Monday, December 26, 2005

Films selected, films rejected...

Vikalp list [1] is currently, as of December 26, 2005, discussing the films selected and those rejected by the MIFF, or Mumbai International Films Festival. This time's festival will be from Feb 3-9, 2006 at Mumbai.

One note from Vikalp comments: "Anjali and JayS, Shocking to hear about the exclusion of your film, especially coming on top of the Best film award at the 3 Continents filmfest... I remain as convinced as ever that we must have Vikalp screenings during MIFF 2006!"

See issues of censorship that came up here. [2] MIFF's site is here [3] Email contacts for MIFF are also available [4]

An official quote: "Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India has been biennially organizing Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) for Documentary, Short and Animation Films, successfully since 1990." More on the festival here [5]

Take a look at the counterpoint emerging from FilmsForFreedom. [6]

[1] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vikalp/ [2] http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2116/stories/20040813002309000.htm [3] http://www.miffindia.org/ [4] miff2006@gmail.com, miff@mtnl.net.in, miff@vsnl.net, coordinatormiff@filmsdivision.org [5] http://www.narthaki.com/info/reviews/prev229.html [6] http://www.freedomfilmsindia.org/default.asp