Mumbai Movie Competition has introduced a packed line-up of 250 movies, together with the 14 titles chosen for its inaugural South Asia Competitors, a part of an growth of the pageant’s imaginative and prescient to change into a hub for works from South Asia and South Asian diaspora expertise.

Returning as an in-person occasion with backing from Reliance Jio, the pageant will likely be based mostly on the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) with screenings going down throughout eight venues and 20 screens in Mumbai. The ten-day pageant, organised by Mumbai Academy of Shifting Picture (MAMI), will open with a glamorous crimson carpet occasion at NMACC on October 27 and run till November 5, with the awards ceremony being held on November 3.

The South Asia Competitors consists of movies from debut and second-time filmmakers from throughout India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, in addition to diaspora filmmakers from the UK and Germany. Chosen titles embody Kanu Behl’s Agra, an India-France co-production that premiered at Cannes, together with Bhutan’s The Monk And The Gun and Nepal-Sri Lanka co-production The Crimson Suitcase (see full listing beneath).

Outdoors of the South Asia competitors, the pageant can be screening 22 options and 24 non-features in its non-competitive Focus South Asia part, as effectively presenting eight works in its Icons: South Asia part, together with Paradise, directed by Sri Lanka’s Prasanna Vithanage and One thing Like An Autobiography from Bangladesh’s Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.

As well as, the Gala Premier South Asia part will display titles similar to Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy, Tahira Kashyap’s Sharmajee Ki Beti and All people Loves Sohrab Handa by Rajat Kapoor.

Deepti Dcunha, Jio MAMI Mumbai Movie Competition Inventive Director, stated: “We are very proud that we have managed to achieve such a diverse curation in our South Asia section within the first year of us expanding our vision to be a festival that is focused on building an ecosystem for new cinematic voices from South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora. This commitment extends beyond film screenings, aiming to facilitate the exchange of ideas, collaborations, and business opportunities while bringing the best of world cinema to Mumbai.”

In whole the line-up consists of 40 world premieres, 45 Asia premieres, and greater than 70 South Asia premieres. The World Cinema part will showcase greater than 90 titles from over 35 international locations, together with latest pageant hits similar to Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, Bradley Cooper’s Oscar-tipped Maestro, and Madeleine Gavin’s Past Utopia, which received the Viewers Award at Sundance Movie Competition.

MAMI’s Head of Worldwide Programming Anu Rangachar stated: “We have curated some of the most discerning international titles for the festival audience. Besides the buzzworthy titles, there are several other titles that have ended up becoming Academy Award nominees from their respective countries. These titles have the innate potential to only get bigger with time. Our curation also has some hidden gems that one wouldn’t be able to otherwise watch in India, as the probability of them independently releasing here is fairly low.”

Talking on the press convention, Anupama Chopra, Jio MAMI Competition Director, stated: “With every new edition of the festival, we  hope to create a larger impact for all our stakeholders, from filmmakers to audiences. Our commitment to  cinema and filmmakers remains at the heart of all that we stand for at the festival, and we hope to emerge as a melting pot of talent from across the world while spotlighting and creating more opportunities for South Asian films and filmmakers”

Maitreyee Dasgupta, Jio MAMI Co-Director, added: “We are looking forward to hosting the 10-day-long festival that offers a platform for established and emerging filmmakers to be a part of an ecosystem that encourages co-creation and business opportunities. Through the various programmes and competitions, the festival strives to be a destination where filmmakers and audiences feel empowered, heard, and experience the joy of cinema, its impact, and new ideas.”

Different classes on the pageant embody Marathi Talkies, showcasing the most effective of up to date Marathi cinema; brief movie sections Dimensions Mumbai and the Royal Stag Barrel Choose Massive Quick Movies competitors; After Darkish, curated by BIFAN’s Jongsuk Thomas Nam, Restored Classics, MAMI Tribute, Retrospective, and a Recap part, revisiting the pageant’s choice from 2020 to 2022, when the pageant was compelled to happen on-line.

Jio MAMI may even host an Trade Programme, headed by Anupama Bose, who additionally runs the pageant’s Yr Spherical Programme, which organizes screenings, networking alternatives, labs, workshops and masterclasses.

Mumbai Movie Competition 2023 South Asia Competitors:

In opposition to The Tide, Sarvnik Kaur (India)
South Asia Premiere

Agra, Kanu Behl (India, France)
South Asia Premiere

Bahadur The Courageous, Diwa Shah (India)
Asia Premiere

Barir Naam Shahana, Leesa Gazi (Bangladesh, UK)
World Premiere

Dilli Darkish, Dibakar Das Roy (India)
World Premiere

Guras, Saurav Rai (India)
South Asia Premiere

Which Color?, Shahrukhkhan Chavada (India)
Asia Premiere

Mithya, Sumanth Bhat (India)
World Premiere

Rapture, Dominic Sangma (India, China, Netherlands, Qatar, Switzerland)
South Asia Premiere

Shivamma, Jaishankar Aryar (India)
South Asia Premiere

A Match, Jayant Somalkar (India)
Asia Premiere

The Sentence, Fazil Razak (India)
World Premiere

The Monk And The Gun, Pawo Choyning Dorji (Bhutan, France, US, Taiwan)
India Premiere

The Crimson Suitcase, Fidel Devkota (Nepal, Sri Lanka)
Asia Premiere