The weeklong festival was inaugurated on March 6 and screened 140 films from 45 countries in four theatres in the city - Adlabs Wadala (4 screens), Metro Adlabs (2 screens), Cinemax Versova (1 screen) and Fun Republic Andheri (1 Screen).

To commemorate a decade of excellence, MAMI introduced a host of exciting new initiatives in this edition. The Global Lifetime Achievement Award was instituted. The first award was conferred on Carlos Saura, the renowned Spanish director who was in Mumbai to attend the function.

In order to nurture talent and provide a platform to new generation of filmmakers a new initiative called Dimensions Mumbai was introduced. Dimensions Mumbai is a short film competition for young film makers and media students in the age group of 25 years and below. Under this programme, digital films of 5 minutes durations depicting various aspects of life in Mumbai were invited. The best entry was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1,50,000/-. This competition was initiated by Smt. Jaya Bachchan, one of the trustees of MAMI.

The Awards function was held on March 13 on the Closing Night of the festival. Living legend Shri Dev Anand was the chief guest and presented the MAMI Awards.

The best Indian film award was given to Marathi film Tingya directed by Mangesh Hadawale. The film was selected by a five member international jury from among 10 films in the competition.

The jury members were

•  Dan Wolman – Chairman of the Jury ( Israel )

•  James Mimikos ( Greece )

•  Selvaggia Velo ( Italy )

•  Zhuang Yuxin ( China )

•  Manju Borah ( India )

A three-member FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury also selected the same film.

FIPRESCI jury was –

•  Gonul Donmez Colin ( France )

•  Rolf Hamacher (Germnay)

•  George Mathew ( India )

Few Highlights:

The International Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred on Carlos Saura, renowned Spanish Director for his outstanding contribution to the medium of cinema.

The Opening Gala Night marked the screening of Polish master Andrzej Wajda's latest film Katyn , nominated for an Oscar in the foreign film category. Katyn was premiered at the recently concluded 58 th Berlin Film Festival.

On the Closing Gala Night the Japanese film The Mourning Forest , a film that won the Grand Prix at the 60th edition of Cannes Film Festival in 2007 was screened.

MAMI Awards for outstanding contribution to the Indian film industry were presented to:

The Italian silent film Pinocchio (1911) restored by Cineteca was another attraction of the festival. The film, based on famous Collodi's novel, was screened with live music. This screening is sponsored by the Italian Consulate, Mumbai.

The festival celebrated the 50 th year of Andrej Wajda's legendary film Kanal

Film maker in focus was Carlos Saura whose 8 films including Carmen will be screened.

Special screening of To Each of His Own Cinema film made by world renowned 25 directors to celebrate 60 years of Cannes Festival - 2007.

Retrospectives of Ritwik Ghatak and Andrej Wajda .

Katyn

Director - Andrzej Wajda
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 2007 / 121 Min)

PINOCCHIO

Dir: Giulio Antamoro
(Silent / Digital / Italy / 50 Min. / 1911)
Accompanied by live Music
By Italian Jazz Trio

Mourning Forest

Director – Naomi Kawase
Japan , France / Colour / 35 mm / 2007

Kanal

Director – Andrej Wajda
Poland
50 years of release in Cannes .

To Each of His Own Cinema

France / Colour / Digi Beta / 119 min. / 2007
Special film made by 25 directors all over the world to celebrate 60 th years of Cannes .

Argentina

1. The Sense of Fear

Director – Lavier Dimeut
Argentina / Colour / Digital / 110 min. / 2007

Austria

2. 42 Plus

Director – Sabine Derflinger

Germany / Colour / Digital / 95 min. / 2007

Bangladesh

3. On The Wings of Dreams (Swapnodanay)

Director – Golam Rabbany Biplob

Bangladesh / Colour / 35 mm / 88 min. / 2007

Belgium

4. Horse Thieves (Voleurs De Chevaux)

Director - Micha Wald
France , Canada , Belgium , / Colour / 35 mm / 86 min / 2007

5. Surya

Director - Laurent Van Lancker
Belgium / Colour / DVD / 76 min. / 2006

6. Black Night

Director - Olivier Smolders
Belgium / Colour / 35 mm / 90 min. / 2006

Brazil

8. If I Were You

Director – Daniel Filho
Brazil / Colour / DVD / 108 min. / 2006

Bulgaria

9. Monkeys in Winter

Director - Milena Andonova
Bulgaria / Colour / 35 mm / 107 min. / 2006

China

10. Soul Carriage

Director - Conrad Clark
China , UK / Color / 35 mm / 88 min. / 2007

11. Teeth of Love

Director – Zhuang Yuxin
China / Colour / 35 mm / 111 min. / 2007

12. Their Noha's Ark

Director –Zuyun Wu
China / Colour / 35 mm / 90 min. / 2007

13. Sound of Tibet ( Ganglamedo)

Director – Dai Wei
China / Colour / 35 mm / 2007

Colombia

14. When the waves break (Cuando Rompen Las Olas)

Director - Riccardo Gabrielli R
Colombia / Colour / 35 mm / 95 min. / 2007

Czech Republic

16. I Served the King of England

Director – Jiri Menzel
Czech Republic , Slovakia / Colour / 35 mm / 120 min. / 2007

Denmark

17. Day and Night (Dag og Nat)

Director – Simon Staho
Denmark / Colour / 35 mm / 95 min. / 2004

Egypt

18. Game of Love (Leebet Al Hob)

Director - Mohamed Ali
Egypt / Colour / 35 mm / 112 min. 2006

19. In Passion and Love

Director - Kamla Abou-Zekry
Egypt

Estonia

20. Magnus

Director - Kadri KÕUSAAR
Estonia / Colour / Digital / 85 min. / 2007

21. Mindless

Director – Elmo Nüganen
Estonia / Colour / Digital / 90 min. / 2006

22. 186 Kilometers

Director – Andres Maimik
Estonia / Colour / Digital / 106 min. / 2007

Finland

23. A Man's Job (Miehen työ)

Director - Aleksi Salmenperä
Finland / Colour / 35 mm / 100 min. / 2007

24. Mother of Mine

Director - Klaus Härö
Finland , Sweden / Colour / 35 mm / 105 min. / 2005

France

5. The Walking Man

Director - Aurélia Georges
France / Colour / 35 mm / 82 min. / 2007

Germany

26. Hotel Very Welcome

Director - Sonja Heiss
Germany / Colour / 35 mm / 90 mins / 2005-07

27. Listen (Horch)

Director - Giorgis Fotopoulos
Germany / Colour / Digi Beta / 73 min. / 2007

28. Neandertal

Director - Ingo Haeb , Jan-Christoph Glaser
Germany / Colour / 35 mm / 103 min. / 2006

29. Ping pong

Dir - Matthias Luthardt
Germany / Colour / 35 mm / 89 mins / 2006

30. The Edge of Heaven

Director – Fateh Akin
Germany , Turkey / Colour / 35 mm / 122 min. / 2007

31. Truth or Dare

Director - Arne Nolting , Jan Martin Scharf
Germany / Colour / 35 mm / 89 min. / 2006

32. The Gambler

Director – Sebastian Bieniek
Germany / Colour / 35 mm / 87 min. / 2007

Greece

34. A Hero in Rome

Director – PANOS ANGELOPOULOS
Greece / Colour / 35 mm / 95 min. / 2006

Hungary

35. Overnight
Director - Ferenc Török
Hungary / Colour / Digital / 92 min. / 2007

36. The Eighth Day of the Week (A Hét nyolcadik napja)

Director - Judit Elek
Hungary / Color / 35mm / 117min / 2006

37. Relatives

Director – Istavan Szabo
Hungary / Colour / 35 mm / 110 min. / 2006

India

38. Love Songs

Director – Jayabrato Chatterjee
India (English) / Colour / 95 min. / 2007

Iran

39. Adam

Director – Abolreza Kahani
Iran / Colour / 35 mm / 77 min. / 2007

Iraq

40. Janigal

Director - Jamil Rostami
Iraq / Colour / 35 mm / 100 min. / 2006

Israel

41. Foul Gesture ( Tnuah Meguna)

Director: Tzahi Grad
Israel / Colour / Beta Sp / 98 min. / 2007

42. Jellyfish (Meduzot)

Director – Shira Geffen , Etgar Keret
Israel / Colour / 35 mm / 78 min. 2007

Italy

43. My Best Enemy

Director - CARLO VERDONE
Italy / Colour / DVD / 100 min. / 2006

44. A White Ballad (Una Ballata Bianca)

Director - Stefano Odoardi
Italy, Holand / Colour / 35 mm / 78 min. / 2007

45. Medee Miracle

Director - Tonino De Bernardi
France , Itally / Colour / 35 mm / 80 min. / 2007

46. Texas

Director – Fausto Pravidino
Italy / Colour / 35 mm / 2006

47. BILLO, LE GRAND DAKHAAR

Director - Laura Muscardin
Italy , Senegal / Colour / 35 mm / 90 min. / 2006

Japan

48. Aria

Director - Takushi Tsubokawa
Japan / Colour / 35 mm / 105min. / 2006

49. Fuckin Runaway

Director – Motohashi Keita
Japan / Colour / Digital / 99 min. / 2007

Lebanon

50. Caramel

Director – Nadine Labaki
Lebanon , France / Colour / 35 mm / 95 min. / 2007

51. Khalass

Director - Borhane Alaouié
Lebanon , France , Belgium / Colour / Digital / 101 min. / 2007

Malaysia

52. Dancing Bells

Director – Deepak Kumaran Menon
Malaysia / Colour / Digital / 98 min. / 2007

Mexico

53. OPERA

Director - Juan Patricio Riveroll
Mexico / Digi Beta / Color / 88 min. / 2007

Nepal

55. Kaghbeni

Director – Bhusan Dahal
Nepal / Colour / Digital / 130 min. / 2007

Norway

56. Reprise

Director – Joachim Trier
Norway / Colour / 35 mm / 106 min. / 2006

57. The Woman of My Life

Director – Alexander Eik
Norway / Colour / 35 mm / 94 min. / 2006

58. A Cry in the Woods

Director – Erich Hortnagel
Norway / Colour / 35 mm / 106 min. / 2006

Peru

59. Crossing a Shadow

Director - Augusto Tamayo
Peru / Colour / 35 mm /135 min. / 2007

Poland

60. Extras

Director - Michal Kwiecinski
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 119 min / 2006

61. Immensity Of Justice (Bezmiar Sprawiedliwosci)

Director - W. Saniewski, drama
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 128 min. / 2006

62. Jasminum

Director - Jan Jacob Kolski
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 103 mins / 2006

63. Savior's Square

Director - Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krysztof Krauze
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 105 mins / 2006

64. Several people little time ( Pare osób, maly czas)

Director - Andrzej Baranski
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 104 min. / 2006

Romania

65. The Rest is Silence

Director – Nae Caranfil
Romania / Colour / Digital / 140 min. / 2007

66. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Director – Cristian Mungio
Romania / Colour / 35 mm / 113 min. / 2007 .

Serbia

67. Flirt (Flert)

Directors – Vladimir Popovic, Radoslav Vojnovic, Mladen Sevic, Nikola Misic
Serbia / Colour / 35 mm / 86 min. / 2005

68. Heart's Affair (Stvar Srca)

Director – Miroslav Aleksic
Serbia / Colour / 35 mm / 90 min. / 2005

69. Balkan Brothers

Director – Bozidar Nikoliae
France , Serbia / Colour / 35 mm / 87 min. / 2005

Singapore

70. The High Cost of Living

Director – Leonard Lai Yok Wai
Singapore / Colour / Beta SP / 96 min. / 2006

South Africa

72. Goodbye Bafana

Director - Bille August
South Africa / Colour / 35 mm / 117 min. / 2007

73. Tsotsi

Director - Gavin Hood
UK , South Africa / Colour / 35 mm / 94 min.

Spain

74. The Night of the Sunflowers

Director - Jorge Sanchez-Cabezudo
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 123 min. / 2006

75. Summer Rain

Director - Antonio Banderas
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 118 min. / 2006

6. The Two Sides of the Bed

Director - Emilio Martinez-Lazaro
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 112 min. /2007

77. Laberinto del fauno, El

Director - Guillermo del Toro
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 112 min. / 2007

Sri-Lanka

78. Sankara

Director – Prasanna Jayakody
Sri-Lanka / Colour / 35 mm / 87 min. / 2006

79. The Outcast

Director – Vasantha Obeyesekere
Sri-Lanka / Colour / 35 mm / 100 min. / 2007

Sweden

80. Every Other Week (Varannan vecka)

Directors - Felix Herngren , Hans Ingemansson , Måns Herngren , Hannes Holm
Sweden / Colour / 35 mm / 90 min. / 2006

81. Falkenberg Farewell ( Farväl Falkenberg)

Director - Jesper Ganslandt
Sweden / Colour / 35 mm / 88 min. / 2006

Switzerland

82. My brother is getting married ( Mon frère se marie)

Director - Jean-Stéphane Bron
Switzerland - France / Colour / 35 mm / 90 min. / 2006

83. Love Made Easy

Director – Peter Luisi
Switzerland / Colour / 35 mm / 2006

84. So Long My Heart

Director - Stefan Hillebrand & Oliver Paulus
Switzerland / 35mm / 90 min / color / 2006

Thailand

85. Batad

Director – Benji Garcia
Thailand / Colour / Digital / 90 min. / 2007

86. Talking Dic

Director – Zoe Popham, Chakkaphan Vutthakanok
Thailand / Colour / DVD / 20 min. / 2007

Turkey

87. Hokkabaz – The Magician

Directors - Ali Taner Baltaci , Cem Yilmaz
Turkey / Colour / 35 mm / 122 min. / 2006

United Kingdom

88. Little Box Of Sweets

Director – Maneka Das
UK / Colour / Beta Sp / 90 min. / 2006

U.S.A.

90. Blind Ambition

Director – Bala Rajasekharuni
USA / Colour / Digital / 96 min. / 2007

91. PVC – 1

Director – SPIROS STATHOULOPOULOS
USA / Colour / Digital / 2007

92. Barefoot to Jerusalem

Director - Nietzchka Keene
USA / Colour / Beta Sp / 89 min. / 2008

Uruguay

93. The Rind ( La Cáscara)

Director - Carlos Ameglio
Uruguay / Colour / Digital / 105 min./ 2007

94. BUÑUEL Y LA MESA DEL REY SALOMÓN

Director – Carlos Saura
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 103 min. / 2001

95. EL SÉPTIMO DIA

Director – Carlos Saura
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 103 min. / 2004

96. FADOS

Director – Carlos Saura
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 85 min. / 2007

97. IBERIA

Director – Carlos Saura
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 99 min. / 2005

98. The Dark Night (La Noche Oscura) (1989)

Director – Carlos Saura
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 93 min. / 1989

99. Pajarico

Director – Carlos Saura
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 100 min. / 1997

100. PEPPERMINT FRAPPE

Director – Carlos Saura
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 92 min. / 1967

101.Carmen

Director – Carlos Saura
Spain / Colour / 35 mm / 102 min. / 1983

102. Man of Marbles

Director – Andrej Wajda
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 162 min. / 1977

103. Man of Iron

Director – Andrej Wajda
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 162 min. / 1981

104. Landscape after the Battle

Director – Andrej Wajda
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 99 min. / 1970

105. Hunting Flies

Director – Andrej Wajda
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 99 min. / 1969

106. Conductor

Director – Andrej Wajda
Poland / Colour / 35 mm / 99 min. / 1980

107. Ashes and Diamond

Director – Andrej Wajda
Poland / B&W / 35 mm / 99 min.

108. Virgin Spring

Director – Ingmar Bergman
B&W / 72 min.

109. Red Desert

Director – Antonioni
Colour / 35 mm / 126 min.

110. Bandini

Director – Bimal Ray
India / B&W / 135 min.

111. Money Order

Director – Ousmane Sembene
Senegal / Colour / Digital / 90 min. / 1968

112. Suvarna Rekha

Director – Ritwik Ghatak
Bengali / B&W / 35 mm / 132 min. / 1963

113. Ajantrik

Director – Ritwik Ghatak
Bengali / B&W / 35 mm / 102 min. / 1958

114. Meghe Dhake Tara

Director – Ritwik Ghatak
Bengali / B&W / 35 mm / 126 min. / 1960

115. Tingya

Director – Mangesh Hadawale
Marathi / Colour / 35 mm / 122 min. / 2007

116. A Home in the Sky (Aevdhese Aabhal)

Director – Bipin Nadkarni
Marathi / Colour / 35 mm / 104 min. / 2007

117. Tale of River (Ek Nadir Galpo)

Director – Samir Chanda
Bengali / Colour / 35 mm / 124 min. / 2007

118. Perhaps (Kadachit)

Director – Chandrakant Kulkarni
Marathi / Colour / 35 mm / 130 min. / 2007

119. Antardwandwa

Director – Sushil Rajpal
Hindi / Colour / 35 mm / 2007


120. The Sea Within ( Ore Kadal)

Director – Shyamaprasad
Malayalam / Colour / 35 mm / 110 min. / 2007

121. Frozen

Director – Shivaji Chandrabhushan
Hindi, Ladakhi / Colour / 35 mm / 110 min. / 2007

122. The Foreigner (Paradesi)

Director – P.T. Kunhi Mohammed
Malayalam / Colour / 35 mm / 134 min. / 2007

123. Chak De India

Director – Shimit Amin
Hindi / Colour / 35 mm / 152 min. / 2007

124. Taare Jamin Par

Director – Amir Khan
Hindi / Colour / 35 mm / 2007

Chinese Films

125. GUN OF MERCY

Director - Xiao Feng
China / Colour / 35 mm / 92 min./ 2007

126. CALL FOR LOVE

Director - Zhang Jianya
China / Colour / 35 mm / 92 min. / 2007

127. THE SILENT HOLY STONES

Director - Wanma Caidan
China / Colour / 35 mm / 100 min. / 2005

128. A WORLD WITHOUT THIEVES

Director - Feng Xiaogang
China / Colour / 35 mm / 113 min. / 2004

129. THE COURT ON THE HORSEBACK

Director - Liu Jie
China / Colour / 35 mm / 90 min. / 2006

130. THE BANQUET

Director - Feng Xiaogang
China / Colour / 35 mm / 125 min. / 2006

131. FEARLESS

Director - Yu Rentai
China / Colour / 35 mm / 104 min. / 2006

132. Brick Lane (Opening Film)

Director – Sarah Gavron
UK / Colour / 35 mm / 101 mins / 2007

133. Aids Jaago

Director – Mira Nair
India-USA / Colour / 35 mm / 71 mins

134. Kissing Cousins

Amny Kaderali
USA / Colour / HD / 2007

135. The Pool

Director - Chris Smith
USA / Colour / DVD / 95 min. / 2007

136. Ocean of Pearls

Director – Sarab S. Neelam
USA / Colour / Beta Sp / 2007

137. The Marriage of Maria Braun

Director - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Germany / Colour / Digital / 120 min. /1979

138. Fontane Effi Briest

Director - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Germany / Colour / Digital /140 min. / 1977

139. Lola

Director - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Germany / Colour / Digital / 113 min. / 1981