Sarvnik Kaur’s documentary “In opposition to the Tide” has received the Golden Gateway Award on the Jio MAMI Mumbai Movie Competition. The movie beforehand received awards at Sundance, Sydney and Seattle and finest documentary on the Asia Pacific Display screen Awards on the identical night as Mumbai.
Diwa Shah’s San Sebastian winner “Bahadur: The Courageous” obtained Mumbai’s Silver Gateway Award. The competition’s Gender Sensitivity Award, for a movie that challenges gender stereotypes and norms, which is set by India’s Movie Critics Guild, was received by Leesa Gazi’s “Barir Naam Shahana” (“A Home Named Shahana”). The Particular Jury Award went to Kanu Behl’s “Agra,” which premiered at Cannes earlier this 12 months.
The Rashid Irani Younger Critics’ Alternative Award, a program created by the competition to nurture younger writers on cinema, was received by Shahrukhkhan Chavada’s “Kayo Kayo Color?” Dominic Sangma’s Locarno title “Rimdogittanga” (“Rapture”) received the NETPAC Award.
This 12 months, world media firm Civic Studios teamed with the competition to create a brand new class of award, the Mild Digicam Affect Award. This award acknowledged two quick movies specializing in topics of local weather, sexuality, and caste – “Blackhole” by Pradyumna Patil and “Praan Pratishthana” (“Consecration”) by Pankaj Sonawane. “Flowering Man” by Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar acquired a particular point out on this class.
The IMDb Viewers Alternative Award was received by Pawo Choyning Dorji’s “The Monk and the Gun.”
Filmmakers chosen for the competition’s self-explanatory Jio MAMI Choose – Filmed on iPhone initiative embody Archana Atul Phadke, Faraz Ali, Prateek Vats, Saurav Rai and Saumyananda Sahi. They are going to be mentored by Vishal Bhardwaj who directed the iPhone quick “Fursat,” Vikramaditya Motwane (“Jubilee”) and Rohan Sippy (“Bluffmaster”).
The closing ceremony was hosted by actor Kalki Koechlin (“Goldfish”).
The competition opened with Hansal Mehta’s “The Buckingham Murders,” starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, opened the competition on Oct. 27. The closing movie, Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” screened on the competition on Nov. 3. MUBI owns all rights to “Priscilla” in India. The movie will launch throughout the nation through MUBI in partnership with PVR Inox Footage.
This 12 months the competition hosted masterclasses with jury head Mira Nair, excellence in cinema recipients Mani Ratnam and Luca Guadagnino, competition chair Priyanka Chopra Jonas and juror David Michôd. The competition’s Trade Join Symposium featured a keynote from main producer Siddharth Roy Kapur and included case research of Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Venice winner “Resort Salvation” and Bauddhayan Mukherji’s Durban winner “The Violin Participant.”
