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VISIONThe Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival with Star is an inclusive movie feast. We showcase the latest cutting-edge, independent cinema. We offer the best of world cinema to the people of Mumbai and we offer the best of Indian cinema to the world.The Festival is run by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image popularly known as MAMI. This is a space where we revel in the sheer pleasure of cinema, the joy it gives us and how much it enhances our lives. The goal is to nurture and ignite a passion for movies.

PROGRAMMING2017

COMPETITIVE SECTIONS

ASHWATTHAMADir: Pushpendra Singh | Brij

MACHINESDir: Rahul Jain | Hindi

RALANG ROADDir: Karma Takapa | Nepali

SEXY DURGA Dir: Sanal Kumar Sasidharan | Malayalam

Dir: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar | Chokri

VILLAGE ROCKSTARSDir: Rima Das | Assamese

ZOODir: Shlok Sharma | Hindi

Dir: Ektara Collective | Hindi

Dir: Devashish Makhija | Hindi

Dir: Dipesh Jain | Hindi

JUZEDir: Miransha Naik | Konkani

INDIA GOLDIndia Gold is a competition section for Indian feature films. Through this section, the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star showcases breakthrough and contemporary Indian films, made within the current year.

APOSTASYDir: Daniel KokotajloUK | English, Urdu

QUESTDir : Jonathan OlshefskiUSA | English

OH LUCY!Dir : Atsuko HirayanagiUSA, Japan | English, Japanese

OBLIVION VERSESDir : Alireza Khatami France, Germany, Netherlands, Chile | Spanish

BAD LUCKY GOAT Dir: Samir Oliveros, Colombia | Creole

SCARY MOTHER (SASHI DEDA) Dir: Ana Urushadze Georgia, Estonia | Georgian

I AM NOT A WITCH Dir: Rungano Nyoni, UK, France | English, Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga

SUMMER 1993 (ESTIU 1993)Dir: Carla Simón Spain | Catalan

MORE (DAHA) Dir: Onur SaylakTurkey | Turkish

MONTPARNASSE BIENVENUE (JEUNE FEMME) Dir: Leonor SerailleFrance | French

THE WOUND Dir: John TrengoveSouth Africa | Xhosa

MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND Dir: Ana AsensioUSA, Spain | English, Spanish

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONThe section is a prestigious platform that shines a spotlight on new cinematic voices. It is open to debut filmmakers from all over the world who have films made within the current year.

OUT OF COMPETITION

ASK THE SEXPERTDir: Vaishali Sinha | English

PUSHKAR PURANDir: Kamal Swaroop | Hindi

A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGSDir: Prateek Vats | Bengali

RETURNING TO THE FIRST BEAT

Dir: Surabhi Sharma | Hindi

BHASMASUR Dir: Nishil Sheth | Hindi

THE FORSAKEN

Dir: Jiju Antony | Marathi

NIMMODir: Rahul Shanklya | Hindi

WALKING WITH THE WINDDir: Praveen Morchhale | Ladakhi

Dir: Girish Mohite | Marathi

Dir: Amshan Kumar | TamilTHE SUMMER OF MIRACLES

Dir: Prasanth Vijay | Malayalam

INDIA STORY

CALIFORNIA DREAMS Dir: Mike Ott USA | English

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Dir: Luca GuadagninoItaly, France | English, Italian, French

CHAVELA Dir: Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi USA | Spanish, Portuguese

CLAIRE’S CAMERA (KEUL-LE- EO-UI KA-ME- LA)Dir: Hong SangsooSouth Korea | Korean, French

CITY OF GHOSTSDir: Matthew Heineman USA | Arabic

24 FRAMESDir: Abbas KiarostamiIran, France | English, Farsi

A GENTLE CREATURE (KROTKAYA) Dir: Sergei LoznitsaUkraine | Russian

APRIL’S DAUGHTER(LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL)Dir: Michel Franco Mexico | Spanish

BEACH RATS Dir: Eliza Hittman USA | English

BARLEY FIELDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINDir: Tian Tsering UK | Tibetan

BRIGSBY BEAR Dir: Dave McCary USA | English

WORLD CINEMA

CENTAUR Dir: Aktan Arym Kubat Kyrgyzstan , France , Germany , Netherlands | Kirghiz

A SUITABLE GIRL Dir: Sarita Khurana, Smriti MundhraUSA | English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi

DEVIL’S FREEDOM(LA LIBERTAD DEL DIABLO) Dir: Everardo GonzálezMexico | Spanish

DINADir: Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles USA | English

HOLY CAMP! (LA LLAMADA) Dir: Javier Calvo and Javier AmbrossiSpain | Spanish

FREE AND EASY Dir: Geng Jun Hong Kong | Mandarin

INVISIBLEDir: Pablo Giorgelli Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Germany, France | Spanish

WORLD CINEMA

NOTHINGWOODDir: Sonia Kronlund France, Germany | Dari, French

LOVELESS (NELYUBOV) Dir: Andrey ZvyagintsevRussia | Russian

MARLINA THE MURDERERIN FOUR ACTSDir: Mouly Surya Indonesia, France, Malaysia, Thailand | Indonesian

LOVING PIA (AT ELSKE PIA)Dir: Daniel BorgmanDenmark | Danish

LIES WE TELL Dir: Mitu MisraUK | English

ON BODY AND SOUL (TESTRÖL ÉS LÉLEKRÖL)Dir: Ildikó EnyediHungary | Hungarian

ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE(BAMUI HAEBYUN-EOSEO HONJA)Dir: Hong Sangsoo South Korea | Korean

ONE THOUSAND ROPESDir: Tusi TamaseseNew Zealand | Samoan, English

PENDULARDir: Julia MuratBrazil, Argentina | Portuguese

SIGNATURE MOVEDir: Jennifer ReederUSA | English, Urdu, Spanish

SPOOR (POKOT)Dir: Agnieszka HollandPoland, Germany, Czech Republic | Polish

SWEET COUNTRYDir: Warwick ThorntonAustralia | English, Arrernte

NOVEMBERDir: Rainer SarnetEstonia | Estonian, German

IT COMES AT NIGHT Dir: Trey Edward ShultsUSA | English

THE THIRD MURDER (SANDOME NO SATSUJIN) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-edaJapan | Japanese

THE PARTYDir: Sally PotterUK | English

THE SQUAREDir: Ruben ÖstlundSweden, France, Denmark | English, Swedish

THELMADir: Joachim TrierNorway, Sweden, France, Denmark | Norwegian

UNTITLEDDir: Michael Glawogger & Monika WilliAustria, Germany | English, German

VAZANTEDir: Daniela ThomasBrazil, Portugal | Portuguese

WAJIBDir: Annemarie JacirPalestine, France, Germany, Colombia, Norway, Qatar, UAE | Arabic

THE SUMMITDir: Santiago Mitre Argentina, Spain, France | Spanish

THE DAY AFTER (GEU-HU)Dir: Hong SangsooSouth Korea | Korean

THE DEPARTUREDir: Lana WilsonUSA | Japanese

THE FLORIDA PROJECTDir: Sean BakerUSA | English

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN)Dir: Aki KaurismakiFinland, Germany | Finnish, English, Arabic

WORLD CINEMA

OPENINGFILM

MUKKABAAZDir: Anurag Kashyap

The story of Mukkabaaz is set in the city of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. Shravan (Vineet Kumar Singh) is a lower-caste boxer struggling to leave his mark and making the case with his fists that he deserves a chance to compete. His career is threatened after he delivers a nasty right hook to the face of Bhagwan — his employer, the local kingpin, and the top boxing promoter in the region. Following this melee, Bhagwan does everything he can to stop Shravan from ascending up the ranks, including preventing him from pursuing the woman he has fallen in love with, Sunaina. Bhagwan will go to any length to punish and humiliate Shravan. But what he doesn’t count on is Shravan’s tough-mindedness. He’s been an underdog all his life and will stop at nothing to go all the way to the Indian National Boxing Championship.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY

John Philip Madden is an English director of film, television, theatre, and radio. An alumnus of the University of Cambridge with a B.A. in English Literature, he began his career with theatre, before moving on to the BBC and entering the world of radio and television. With several prominent television titles to his credit, including Prime Suspect 4 and episodes of Sherlock Holmes, Madden turned his focus to feature films in the early nineties. His film Shakespeare in Love won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1998 as well as the Silver Bear at the 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival. His recent successes include much-loved The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel series and Miss Sloane (2016). Along with his work as a director, Madden serves as a jury member for the digital studio Filmaka, a platform for undiscovered filmmakers to showcase their work to industry professionals.

JOHN MADDENHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL JURY

Celina Jade is a Hong Kong-American actress, singer, songwriter, model and martial artist. Her early career as a singer, which began when she was only 14, got her widespread success and numerous No. 1 hits across Asia. As an actress, she has several noteworthy roles to her credit, including that of ‘Shado’ in the first two season of CW’s Arrow. Her most recent success is her leading role the Chinese action megahit Wolf Warrior 2 (2017).

CELINA JADE

Alexis Zabe is a cinematographer from Mexico City whose work spans various platforms with films, commercials, and music videos. In 2004, he garnered widespread acclaim for his work on fellow film-school graduate Fernando Eimbcke’s film Duck Season, and earned his first Cinematography Honors at Mexico’s Ariel Awards. He has since worked on several acclaimed titles including Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light (2007) and Post Tenebras Lux (2012), both of which won awards at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2013, Zabe worked as the cinematographer on the music video of Pharrell Williams’ widely popular song “Happy”. His most recent feature film is Sean Baker’s The Florida Project, which premiered at Cannes 2017.

ALEXIS ZABE

SANTIAGO MITRE

Santiago Mitre is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He began his directorial work with a short film in 2002, and continued to work on commercials for the next four years. He went on to work as a writer on several notable feature films, including Pablo Trapero’s Lion’s Den(2008), Carancho (2010), and White Elephant (2012) – all of which showcased at various editions of the Cannes Film Festival. He continued to earn critical praise as a filmmaker with his own directorial works The Student (2011) and Paulina (2015), with the latter winning him the Critics’ Week Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. His most recent feature, The Summit (2017), opened at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard to widespread acclaim.

Konkona Sensharma is an award-winning actress and film director. Beginning her career as a child artist in Bengali films at the age of 4, she has now acted in over 40 films in Hindi, Bengali and English. Her performance in Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002) earned her a National Film Award for Best Actress along with widespread critical acclaim. She won her second National Film Award four years later for her performance in Omkara in 2006, which was also the year she debuted as director with her short film Naamkoron. In 2016, she established herself as a director with her debut feature film A Death in the Gunj while continuing her work as an acclaimed actress with Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha.

KONKONA SENSHARMA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

KIRAN RAOCHAIRPERSON

Kiran Rao is an acclaimed director and producer (Peepli Live, Delhi Belly). Her directorial debut, Dhobi Ghat, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was later screened at the London Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival.

ANUPAMA CHOPRA FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Anupama Chopra is a film critic, television anchor and book author. She has been writing about Bollywood since 1993. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Hindustan Times, The Los Angeles Times and Vogue (India)

NITA M. AMBANIFOUNDER & CHAIRPERSON, RELIANCE FOUNDATION & CO-CHAIR

Nita Ambani is an educationist, philanthropist, businesswoman and a noted proponent of sports. Nita is the Founder Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, which has impacted the lives of over seven million people. She provides leadership to 14 schools and is the Founder Chairperson of Dhirubhai Ambani International School, India’s No. 1 International School. She heads the Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, a state-of-the-art multi-specialty hospital in Mumbai.Nita is the architect of Mumbai Indians, which won the IPL trophy in 2013 and 2015 and the Champions League T20.

FARHAN AKHTARFILMMAKER

Farhan Akhtar shot into prominence with his directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and followed it up with Lakshya (2004) and Don (2006). As an actor, he was noticed for his performances in Karthik Calling Karthik (2010), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), and Wazir (2016). He has also produced films such as Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd. (2007), Rock On! (2008) and Fukrey (2013).

VIKRAMADITYA MOTWANEFILMMAKER

Vikramaditya Motwane began his career in filmmaking by assisting Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Devdas (2002). He also served as an assistant to directors Deepa Mehta and Anurag Kashyap. His directorial debut Udaan (2010) was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. He later directed the Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Lootera (2013) and co-founded Phantom Films with Madhu Mantena, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl.

KARAN JOHARFILMMAKER

The multi-faceted Karan wears many caps with ease. Besides being an acclaimed director and one of the most influential men in the industry today, Karan is also a television personality, a talk show host, a costume designer and the latest feather in his cap is that of being an actor. His talk show Koffee with Karan has the distinction of being the most watched English talk show on Indian television.

DEEPIKA PADUKONEACTOR

Deepika is one of Bollywood’s most successful and popular actors. Her films such as Cocktail, Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela and Finding Fanny have been critical and commercial successes.

AJAY BIJLICHAIRMAN & MD, PVR LTD.

Ajay Bijli’s passion for movies led him to set up PVR Cinemas in 1995. The largest multiplex chain in India has unassailable lead in the number of screens over competitors. Clearly, Mr Bijli transformed the way millions of Indians consume entertainment content over the past two-and-a-half decades. As an industry leader of Indian film exhibition, Ajay is on the Board of Trustees of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) and the founding member of FICCI Multiplex Association.

RITEISH DESHMUKHACTOR & FILMMAKER

Riteish Deshmukh debuted as an actor in 2003 with Tujhe Meri Kasam and since then has starred in a diverse array of films such as Bluffmaster (2005), Darna Zaroori Hai (2006), Rann (2010), Housefull (2010), Ek Villain (2014) and Banjo (2016). He has also ventured into film production with Ravi Jadhav’s Balak Palak (2013), Lai Bhaari (2014) and Mahesh Limaye’s Yellow (2014), a few of the most acclaimed films of recent times.

SIDDHARTH ROY KAPURPRODUCER

Siddharth started his journey in the Indian film industry when he joined UTV in umbai in 2005,

behind multi le ath breaking films, includin the cult l c uster Rang De Basanti and the slee er hit h sla Ka h sla, both of which released in 2006 and started a new trend in the way movies were marketed in India.

ISHA AMBANIDIRECTOR, RELIANCE JIO AND RELIANCE RETAIL

Is a director at Reliance Jio and Reliance Retail. She is currently inv lved in launchin Jio, Reliance industries’ latest venture into techn l gy in India. Pre i usly, she served as a business analyst at McKinsey and m any’s New York fice. She graduated fr m Yale University (2013) with a d u le ma r in Psych l gy and South Asian Studies. At Yale she served as resident of the South Asian Society. Ms. mbani remains actively interested in South Asian issues and is articularly interested in the field education.

MANISH MUNDRAPRODUCER

Rajat a r on Twitter in 2013, Manish agreed to finance Ankhon Dekhi. The film went on to win three ilmfare Awards and three Screen Awards, and there has been no l in back for the c r rate leader-turned film roducer. Since that fateful year, Manish has ursued his assion for content-driven cinema with a sin le minded dedication.

ZOYA AKHTARFILMMAKER

She is a prominent screenwriter and director in the Indian film fraternity having recently directed the box fice hit il Dhadakne Do” which was critically acclaimed. In 2011, she directed the feature ‘’Zindagi Na ilegi Dobara’, another multi starrer that won e le’s hearts and, in 2009, she made her direct rial debut with Luck by Chance. Apart from having one foot in the feature w rld, she spent a good number of years in advertising as well - from being an extremely e ficient 1st AD and running the show on set for the biggest Indian as well as internati nal rands.

ANAND MAHINDRACHAIRMAN & MD, MAHINDRA GROUP

Anand G Mahindra is Chairman of the US .9 billi n Mahindra Group which is today one of India’s top industrial houses. The Mahindra Group is a socially and environmentally res nsi le

.tneserp si ti hcihw ni rotces hcae ni ecneserp gnidael a htiw seinapmoc fo noitaredef labolgMahindra is present across the spectrum from Agri-business to Aerospace and is now entering new areas like renewables.

VISHAL BHARDWAJFILMMAKER

ishal Bhardwaj is a multi le ati nal ilm Award winning writer, producer, music composer and

Godmother (1999) and Hu Tu Tu (1999), Bhardwaj made his direct rial debut with the critically acclaimed children’s film Makdee . Since then, he has directed several acclaimed films such as a l (2003), Omkara (2006), Kaminey (2009) and Haider (2014), which won him the ati nal

ilm Award for Best Director. He has als produced well received films such as Dedh Ishqiya (2014) and Talvar .

ROHAN SIPPYFILMMAKER

Rohan Sippy is a filmmaker who has directed popular films like Kuch Naa Kaho, Bluffmaster, Dum Maaro Dum and Nautanki Saala. As a producer his credits include films such as Taxi 9211, The President Is Coming, and Chandni Chowk to China. He also writes for a variety of publications, including India Today, Mid-Day & Man’s World, and has served as a columnist for the Indian Express.

KAUSTUBH DHAVSEJOINT SECRETARY AND OFFICER ON SPECIAL DUTY (OSD) TO HON. CHIEF MINISTER

Kaustubh Dhavse is the Joint Secretary in the Government of Maharashtra designated as Officer on Special Duty to the Chief Minister. In this role, he drives Technology and Infrastructure in the state via various programs and Special Projects. He is credited for establishing “Aaple Sarkar” Portal which is the Government’s interface for citizen’s grievances, Govt. services and collaboration. In this endeavour, he works closely with Department of Information Technology to devise long term strategy for the portal. He also runs the “CM’s War Room” which is a unit under the CM to monitor and drive key projects in Maharashtra.

ANURAG KASHYAPFILMMAKER

Anurag Kashyap is an eminent filmmaker. Having started his career as a screenwriter, he was first noted for the screenplay of Satya, which he co-wrote with Saurabh Shukla. His credits as a writer include Kaun (1999), Shool (1999), Yuva (2004) and Water (2005). He made his directorial debut with Paanch (2003) and has since then directed films such as Black Friday (2007), Dev D (2009), Gulaal (2009), Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 1 and Part 2 (2012), Ugly (2014) and Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016). Anurag has also produced films such as Aamir (2008), Udaan (2010), Hasee Toh Phasee (2014) and Udta Punjab (2016).

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