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Mumbai Film Festival postponed until 2021

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Much to the chagrin of cine-goers and exhibitors, the COVID 19 pandemic has also affected many international film festivals held every year in India and overseas.

The 22nd edition of the Mumbai film festival, run by the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) and sponsored by Mukesh Ambani’s telecommunications giant Jio, has been postponed to 2021 The festival, was originally scheduled for November. The festival will release its official selection of Indian films later this month.

“It is with a heavy heart that we have decided to postpone the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2020 to next year,” said Isha Ambani of the MAMI board of trustees. “It is our responsibility to do everything we can to keep our communities safe during this crisis.”

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“2020 is about survival, introspection and humility,” said festival director Anupama Chopra. “We have decided to prioritise healing this year and hold the festival in its full splendour next year.

However. the festival will focus on its year-round programme of films. It announced collaboration recently with streamer Mubi to show one film a month from their catalogue. The partnership began with Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s controversial Rotterdam winner “S. Durga.” The festival will also continue with its virtual knowledge series ‘Dial M For Films.’

“The pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge to independent films and filmmakers, and there is no digital experience that can replicate a physical festival. But this unfortunate predicament has also come with its own share of opportunities,” said the festival’s artistic director Smriti Kiran.

“Our online knowledge series, ‘Dial M For Films’ has received staggering love. We will be taking both the academy and Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival’s key initiatives online and work towards strengthening and exploring a new frontier for MAMI opened by the digital format that is not confined by geography.”

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B B Nagpal
B B Nagpal
A reputed Journalist, Visiting Professor (Media, PR and Cinema Studies), and Film Critic for the past 51 years. He retired as Chief of Bureau of United News of India (UNI) after more than 36 years of service in November 2005 and was founder Chief Editor of the Lok Sabha TV channel.

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