South
superstar
Kamal
Hassan
will
be
honoured
with
the
lifetime
achievement
award
at
the
15th
Mumbai
Film
Festival
to
be
held
next
month.
The
Mumbai
Academy
of
Moving
Images
(MAMI)
festival
will
present
this
award
to
the
filmmaker-actor
for
his
immense
contribution
to
cinematic
excellence.
"This
year
we
have
decided
to
present
lifetime
achievement
award
to
Kamal
Hassan
and
famed
French
filmmaker
Costa
Gavras
for
their
extraordinary
work
in
the
field
of
cinema," filmmaker
and
Chairman
of
MAMI,
Shyam
Benegal
said
here.
Also,
homage
will
be
paid
to
late
filmmaker
Yash
Chopra,
Rituparno
Ghosh
and
veteran
actor
Pran
during
the
festival,
which
will
commence
from
October
17.
The
week-long
fest
will
showcase
200
films
from
over
65
countries.
The
other
highlight
of
the
festival
will
be
celebration
of
Spanish
cinema,
spotlight
on
Cambodian
cinema,
6th
rendezvous
with
French
Cinema,
Kabul
Fresh
-
new
voices
in
Afghan
cinema,
besides
experimental
and
classic
films
from
around
the
world.
"The
festival
has
grown
tremendously.
The
festival
has
been
proving
its
mettle
and
has
grown
from
strength
to
strength.
But
each
year
is
a
challenge
to
bring
quality
of
films.
Having
said
that
its
going
to
be
a
treat
for
film
lovers," Benegal
said.
The
festival,
which
is
a
Reliance
Entertainment
initiative,
will
be
held
at
Liberty
Cinemas
in
Marine
Lines,
Metro
Big
Cinema
Marine
Lines
as
the
main
festival
venues.
The
prize
money
this
year
is
USD
220,000.
Of
the
200
films
to
be
shown
during
the
festival
across
all
categories,
some
of
them
are
The
Rocket,
The
Face
of
Love,
Barefoot
to
Goa,
Mohan
Kaka,
Red
Monsoon
and
Good
Morning
Karachi.
This
year's
international
jury
will
be
presided
by
director
Bruce
Beresford,
assisted
by
French
actress
Nathalie
Baye,
Japanese
filmmaker
Masato
Harada,
actress
Konkana
Sen
Sharma
and
director
Deepa
Mehta.
The
jury
president
for
India
Gold
is
director
Asghar
Farhadi.
The
celebrity
age
competition
jury
will
be
headed
by
director
Hansal
Mehta.