Mumbai Film Festival Confirms Dates, Team For Return As In-Person Event In 2023
Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) has confirmed that the Mumbai Film Festival is returning as a physical event, set to run over ten days starting in late October.
The Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival are here. October 27 to November 5.”
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio is on board as the main backer of the festival and the festival confirmed that Priyanka Chopra Jonas is also still on board as festival chairperson.
Anupama Chopra continues in the role of Festival Director, with Maitreyee Dasgupta as Co-Director. Deepti Dcunha is Artistic Director of the festival, with Anupama Bose as Artistic Director of the Jio MAMI Year Round Programme. Anu Rangachar has been appointed Head of International Programme.
Dasgupta was formerly Vice President, Head of Original Content at Lionsgate India, and has also worked with India’s National Film Development Corp.
One of India’s biggest film festivals, Mumbai Film Festival moved online during the pandemic and has not taken place as a physical event since October 2019.
It was scheduled to return as an in-person event in March 2022, but moved online at the last minute, with the organizers citing “logistical and financial challenges”, although cinemas were open at the time and the country was not in the midst of a Covid wave.
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