The ninth edition of the International Film Festival - Mumbai was held in 2007 (March 08-15) at three venues; IMAX Adlabs with 4 screens (main venue) at Wadala , Y. B. Chavan Centre (Nariman Point) and Fun Republic at Andheri. The Festival screened 120 films from more than 35 countries from all over the world including India .

The ninth festival was dedicated to Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the founder of MAMI and his films.

On the opening night, the Global Icon Award was presented to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan . Life Time Achievement Award was given to Mr. Javed Akhtar . Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Film Music was presented to Mr. Pyarelal . (of Laxmikant Pyarelal duo).

On the closing night, Kodak Award for Technical Excellence was presented to Mr. Govind Nihalani and Award for Significant Contribution to Cinema over 25 years was given to actor-director Mrs. Aparna Sen .

NAYI NERALU (IN THE SHADOW OF THE DOG) directed by Girish Kasarvalli was chosen the Best Indian Film of the year and was awarded Rs.1,00,000/- cash award and trophy.

Following films were screened during 9 th Mumbai Film Festival in various sections.

This year South Africa was country inFocus. A selection of seven films from South Africa was screened.

Similarly, eleven Spanish films were screened in the section Widows to Recent Spanish Cinema including Pedro Almodovar's Volver .

Curse of the Golden Flower (Man Cheng Jin Dai Huang Jin Jia)

Dir. : Zhang Yimou (Hong Kong-China / 2006)

Anuradha

Dir. : Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Hindi / 1960)

Namesake

Dir. : Mira Nair (India-USA / 2006)

A Bahraini Tale (Hekaya Bahrainiya)

Dir. : Bassam Al-Thawadi ( Bahrain / 2006)

Nuit Noire (Black Night)

Dir. : Olivier Smolders ( Belgium / 2006)

Cages

Dir. : Olivier Masset-Depasse (Belgium-France / 2006)

Mr. Average

Dir. : Pierre-Paul Renders (Belgium-Luxemburg-France-Canada-Germany / 2006)

IRINA PALM

Dir. : Sam Garbarski (Belgium-Germany-Luxembourg-UK-France / 2006)

Monkeys in Winter (Maimuni prez zimata)

Dir. : Milena Andonova (Bulgaria-Germany / 2006)

Red Carpet (Tapete Vermelho)

Dir. : Luiz Alberto Perreira ( Brazil / 2005)

If I Were You (Se Eu Fosse Voce)

Dir. : Luiz Alberto Perreira ( Brazil / 2005)

St. Ralph

Dir. : Michael McGowan ( Canada / 2005)

Sleeping Dogs

Dir. : Terrance Odette ( Canada / 2006)

AWAY FROM HER

Director : Sarah Polley ( Canada / 2006)

The Road (Fang Xiang Zhi Lu)

Dir. : Zhang Jiarui ( China / 2005)

Malek We Ketaba (Head & Tails)

Dir. : Kamla Abou Zekry ( Egypt / 2005)

Downtown Girls ( Banat West Al-Balad)

Dir. : Mohammed Khan ( Egypt / 2005)

Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)

Dir. : Christian Carion ( France / 2005)

April in Love (Avril)

Dir. : Gerald Hustache-Mathieu ( France / 2006)

LES OISEAUX DU CIEL (BIRDS OF HEAVEN)

Dir. : Eliane de Latour ( France / 2006)

The Ringfinger (L'Annulaire)

Dir. : Diane Bertrand (France-Germany / 2005)

ANGEL

Dir. : François Ozon (France-UK-Belgium / 2007)

THE CHILD (L'ENFANT)

Dir: Jean Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (Belgium-France / 2005)

LEMMING

Dir: Dominik Moll ( France / 2005)

LES INVASIONS BARBARES (The Barbarian Invasions)

Dir: Denys Arcand (Canada-France / 2003)

KEBAB CONNECTION

Director : Anno Saul ( Germany / 2005)

SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS

Director : Marc Rothemund ( Germany / 2005)

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Dir: Ken Loach (Germany-Italy-Spain-France-Ireland-UK / 2006)

Ghetto

Dir. : Audrius Juzenas (Germany-Lithuania / 2006)

Poet of the Wastes (Shaere Zobaleha)

Dir. : Mohd. Ahmadi (Iran-Japan / 2005)

OFFSIDE

Direction : Jafar Panahi ( Iran / 2006)

TIED HANDS

Dir. : Dan Wolman ( Israel / 2006)

Aviva My Love (Aviva Ahuvati)

Dir. : Shemi Zarhin ( Israel / 2006)

BEAUFORT

Dir. : Joseph Cedar ( Israel / 2007)

Quo Vadis, Baby

Dir. : Gabriele Salvatores ( Italy / 2005)

The Land (La Terra)

Dir. : Sergio Rubini ( Italy / 2006)

Waiter

Dir. : Alex van Warmerdam ( Netherlands / 2006)

Szalency (Madmen)

Dir. : Pawel Wendorff ( Poland / 2005)

Pare osób, maly czas (SEVERAL PEOPLE, LITTLE TIME)

Dir. : Andrzej Baranski ( Poland / 2005)

Komornik (THE COLLECTOR)

Dir. : Feliks Falk ( Poland / 2005)

Oda do radosci (ODE TO JOY)

Dir. : Anna Kazejak-Dawid, Jan Komasa, Maciej Migas ( Poland / 2005)

The Master (Mistrz)

Dir. : Piotr Trazskalski (Poland-Germany / 2005)

BEHIND THE CLOUDS (ATRÁS DAS NUVENS)

Dir. : Jorge Queiroga ( Portugal / 2006)

Colossal Youth

Dir. : Pedro Costa ( Portugal / 2006)

Heart's Affair (Stvar Srca)

Dir. : Miroslav Mika Aleksic ( Serbia & Montenegro / 2005)

Odgrobadogroba (Gravehopping)

Dir. : Jan Cvitkovic (Slovenia-Croatia/ 2005)

La Vraie Vie est Ailleurs (Real Life is Elsewhere )

Dir. : Frédéric Choffat ( Switzerland / 2006)

Mommy I'm Scared (Korkuyorum Anne)

Dir. : Reha Erdem ( Turkey / 2004)

The Gold Bracelet

Dir. : Kavi Raz ( USA / 2006)

Breaking and Entering

Dir. : Anthony Minghella (UK-USA/ 2006)

THE GOOD SHEPHARD

Director : Robert De Niro ( USA / 2006)

Goat Horn (Kozijat rog)

Dir. : Matodi Andonov ( Bulgaria / 1972)

Hold on to your Hat !

Dir. : Denis Boivin ( Canada / 2003)

El Rey

Dir. : Dorado Z. Antonio (Colombia-France-Spain / 2004)

Barbès ( Bronx )

Dir. : Eliane de Latour ( France / 2000)

THE GOAT (LA CHÈVRE)

Dir. : Francis Veber ( France / 1981)

Who the Hell is Bonnie & Clyde? (A Miskolci Boniésklajd)

Dir. : Krisztina Deak ( Hungary / 2004)

Kavir-e Marg (Dead Heat Under the Shrubs)

Dir. : Esmail Barari ( Iran / 2004)

Three Days of Anarchy (Tre Giorni di Anarchia)

Dir. : Vito Zagarrio ( Italy / 2004)

Vibrator

Dir. : Ryuchi Hiroki ( Japan / 2003)

MOOLAADÉ

Dir. : Ousmane Sembene (Senegal-France-Burkina Faso- Cameroon - Morocco - Tunisia / 2004)

HEARTBREAK / LOVELORN (Gonul Yarasi)

Dir. : Yavuz Turgul ( Turkey / 2004)

TUREV (DERIVATIVE)

Dir. : Ulas Inac ( Turkey / 2004-5)

The Stick

Dir. : Darrell James Roodt (South Africa / 1987)

SARAFINA!

Dir. : Darrell James Roodt (South Africa-France / 1992)

CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY

Dir. : Darrell James Roodt (South Africa / 1995)

Paljas

Dir. : Katinka Heyns (South Africa / 1997)

The Long Run

Dir. : Jean Stewart ( South Africa / 2000)

Red Dust

Dir. : Tom Hooper (UK-South Africa / 2004)

Yesterday

Dir. : Darrell James Roodt (South Africa-UK / 2004)

Azul Oscuro Casi Negro (Dark blue almost black)

Dir. : Daniel Sánchez Arévalo ( Spain / 2006)

El Próximo Oriente (The Near East )

Dir. : Fernando Colomo ( Spain / 2006)

La Dama Boba (Lady Nitwit)

Dir. : Manuel Iborra ( Spain / 2006)

La Educación De Las Hadas (The Education of a fairy)

Dir. : Jose Luis Cuerda ( Spain / 2006)

La Leyenda Del Tiempo (The legend of time)

Dir. : Isaki Lacuesta ( Spain / 2006)

La Vida Secreta De Las Palabras (The secret life of words)

Dir. : Isabel Coixet ( Spain / 2005)

Nadie Es Perfecto (Nobody´s perfect)

Dir. : Joaquín Oristrell ( Spain / 2006)

Princesas (Princesses)

Dir. : Fernando León de Aranoa ( Spain / 2005)

Siete Vírgenes (7 Virgins)

Dir. : Alberto Rodríguez ( Spain / 2004)

Un Franco Catorce Pesetas (Crossing Borders)

Dir. : Carlos Iglesias ( Spain / 2006)

Volver

Dir. : Pedro Almodóvar ( Spain / 2006)

Reyhaneh

Dir. : Alireza Raisian ( Iran / 1990)

The Journey (Safar)

Dir. : Alireza Raisian ( Iran / 1994)

The Deserted Station

Dir. : Alireza Raisian ( Iran / 2002)

Havana File (Parvandeh-ye Havana )

Dir. : Alireza Raisian ( Iran / 2006)

Anand

(Hindi / 1970)

Chupke Chupke

(Hindi / 1975)

Golmaal

(Hindi / 1979)

Satyajit Ray Negatives - My Life with Manikda

Dir. : Bo Van der Werf ( Belgium / 2006)

The Novena (La Neuvaine)

Dir. : Bernard Émond ( Canada / 2005)

Rechercher Victor Pellerin

Dir. : Sophie Deraspe ( Canada / 2006)

RELATIVES

Dir. : István Szabó ( Hungary / 2006)

FRESH AIR (FRISS IEVEGÖ)

Dir. : Ágnes Kocsis ( Hungary / 2006)

THE PRINCE'S RESPITE

Dir. : Péter Tímár ( Hungary / 2005)

A GUEST OF LIFE - Alexander Csoma de Korös

Dir. : Tibor Szemzo ( Hungary / 2006)

JUST SEX AND NOTHING ELSE

Dir. : Krisztina Goda ( Hungary / 2005)

RENDEZVOUS

Dir. : Ágnes Incze ( Hungary / 2006)

Hostage (Kilnieks)

Dir. : Laila Pakalnina ( Latvia / 2006)

DECALOGUE Series (I to X)

Dir. : Krzysztof Kieslowski ( Poland / 1990)

Infinite Justice

Dir. : Jamil Dehlavi (UK-Pakistan / 2006)

Favela Rising

Dir. : Jeff Zimbalist & Matt Mochary (USA-Brazil / 2005)

Chivitrach Sare (It's All Absurd)

Dir. : Neelkantee Patekar ( India (Marathi) / 2007)

Faltu Utpatang Chutpati Kahani (Freaky Useless)

Dir. : Kalpesh Ci Patel (India-Canada / 2007)

Vanaja

Dir. : Rajnesh Domalpalli (India-USA / 2006)

PARTITION

Dir. : Vic Sarin (Canada-South Africa-UK / 2007)

CHAURAHEN (CROSSROADS)

Dir. : Rajshree Ojha (India-USA / 2006)

THE BONG CONNECTION

Dir. : Anjan Dutt (India-USA / 2006)

Outsourced

Dir. : John Jeffcoat ( USA / 2006)

NITAL (CRYSAL CLEAR)

(Dir. : Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar / Marathi / 2006)

RESTAURANT

(Dir. : Sachin Kundalkar / Marathi / 2006)

CYANIDE

(Dir. : A. M. R. Ramesh / Kannada / 2006)

AIDEU (BEHIND THE SCREEN)

(Dir. : Arup Manna / Assamese / 2006)

KHOSLA KA GHOSLA

(Dir. : Dibakar Banerjee / Hindi / 2006)

ANURANAN (A RESONANCE)

(Dir. : Anuriddha Roy Chowdhury / Bengali /2006)

BAYO (LADY BY THE SEA)

(Dir. : Gajendra Ahire / Marathi / 2006)

KAMLI - MY DAUGHTER

(Dir. : K. N. T. Sastry / Telugu-Lambada dialect / 2006)

JAATINGAA ITYAADI… (JAATINGAA ET AL)

(Dir. : Sanjib Sabhapandit / Assamese / 2006)

NAYI NERALU (IN THE SHADOW OF THE DOG)

(Dir. Girish Kasarvalli / Kannada / 2006)

NOTTAM (THE GAZE)

(Dir. : Sashi Paravoor / Malayalam / 2006)

SONAM - THE FORTUNATE ONE

(Dir. : Ahsan Muzid / Arunachalee-Monpa / 2006)