Jio MAMI Mumbai Movie Pageant: ‘In opposition to the Tide’, ‘Bahadur – The Courageous’ and ‘Agra’ win high honours

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Jio MAMI Mumbai Movie Pageant: ‘In opposition to the Tide’, ‘Bahadur – The Courageous’ and ‘Agra’ win high honours



“In opposition to the Tide” by Sarvnik Kaur, “Bahadur – The Courageous” by Diwa Shah and filmmaker Kanu Behl’s “Agra” obtained high honours on the closing ceremony of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Movie Pageantright here. The ten-day movie gala, which returned with its first on-ground version after a spot of three years, commenced with a star-studded opening ceremony on October 27 on the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC).
The South Asia Competitors awards have been offered on Saturday night time by the jury, headed by director Mira Nair. Different members have been Australian author and filmmaker David Michod, Filipino filmmaker and actor Isabel Sandoval, and Edouard Waintrop, French movie critic and pageant director.
The jury awarded the Golden Gateway award to “In opposition to the Tide”, the Silver Gateway award to “Bahadur – The Courageous” and the Particular Jury Award to “Agra”, helmed by Kanu Behl.
The movie critics guild gender sensitivity award, celebrating a characteristic that challenges gender stereotypes and norms, was given to “Barir Naam Shahana” (‘A Home Named Shahana’) by Leesa Gazi. The jury, that includes movie critic Aditya Shrikrishna and RJ Stutee Ghosh, offered the award.
Shahrukhkhan Chavada’s “Kayo Kayo Color?” (Which Color) received an award beneath the Rashid Irani younger critics lab particular programme created by MAMI to nurture younger writers throughout the realm of cinema. The honour was offered by Christian Jeune, director of the movie division, deputy common delegate, Pageant de Cannes.
This 12 months on the pageant, the worldwide media firm Civic Studios joined arms with Jio MAMI to create a brand new class of award, the Gentle Digicam Affect Award. This award recognised two non-feature movies specializing in topics of local weather, sexuality, and caste.
Via these awards, the intent is to place highlight on participating quick movies that spark dialog on socially related matters. The awards have been offered by Civic Studios founder Anushka Shah and filmmaker Kiran Rao to 2 winners – “Blackhole” by Pradyumna Patil and “Praan Pratishthana” (Consecration) by Pankaj Sonawane, whereas “Flowering Man” by Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar acquired a particular point out on this class.
Actor Kalki Koechlin launched the MAMI Choose-Filmed on iPhone. a brand new initiative the place a bunch of rising filmmakers are given the chance to reimagine conventional cinematic conventions by creating high-quality quick movies, shot on the iPhone 15 Professional Max and edited on the MacBook Professional.
MAMI and Apple have handpicked 5 filmmakers-Archana Atul Phadke, Faraz Ali, Prateek Vats, Saurav Rai, and Saumyananda Sahi-representing the latest wave of Indian cinema. They are going to be mentored and guided by filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj, Vikramaditya Motwane and Rohan Sippy.
Probably the most sought-after awards of the night time was the IMDb viewers selection award for the most well-liked movie on the pageant, as chosen by the pageant attendees. IMDb India head Yaminie Patodia and pageant director MAMI, Anupama Chopra offered the award to “The Monk and the Gun” by Pawo Choyning Dorji.
The closing ceremony was adopted by the screening of Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla”, based mostly on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 biography, “Elvis and Me”, written with help from Sandra Harmon. It stars Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, and Dagmara Dominczyk and is produced by Sofia Cappola, Lorenzo Mieli, and Youree Henley.
The pageant’s closing ceremony was attended by Janhvi Kapoor, Vishal Bhardwaj, Manushi Chillar, Kiran Rao, and Mira Nair amongst others.
This 12 months over 300 movies in 70 languages from 70 completely different nations have been screened on the pageant. Of the full movies, about 70 have been directed by feminine filmmakers, in response to the organisers.
The pageant will proceed to display screen a number of the hottest titles on November 4 and 5.

From Bhumika Chawla to Kalki Koechlin, celebs attend the closing ceremony of Mami Mumbai Movie Pageant