Film Festival

June 7, 2024 5:40 PM

Mumbai International Film Festival Scheduled for June 15-21

18th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) will be held from June 15 to June 21 in Mumbai. Sanjay Jaju, Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced on Monday. The main venue will be the FD-NFDC Complex, with additional screenings in Delhi, Chennai, Pune, and Kolkata. This year, MIFF received a record 1,018 film submissions from 38 countries in 65 languages. A total of 118 films were selected for the competition sections, which include both international and national ...

June 6, 2024 4:12 PM

Poster for 18th Mumbai International Film Festival unveiled

The 18th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) is scheduled to take place from June 15 to June 21. The poster for the upcoming edition was unveiled on Thursday. Organised by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short Fiction, and Animation, popularly known as MIFF, began in 1990 as BIFF. It was later re-christened as MIFF after Bombay was renamed Mumbai. The Organizing Committee of MIFF, headed by the I&...

May 25, 2024 3:25 PM

As Cannes Film Festival nears end, who will win the top prize?

CA Donald Trump biopic, a musical about a Mexican cartel boss and Francis Ford Coppola's long-time passion project are just some of the films competing for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize as the glamorous fest comes to a close on Saturday evening. Jury president Greta Gerwig, the director behind last summer's pink-hued hit "Barbie," will decide along with eight others which of the 22 films to award the Palme d'Or. Jury members including U.S. actor Lily Gladstone and Japanese director Hiro...