The
MAMI
press
conference
announcing
the
12th
Mumbai
Film
Festival
scheduled
to
take
place
from
Oct
21-
Oct
28,
was
attended
by
the
Chairman
of
MAMI
Shyam
Benegal,
Mr.
Amit
Khanna
of
Reliance
Big
Pictures,
Mr.
Basu
Chatterjee,
the
Chairman
of
the
selection
committee
for
MAMI
and
Mr.
Srinivasav
Narayan,
director
of
MAMI.
The
whole
team
beamed,
and
happily
spoke
about
MAMI.
Shyam
Benegal
said,
"This
time
we
have
got
the
cream
of
the
world
cinema.
We
have
the
best
films
of
the
past
1
-1
'
years.
We
feel
the
films
we
have
for
MAMI
are
worthy
of
being
showcased
to
a
city
like
Mumbai."
Talking
about
this
year's
Japanese
films
that
are
to
be
showcased
Shyam
Benegal
said,
"We
have
around
45
Japanese
films
many
of
which
are
winners
of
many
international
festivals."
The
all
women
jury,
which
has
already
grabbed
many
people's
attention
is
another
thing
Shyam
Benegal
is
extremely
proud
of.
"We
have
an
unprecedented,
superb
all
women
jury
which
is
highly
celebrated",
said
the
veteran
filmmaker.
Mr.
Narayan,
director
of
MAMI,
said,
"I
saw
over
600
films
to
select
for
MAMI.
It
was
a
stupendous
job.
But
we
hope
to
have
the
best
line
up
of
films."
Mr.
Amit
Khanna
of
Reliance
Big
Pictures
added,
"This
is
also
the
first
time,
that
there
will
be
a
world
premier
of
a
film
at
MAMI.
The
film
in
question
is
a
Danish
film
and
is
called
Above
The
Street,
Below
The
Water."
Another
high
point
of
the
event
was
when
the
poster
for
the
12th
MAMI
Festival
was
unveiled.
It
was
designed
by
artist
Chintan
Upadhyay.
The
poster
had
a
very
interesting
look.
Says
Chintan
of
the
poster
designed
by
him,
"It
was
challenging
to
design
a
poster
for
MAMI,
as
it
is
an
international
festival
so
I
needed
a
poster
which
was
universal
and
futuristic
in
its
appeal."
Well,
this
year's
MAMI,
promises
to
be
bigger
and
better
than
ever.
There
are
many
interesting
events
planned.
The
films
selected
are
internationally
acclaimed
films.
Shyam
Benegal
summed
it
up
by
saying
"We
are
probably
the
best
in
India".
Story first published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 16:10 [IST]