The 13th Mumbai Film Festival, a Reliance Entertainment initiative, will be held in Mumbai from the 13th to the 20th of October 2011.
The festival has just announced its jury for this year’s edition. The jury members for the international competition section are…
1. Academy Award nominee director Hugh Hudson (Jury President, International competition),
2. Roger Spottiswoode – director of James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and the Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer ‘The 6th Day’
3. Acclaimed Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski
4. Young Korean director Na Hong-Jin who received numerous awards and acclaim for his films ‘The Chaser’ and ‘The Yellow Sea’.
VENUE : This year the main hub for the festival will be Cinemax Versova and other venues include Cinemax Sion and Metro BIG cinemas.
– Basu Chatterjee, director of films like Gudgudee, Chameli Ki Shaadi amongst numerous others, is the Chairman of the Harmony Celebrate Age Jury. Harmony Celebrate Age aims to encourage filmmakers to look beyond the stereotypes of old age and to look at the positive side of ageing.
– The Dimensions Mumbai section of the festival include young directors like…
1. Kiran Rao (Dhobi Ghat) (Chairperson- Dimension Mumbai Jury)
2. Vikram Aditya Motwane (Udaan)
3. Nishikant Kamat (Mumbai Meri Jaan)
4. Onir (My Brother Nikhil)
5. Renuka Shahane
Dimensions Mumbai, a short film competition open to Mumbaikars below the age of 25 years, where a short film depicting any aspect of life in Mumbai can be submitted.
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