Bigger India
A rich spread of documentaries from India and elsewhere at biennial Films Division festival
This year, the festival directorate reportedly received a record 790 entries.
The line-up for the 15th edition of the biennial Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films encompasses a wide range of issues and aesthetics, from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the Holocaust to contemporary student activism and the music and visual arts scene in Kashmir. Organised by the Films Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the festival will be held across six venues in the city from January 28 to February 3.
This year, the festival directorate reportedly received a record 790 entries – 194 submissions from 32 countries for the International Competition section and 596 for the National Competition. Of these 42 films have been shortlisted under the National Competition section, comprising a mix of documentaries, short films and animated movies, and 25 have made it to the International Competition.