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    Like every purposeful venture, the Mumbai Academy of MovingImages(MAMI), too, was born of a dream. In 1997   a dream of promotion of meaningful cinema in a city that has cinema oozing out of every pore. A city which boasts   of hundred and twenty movie halls that are often packed to capacity with its cinephillic denizens. In other words,   a city that prides itself in being India's film Capital.
    
    The Festival of Films-Mumbai,organised by MAMI is a tribute to the glorious city of Mumbai.It's an effort to   enable the professionals as well as film afficiandos in the city to see, study and appreciate the finer aspects of   quality Cinema-sans the limitimng labs of commercial and art. MAMI is a Public Trust comprising permanent trustees   whose contribution to Indian cinema is remarkable by any standards. Besides winning critical acclaim, each has
  worked relentlessly towards the growth and development of cinema in the country.

  
Trustees
Shyam Benegal
Chairperson
Shyam Benegal
Govind Swarup
Managing Trustee
Gulzar
Ramesh Sippy
Amit Khanna
Amol Palekar
Manmohan Shetty
 Gulzar
Kiran Shantaram
Shabana Azmi
Yash Johar
Yash Chopra
Subhash Ghai
   
   The Earlier Endeavour

    MAMI with support from the Goverment of Maharashtra hosted The Festival of Films-Mumbai, (India's first   ever'independent' film festival). The first step had been taken towards forstering a climate for quality cinema in   Mumbai. And at last, the birthplace of Indian cinema had a festival that it could call its own in 1997. It indeed   turned out to be a successful venture. 46 films from 24 countries including India were screened in the World   Cinema Section. Besides, of course, 32 landmark Indian films- which are Mumbai's contribution to Indian cinema,   were screened to celebrate 50 years of Indian Independence. Add to that, four thematic films on India made by   Non-Resident Indians! Screenings were followed by Chauraha, an interacitve tete-a-tete between the audience   and the filmmakers. International recognition for the non-competitve festival came from FIPRESCI, the international   Federation of Film Critics. Two eminent personalities of Indian Cinema. Dev Anand, Adoor Gopalkrishnan were   felicitated at the festival. A Lifetime Achievement Award to Dev Anand, on whose contribution to Indian Cinema   tomes can be written. And a Special Award to Adoor Gopalkrishnan for completing 25years of commited film-making   on his own terms.



    THIS YEAR's package of 70 odd films, both International and Indian, can   arguably be called the Best in the world Cinema, each smacking of film   culture of the country of its origin.The highlight of the foreign package is,   "Life is Beautiful", winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in   1997.The package also includes 15 mainstream Indian films. The fete will get   of the ground with an inaugural ceremony at the Rang Bhavan at 6p.m. on   November 19. The inaugral film is "Sixth Sense", directed by Manoj   Shyamalan.
 		Life is Beautiful
Sixth Sense
   The same evening, MAMI will confer its Lifetime Achievement Award on   Shri B.R.Chopra, this year's recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award.During the   course of the fete, The International Federation Of Film Critics will also give   its Best Film Award for which it has constituted a three- member   international jury.This year's package of films has been divided into six   sections, viz., World Cinema, Focus on Israel, Retrospective of Iranian   Films, Homage to Stanley Kubrik, Tribute to Karel Kachnya( Czech Director)   and Romance- Mumbai Style, a retrospective of a medley of 15 mainstream   Hindi films with romance as the dominant theme.

    
   There will be an Open Forum everyday at 6.00 p.m at the N.C.P.A. Complex. MAMI will also bring out a daily   bulletin, highlighting the day's events and the films screened. The inaugural ceremony of the Festival is going to be   a grand affair. Aishwarya Rai will compere the ceremony and Amitabh Bachchan will present a capsule on B R   Chopra's life. The inaugural presentation to be held in Rang Bhavan on the 19th has been conceived and directed   by Ramesh Sippy. Noted writer and filmmaker M T Vasudevan Nair will be there along with chief minister Vilasrao   Deshmukh, and deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal. A worshop titled,'Script to Screen', by filmaker Parminder   Veer, who formerly worked for Channel Four, UK, will be conducted during the seven day festival. The festival   organisers have succeeded in acquiring two films by acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiraostami. Clean Up and The   Friend will be a part of the retrospective on Iranian cinema that will compromise seven films. Another highlight of   the festival will be the felicitation of Shabana Azmi and veteran cinematographer Subrato Mitra. The duo will be   honoured for completing 25 years in the film industry. Robert Benigni's Life is Beautiful and Manoj Shyamalan's Sixth   Sense, promise to be the show stealers at the festivals.

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