F.i.g.h.t C.l.u.b

The 15th Mumbai Film Festival has just announced its lineup for this year.  The fest will screen over 200 films from 65 countries. Costa-Gavras and Kamal Hassan will be given the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the fest. Among the filmmakers, Asghar Farhadi and Leos Carax are expected to attend.

The fest will also have spotlight on Spanish, Cambodian and Afghan cinema alongwith retrospective of Costa Gravas and a special tribute to Leos Carax.

Dates – 17-24 October 2013

Venues – Liberty Cinema, Metro Big Cinema, Marine Lines are the main festival venues and Cinemax, Versova  as the satellite venue.

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Here’s the complete lineup of the festival

Opening Film

The Butler Dir.: Lee Daniels (USA / 2013 / Col. / 132’)

International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors

The Rocket Dir.: Kim Mordaunt (Australia-Laos-Thailand / 2013 / Col. / 96’)

La jaula de oro Dir.: Diego Quemada-Díez(Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 102′)

Ilo Ilo Dir.: Anthony Chen (Singapore / 2013 / Col. / 96′)

Mamay Umeng Dir.: Dwein Baltazar (Philippines / 2012 / Col. / 75′)

For Those in Peril Dir.: Paul Wright (UK / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

The Japanese Dog (Cainele Japonez) Dir.: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu (Romania / 2013 / Col. / 85′)

The Plague (La Plaga) Dir.: Neus Ballús (Spain / 2013 / Col. / 85′)

The Strange Little Cat (Das merkwürdige Kätzchen) Dir.: Ramon Zürcher (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 72′)

Another House (L’autre maison) Dir.: Mathieu Roy (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 100′)

Medeas Dir.: Andrea Pallaoro (Italy-Mexico-USA / 2013 / Col. / 98′)

The Voice of The Voiceless (La voz de los silenciados) Dir.: Maximón Monihan (Guatemala-USA / 2013 / Col. / 92′)

Don Jon Dir.: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (USA / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

Fandry Dir.: Nagraj Manjule (India (Marathi) / 2013 / Col. / 103′)

Above The Cut

The Weight of Elephants Dir.: Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark-New Zealand-Germany-France / 2013 / Col. / 83′)

A Fold in My Blanket (Chemi sabnis naketsi) Dir.: Zaza Rusadze (Georgia / 2013 / Col. / 75′)

Giraffada Dir.: Rani Massalha (France-Austria-Germany-Italy / 2013 / Col. / 100′)

The Selfish Giant Dir.: Clio Barnard (UK / 2013 / Col. / 95′)

Five Years (Fünf Jahre Leben) Dir.: Stefan Schaller (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 95′)

Diego Star Dir.: Frédérick Pelletier (Canada-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 91′) The

Amazing Cat Fish (Los insólitos peces gato) Dir.: Claudia Sainte-Luce (Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 88′)

Matterhorn Dir.: Diederik Ebbinge (Netherlands / 2013 / Col. / 87’)

Halley Dir.: Sebastian Hofmann (Mexico-Netherlands / 2012-Nov. / B&W-Col. / 83’)

Autumn Blood Dir.: Markus Blunder (Austria-USA / 2013 / Col. / 97′)

Burned Wings Dir.: Zheng Kuo (China / 2013 / Col. / 105′)

World Cinema

Closed Curtains Dir.: Jafar Panahi, Kamboziya Partovi (Iran / 2013 / Col. / 106’)

Shield Of Straw (Wara No Tate) Dir.: Takashi Miike (Japan / 2013 / Col. / 124’)

On My Way (Elle s’en va) Dir.: Emmanuelle Bercot (France / 2013 / Col. / 116′)

All Is Lost Dir.: J.C Chandor (USA / 2013 / Col. / 106’)

A Long and Happy Life (Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn) Dir.: Boris Khlebnikov (Russia / 2013 / Col. / 80′)

Vic+Flo Saw a Bear (Vic et Flo ont vu un ours) Dir.: Denis Côté (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

A Castle in Italy (Un château en Italie) Dir.: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (France / 2013 / Col. / 104’)

The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza) Dir.: Paolo Sorrentino (Italy / 2013 / Col. / 142’)

Mood Indigo (L’écume des jours) Dir.: Michel Gondry (France-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 125’)

The Nun (La religieuse) Dir.: Guillaume Nicloux (France, Germany, Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 114’)

Michael Kohlhaas Dir.: Arnaud des PALLIÈRES (France-Germany / 2013 / Col. / 122′)

Grigris Dir.: Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN (France / 2013 / Col. / 101′)

Heli Dir.: Amat Escalante (Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 105’)

In The Name of (W imie…) Dir.: Malgoska Szumowska (Poland / 2013 / Col. / 97′)

A Touch Of Sin (Tian Zhu ding) Dir.: JIA zhangke (China-Japan / 2013 / Col. / 133’)

Gold Dir.: Thomas Arslan (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 101’)

Layla Fourie Dir.: Pia Marais (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 105’)

Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie) Dir.: François Ozon (France / 2013 / Col. / 95’)

Blue Is The Warmest Color (La Vie D’adele – Chapitre 1 Et 2) Dir.: Abdellatif Kechiche (France / 2013 / Col. / 179’)

The Spirit of ’45 Dir.: Ken Loach (UK / 2013 / Col. / 94′)

Inside Llewyn Davis Dir.: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (USA / 2013 / Col. / 105’)

The Immigrant Dir.: James Gray (USA / 2013 / Col. / 120’)

Only God Forgives Dir.: Nicolas Winding Refn (Denmark / 2013 / Col. / 90’)

The Face Of Love Dir.: Arie Posin (USA / 2013 / Col. / 92’)

Before Midnight Dir.: Richard Linklater (USA / 2013 / Col. / 109′)

Le Passé (The Past) Dir.: Asghar Farhadi (France / 2013 / Col. / 130’)

Bekas Dir.: Karzan Kader (Sweden-Finland-Iraq / 2013 / Col. / 97′)

The Canyons Dir.: Paul Schrader (USA / 2013 / Col. / 99’)

Short Term 12 Dir.: Destin Cretton (USA / 2013 / Col. / 96′)

Saving General Yang Dir.: Ronny Yu (Hong Kong-China / 2013 / Col. / 102′)

Killer Toon (Deo Web-toon: Ye-go Sal-in) Dir.: Yong-gyun Kim (South Korea / 2013 / Col. / 104′)

3x3D Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway, Edgar Pêra (France-Portugal / 2013 / Col. / 70′)

Sunlight, Moonlight, Earth (Aftab, Mahtab, Zamin) Dir.: Ali Ghavitan (Iran / 2013 / Col. / 80′)

Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) Dir.: Xavier Dolan (Canada-France / 2013 / Col. / 105′)

The Circle Within (Içimdeki Çember) Dir.: Deniz Çınar (Turkey / 2013 / Col. / 72′)

Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) Dir.: Barmak Akram (Afghanistan-France / 2013 / Col. / 85′)

Le démantèlement Dir.: Sebastien Pilote (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 111′)

Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) Dir.: Mariana Rondon (Venezuela / 2013 / Col. / 95′)

The Major Dir.: Yury Bykov (Russia / 2013 / Col. / 99′)

Stray Dogs (Jiao You) Dir.: Ming-liang Tsai (Taiwan / 2013 / Col. / 138′)

The Mute (El mudo) Dir.: Daniel Vega, Diego Vega (Peru-France-Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 86′)

Jealousy (La jalousie) Dir.: Philippe Garrel (France-Germany / 2013 / Col. / 77′)

Mr. Morgan’s Last Love Dir.: Sandra Nettelbeck (Germany-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 116′)

Hush…(Suti) Dir.: Lukas Nola (Croatia / 2013 / Col. / 86′)

Burning Bush (Horící ker) Dir.: Agnieszka Holland (Czech Republic / 2013 / Col. / 240′)

The Fifth Estate Dir.: Bill Condon (USA-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 124′)

Miss and The Doctors (Tirez la langue, mademoiselle) Dir.: Axelle Ropert (France / 2013 / Col. / 95′)

Locke Dir.: Steven Knight (USA-UK / 2013 / Col. / 85′)

Brahmin Bulls Dir.: Mahesh Pailoor (USA / 2013 / Col. / 96′)

Village of Hope Dir.: Boonsong Nakphoo (Thailand / 2013 / Col. / 72′)

The Armstrong Lie Dir.: Alex Gibney (USA / 2013 / Col. / 122′)

The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) Dir.: Mikkel Nørgaard (Denmark-Germany-Sweden / 2013 / Col. / 97’)

Dallas Buyers Club Dir.: Jean-Marc Vallée (USA / 2013 / Col. / 155′)

New Spanish Cinema

Son of Cain (Hijo de Cain) Dir.: Jesús Monllaó (Spain / 2013 / Col. / 91′)

Picasso’s Gang (La banda Picasso) Dir.: Fernando Colomo (Spain / 2013 / Col. / 100′)

Combustión Dir.: Daniel Calparsoro (Spain / 2013 / Col. / 103′)

The Liberator (Libertador) Dir.: Alberto Arvelo (Venezuela-Spain / 2013 / Col. / 119’)

Celebration of Spanish Cinema

Viridiana Dir.: Luis Buñuel (Spain-Mexico / 1961 / B&W / 90′)

El verdugo Dir.: Luis García Berlanga (Spain-Italy / 1963 / B&W / 91′)

The Hunt (La caza) Dir.: Carlos Saura (Spain / 1966 / Col. / 91′)

The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena) Dir.: Víctor Erice (Spain / 1973 / Col. / 97′)

Seven Days in January (Siete días de enero) Dir.: Juan Antonio Bardem (Spain-France / 1979 / Col. / 180′)

Volver a empezar Dir.: José Luis Garci (Spain / 1982 / Col. / 87′)

Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los amantes del Círculo Polar) Dir.: Julio Medem (Spain-France / 1998 / Col. / 112′)

Your Next Life (La vida que te espera) Dir.: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Spain / 2004 / Col. / 100′)

Welcome Mr. Marshall (Bienvenido Mister Marshall) Dir.: Luis García Berlanga (Spain / 1953 / B&W / 78′)

El barbero de Sevilla Dir.: Benito Perojo (Germany-Spain / 1938 / B&W / 90′)

An Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou) Dir.: Luis Buñuel (France / 1929 / B&W)

Carmen (la de Triana) Dir.: Florian Rey (Germany-Spain / 1938 / B&W / 110′)

The Real Reel

Beyond All Boundaries Dir.: Sushrut Jain (USA-India / 2013 / Col. / 97′)

Brave Miss World Dir.: Cecilia Peck (USA-Israel-Italy-South Africa / 2013 / Col. / 97′)

Blackfish Dir.: Gabriela Cowperthwaite (USA / 2013 / Col. / 82′)

Who is Dayani Cristal Dir.: Marc Silver (UK-USA-Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 80′)

For I Know My Weakness Dir.: John Dentino (USA / 2012 / Col. / 100′)

Fatal Assistance (Assistance mortelle) Dir.: Raoul Peck (France-Haiti-USA-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 99′)

Stop Over (L’escale) Dir.: Kaveh Bakhtiari (Switzerland-France / 2013 / Col. / 104′)

In the Shadow of the Sun Dir.: Harry Freeland (Tanzania-UK / 2012 / Col. / 84′)

Tales from the Organ Trade Dir.: Ric Esther Bienstock (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 82′)

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Dir.: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin (Russia-UK / 2013 / Col. / 88′)

The Only Real Game Dir.: Mirra Bank (USA-India / 2012 / Col. / 82′)

Little big People Dir.: Khalid Mohamed (India (English-Hindi-Marathi) / 2013 / Col. / 52′)

The Act of Killing Dir.: Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark-Norway-UK / 2012 / Col. / 115′)

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Dir.: Rohena Gera (India / 2013 / Col. / 84′)

Salinger Dir.: Shane Salerno (USA / 2013 / 120′)

Celebrate Age

60 going on 12 (12 ans d’âge) Dir.: Frédéric Proust (France / 2013 / Col. / 89’)

Seventh Cat Dir.: Hiroshi Toda (Japan / 2013 / Col. / 77′)

Good to Go (Srecen za umret) Dir.: Matevz Luzar (Slovenia-Croatia / 2013 / Col. / 100′)

At the Crossroads Nondon Bagchi Life and living Dir.: Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti (India (English-Bengali) / 2013 / Col. / 70’)

Barefoot To Goa Dir.: Praveen Morchhale (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 80’)

I’m watching over you (Je veille sur vous) Dir.: Elodie Fiabane (France / 2013 / Col. / 19′)

Arefi, the shepherd (Arefi, der Hirte) Dir.: Daniel Asadi Faezi (Iran-Germany / 2013 / Col. / 9’)

Oh, How I Long Dir.: Riyad Deis (Palenstine / 2013 / Col. / 39′)

Road to Disneyland Dir.: Jamil Hendi (Germany-Romania / 2013 / Col. / 33′)

Mohan Kaka Dir.: Aditya Gowtham (India / 2013 / Col. / 22′)

Shuruaat Dir.: Suresh Shelar (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 16′)

By Way of the Mountains (Par les montagnes) Dir.: Frédéric Aspisi (Fiji / 2012 / Col. / 44′)

Late Shift – Gunter Grass working on etching for “Dog Years” Dir.: Sigrun Matthiesen (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 20’)

Spotlight on Cambodia

Golden Slumbers (Le sommeil d’or) Dir.: Davy Chou (France-Cambodia / 2011 / Col. / 96′)

A River Changes Course Dir.: Kalyanee Mam (Cambodia / 2013 / Col. / 83′)

The Missing Picture (L’image manquante) Dir.: Rithy Panh (Cambodia-France / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

Red Wedding Dir.: Guillaume Suon, Lida Chan (Cambodia-France / 2012 / Col. / 58′)

Where I Go Dir.: Neang Kavich (Cambodia / 2012 / Col. / 55′)

Two Girls Against The Rain (Bopha Pitorng Chhomnas Tekpleang) Dir.: Sao Sopheak (Cambodia / 2012 / Col. / 11’)

Film India Worldwide

Jadoo Dir.: Amit Gupta (UK / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

Good Morning Karachi Dir.: Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan / 2013 / Col. / 85′)

Red Monsoon Dir.: Eelum Dixit (Nepal / 2013 / Col. / 88′)

Siddharth Dir.: Richie Mehta (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 96′)

Faith Connections Dir.: Pan Nalin (India-France / 2013 / Col. / 115′)

LEOS CARAX FILMS

Bad Blood (Mauvais sang) Dir.: Leos Carax (France / 1986 / Col. / 116′)

The Lovers on the Bridge (Les amants du Pont-Neuf) Dir.: Leos Carax (France / 1999 / Col. / 125′)

Holy Motors Dir.: Leos Carax (France / 2012 / Col. / 115′)

COSTA GAVRAS FILMS

Z Dir.: Costa Gavras (France-Algeria / 1969 / Col. / 127′)

State of Siege Dir.: Costa Gavras (France-Italy-Germany / 1972 / Col. / 120′)

Amen Dir.: Costa Gavras (France-Germany-Romania / 2002 / Col. / 132′)

The Ax Dir.: Costa Gavras (Belgium-France-Spain / 2005 / Col. / 122’)

Eden is West (Eden à l’Ouest) Dir.: Costa Gavras (France-Greece-Italy / 2009 / Col. / 110′)

Capital (Le capital) Dir.: Costa Gavras (France / 2012 / Col. / 114′)

Restored Classics

The Floorwalker Dir.: Charles Chaplin (USA / 1916 / B&W / 30′)

Blackmail Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock (UK / 1929 / B&W / 85′)

The King of Comedy Dir.: Martin Scorsese (USA / 1982 / 109′)

Downpour (Ragbar) Dir.: Bahram Beizai (Iran / 1972 / 128′)

Tokyo Story Dir.: Yasujirô Ozu (Japan / 1953 / B&W / 136′)

Time to live and Time to Die (Tong nien wang shi) Dir.: Hsiao-hsien Hou (Taiwan / 1985 / 138′)

All About Eve Dir.: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (USA / 1950 / B&W / 138′)

Experimental Films

A+ Dir.: NobuAdilman (Canada / 2012 / Col. / 6’)

Days of Future Past Dir.: Joe Hambleton (Canada / 2012 / Col. / 7’)

Pulse Dir.: Anuradha Chandra (India / 2012 / Col. / 23’)

Burning Star Dir.: Joshua Gen Solondz (USA / 2011 / Col. / 4’)

Serious Ladies Dir.: Susanne Sachsse (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 21’)

Play Life Series Dir.: Ella Raidel (Austria / 2012 / Col. / 11’)

Item Number Dir.: Oliver Husain (Canada-India / 2012 / Col. / 16’)

Artists Films

Nayi Kheti Dir.: Pallavi Paul (India / 2013 / Col. / 12′)

Iceboat Dir.: Neha Choksi (USA / 2013 / Col. / 10′)

To Dance like your Dad Dir.: Hetain Patel (UK / 2009 / Col. / 6′)

Narcissicon Dir.: Kiran Subbaiah (India / 2009 / Col. / 43′)

Forerunner Dir.: Sahej Rahal (India / 2013 / Col. / 13′)

People to be Resembling Dir.: The Otolith Group (UK / Col. / 22′)

Kabul Fresh 2013

Eye witness Dir.: Rafi Behroozian & Alka Sadat (Afghanistan / 2011 / Col. / 12′)

Driving Test Dir.: Mahbouba Ebrahimi (Afghanistan / 2011 / Col. / 26′)

A Time Called Oldness Dir.: Hamed Alizadeh (Afghanistan / 2013 / 22′)

End of Love Dir.: Ghafar Azad (Afghanistan / 2013 / Col. / 13′)

Life Imprisonment Dir.: Gholamreza Majedi (Afghanistan / 2013 / Col. / 4′)

One Wish Dir.: Mohamed (Aref) Abedin (Afghanistan / 2013 / Col. / 4′)

The Glasses Dir.: S Hussein Mousavi (Afghanistan / 2011 / Col. / 11′)

Kabul Ambulance Dir.: Taj Mohammad Bakhtari (Afghanistan / 2011 / Col. / 26′)

Amir and Sara Dir.: Jalal Hussaini (Afghanistan / 2013 / Col. / 16′)

India Gold 2013

Liar’s Dice Dir.: Geethu Mohandas (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 104′)

Crossing Bridges Dir.: Sange Dorjee Thongdok (India (Sherdukpen) / 2013 / Col. / 102′)

The World of Goopi and Bagha (Goopy gawaiya bagha bajaiya) Dir.: Shilpa Ranade (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 78′)

Virgin Talkies (Kanyaka Talkies) Dir.: K R Manoj (India (Malayalam) / 2013 / Col. / 115′)

A Silent Way (Ko: Yad) Dir.: Manju Borah (India / 2012 / Col. / 90′)

Monologue (Maunraag) Dir.: Vaibhav Abnave (India (Marathi) / 2013 / Col. / 92′)

Invincible (Ajeyo) Dir.: Jahnu Barua (India (Assamese) / 2013 / Col. / 116′)

Powerless (Katiyabaaz) Dir.: Fahad Mustafa, Deepti Kakkar (India-USA / 2013 / Col. / 84′)

Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost Dir.: Anup Singh (India (Panjabi) / 2013 / Col. / 109′)

Oonga Dir.: Devashish Makhija (India / 2013 / Col. / 98′)

Sunglass (Taak Jhaank) Dir.: Rituparno Ghosh (India / 2013 / Col.)

Mastram Dir.: Akhilesh Jaiswal (India / 2013 / Col.)

New Faces in Indian Cinema

Bakrapur (The Goat Vote) Dir.: Janaki Vishwanathan (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 82′)

Wild Berries (Kaphal) Dir.: Batul Mukhtiar (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

Sulemani Keeda Dir.: Amit V Masurkar (India-USA / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

Munsif Dir.: Umashankar Swamy (India (Kannada) / 2012 / Col. / 106′)

Dimensions Mumbai

Seat Down Dir.: Sachin Sanjay Kadam Share

Dir.: Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha

Monsoon Drive Dir.: Mohit Modi

The Zero Mile Storm Dir.: Jehanin Pajnigar,

Radhika Boontra Raah (Path) Dir.: Dhruv Dilip Datar

…Till Debt Do Us Part Dir.: Kenneth.A.Lawrence

To you both Dir.: Ridhesh Seipal

Jaun Kahaan Dir.: Ankita Mishra

Kabutarkhana Dir.: Markand Bhaskar Sawant

Jashn-E-Dawaat Dir.: Karan Asnani

The Handicapped Colony Dir.: Sameer Nerkar

In This City Dir.: Keyur Kajavadara S.

Crab Catchers Dir.: Prem Hessenkamp

Rickshaw Roko Mitra Mandal Dir.: Sristi Jain

Shukriya Mumbai (Thank You Mumbai) Dir.: NIkhil Gupta

Mumbai Cha Vadapav Dir.: Akshay S. Dhanavale

1992 Negative Dir.: Dixit Parkar

Mascara Dir.: Daria Gaikalova

Matryoshka Dir.: Mayank singh Addiction Dir.: Bhaumik Mevada

*Subject to change before the festival*