helm of the festival. It is a celebration of world cinema and entertainment, in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2161\" title=\"15th Mumbai Film Festival 2013, a celebration of world cinema\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/details-of-15th-mumbai-international-festival.jpg?w=547\" alt=\"details of 15th Mumabi Film Festival 2013, jury of MMF 2013, overview of 15th MMF, cheap flights to India\" width=\"547\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an impressive lineup of <strong>over 200 films from 65 countries<\/strong> across the globe, the MFF 2013 is about to mirror the diversity of world cinema. The 200 films on the shortlist include short films, documentaries and full-length feature films which will be screened in different categories such as \u201cInternational Competition\u201d, \u201cAbove the Cut\u201d, \u201cWorld Cinema\u201d, \u201cFilm Indian Worldwide\u201d, \u201cThe Real Reel\u201d, \u201cCelebrate Age\u201d, \u201cDimensions Mumbai\u201d, and \u201cNew Faces in India Cinema\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kamal Hassan<\/strong> among the celebrities associated with Indian Cinema, and <strong>Costa Gravas<\/strong>, a leading name in World Cinema will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the MMF this year. Recently, Kamal Hassan, an eminent actor turned filmmaker in Tollywood, hit the headlines for controversy over his latest directorial venture, <em>Viswaroopam<\/em>. Costa Gravas, a European filmmaker cum writer of global fame, is known for such movies in his directorial repertoire as <em>Missing, Capital, Betrayed, Music Box, Z<\/em>, and <em>Amen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Yash Chopra<\/strong>, a noted Bollywood filmmaker who is popularly known as King of Romance; <strong>Rituparno Ghosh<\/strong>, a versatile Bengali filmmaker who is credited with 12 National Film Awards, and <strong>Pran<\/strong>, a legendary Bollywood actor will be paid homage in commemoration of their remarkable achievements, and contributions to the growth of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/indian-cinema\/\">Indian Cinema<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The celebration of<strong> Spanish Cinema<\/strong> in association with the Embassy of Spain in India is an exclusive highlight of the 15th MMF 2013. El Verdugo, Seven Days in January, and Carmen are a few to name among the shortlisted Spanish Classics which will be screened all over the city. <strong>Cambodian films<\/strong> are in the limelight of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/mumbai\/\">Mumbai<\/a> Film Festival this year, too. The inaugural ceremony of the festival will see the presence of such leading luminaries as Leos Carax, Nathalie Baye, Masato Harada, Siddiq Barmark, and Bruce Beresford.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Konkona Sen Sharma<\/strong> and <strong>Deepa Mehta<\/strong> are the new faces in the jury for \u201cInternational Competition\u201d section of Mumbai Film Festival, this year. Konkona is a National Film Award winning versatile actress, critically acclaimed for her performance in such movies as <em>Amu, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Iyer, Page 3<\/em>, <em>Omkara<\/em>, and <em>Wake Up Sid<\/em>. Deepa Mehta is renowned for her path-breaking directorial creations such as <em>Water, Fire,<\/em> and <em>Midnight\u2019s Children<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Hansal Mehta<\/strong> whose latest film, <em>Shahid<\/em>, has earned kudos at international festivals, is the most noted face in the jury for the \u201cCelebrated Age\u201d section. Actor Divya Dutta, director Tanuja Chandra, and journalist Siddharth Bhatia are the other leading figures to bench the jury. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/bollywood\/\">Bollywood<\/a> <strong>director Shoojit Sircar<\/strong> whose films including <em>Yahaan, Vicky Donor<\/em> and <em>Madras Caf\u00e9<\/em> have made an epoch-making statement will be heading the jury for the \u201cDimension Mumbai\u201d section, along with others like actor Tisca Chopra and actor Rajkumar Yadav.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fly to Mumbai with the cheapest flight tickets from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\"> IndianEagle.com<\/a> before the screen of 15th Mumbai Film Festival is lifted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Mumbai has been waiting eagerly for back-to-back festivals from Navratri that begins on 4th of this month to Diwali on 3rd November. 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