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MIFF 2022: 102 Documentary, Short Fiction And Animation Films Competing For Golden Conch & Silver Conch Awards
The Films Division complex, which also houses the National Museum of Indian Cinema is getting ready to host the 17th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short Fiction and Animation films.
The
opening
ceremony
of
the
weeklong
biennial
film
festival
will
take
place
at
the
Nehru
Centre,
Worli,
while
all
the
festival
screenings
will
happen
in
the
Films
Division
Complex,
which
has
state-of-the-art
auditoriums.
(auditoria).
MIFF
2022
has
got
an
overwhelming
response
from
filmmakers
across
the
world,
receiving
a
whopping
808
film-entries
from
30
countries.
Out
of
these,
102
films
will
be
screened
under
the
Competition
Category
-
35
in
international
competition
and
67
in
national
competition.
18
Films
will
be
screened
under
'MIFF
Prism
Category’
The
Best
Film
of
the
Festival
will
receive
the
Golden
Conch
award,
along
with
a
cash
prize
of
Rs
10
lakhs.
Other
awards
carry
cash
awards
varying
from
five
to
one
lakh
along
with
Silver
Conch,
trophy
and
certificate.
IDPA
award
carrying
Rs.
1
lakh
and
trophy
for
the
Best
student
film
and
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Chitranagari
Award
for
the
Best
Debut
Director
will
also
be
presented
on
the
closing
day.
The
coveted
Dr.
V
Shantaram
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
that
carries
a
cash
award
of
Rs
10
lakh,
Golden
Conch
and
a
citation
will
be
presented
to
a
filmmaker
of
eminence
for
his/her
seminal
contribution
to
documentary
films
will
also
be
presented.
S
Krishnaswamy,
Shyam
Benegal,
Naresh
Bedi,
Vijaya
Mulay
are
some
of
the
prominent
film
makers
who
have
been
honoured
with
this
prestigious
award
in
the
past.
This
award
is
instituted
in
memory
of
legendary
filmmaker
V
Shantaram,
who
was
closely
associated
with
Films
Division
as
Honorary
Chief
Producer
during
the
1950s.
In
commemoration
of
Bangladesh’s
50
years
of
Independence
the
country
has
been
chosen
as
the
'Country
of
Focus’
this
year.
A
special
package
of
11
films
from
Bangladesh
including
critically
acclaimed
film
Hasina-
A
Daughter’s
Tale
will
be
presented
at
MIFF
2022.
Netflix
original
series
Mighty
Little
Bheem:
I
love
Taj
Mahal
episode
will
make
its
World
Premiere
at
MIFF
2022.
The
first
animation
film
co-produced
by
India
and
Japan
Ramayana:
The
Legend
of
Prince
Rama,
will
also
have
its
special
screening
at
MIFF.
Contribution
of
Films
Division
in
documentary
culture
in
India
will
be
showcased
through
a
specially
curated
package,
Image-Nation.
Special
packages
like
Oscar
Film
package,
curated
by
Shorts
TV,
Special
film
packages
from
Italy
and
Japan,
Indian
Panorama-
from
the
recent
editions
of
IFFI
will
be
a
point
of
attraction
for
film
buffs.
Students
Film
packages
from
reputed
institutions
like,
National
Institute
of
Design
(NID),
Ahmedabad,
Satyajit
Ray
Film
&
Television
Institute
(SRFTI),
Kolkata,
Maharashtra
Institute
of
Technology
(MIT)
Pune,
K
R
Narayanan
Film
Institute,
Kerala
will
showcase
the
spirit
of
young
talent.
Also,
Students’
Animation
Documentary
Films
from
Myanmar
and
films
from
Students’
Animation
Film
Festival
Brazil
will
be
a
unique
curation.
Similarly,
curated
films
from
North-East
India,
best
of
short
fiction
from
Pocket
Films
Platform
and
special
screening
of
restored
version
of
Satyajit
Ray’s
film
Sukumar
Ray
will
be
showcased.
MIFF,
being
one
of
the
reputed
documentary
film
festivals
of
the
world,
brings
together
documentary
film
makers,
film
buffs,
film
critics,
broadcasters
and
OTT
platforms
and
students,
who
debate
and
discuss
contemporary
trends
in
the
documentary
field.
