‘Again The Tide’, ‘Bahadur’ and ‘Agra’ Win Top Awards at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

Documentary by Sarvnik Kaur Against the current won the Golden Gateway Award at this year’s Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, while the Silver Gateway Award to Bahadur – The Brave, Directed by Diwa Shah. The jury’s special prize went to Kanu Behl Agra.

Against the current The series follows two fishermen who struggle to feed their families as the sea becomes more hostile due to climate change. Bahadur – The Brave revolves around Nepali migrant workers during the lockdown imposed in India due to the coronavirus pandemic.

AgraThe film, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year, is the story of a young Indian man who tries to cope with cramped living conditions, sexual repression and a dysfunctional family to carve out his own place in the world.

The jury of the South Asia competition was chaired by Mira Nair and also included Australian filmmaker David Michod, Filipino filmmaker and actress Isabel Sandoval and French critic and festival director Edouard Waintrop.

The Film Critics Guild Gender Sensitivity Award was presented along with other juries at the festival A house called Shahana (Barir name Shahana), Directed by: Leesa Gazi.

The Rashid Irani Young Critics’ Choice Award went to Shahrukhkhan Chavada what is the color (Kayo Kayo color?), while the NETPAC prize was awarded tranceThe film was directed by Dominic Sangma, who received the Cultural Diversity Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards the same night.

Civic Studios’ Light Camera Impact Award went to two non-films focusing on the themes of climate, sexuality and caste black holedirected by Pradyumna Patil and dedication (Prana Pratishthana) by Pankaj Sonawane. Bleeding man by Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar received a special mention in this category.

The IMDb Audience Choice Award went on The monk and the weaponIt was directed by Bhutanese filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji.

While the award ceremony took place on November 3 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center (NMACC), the festival will continue with performances till November 5. Priscilla played as the final film in November. 3

During its first edition, the festival faced some operational problems and returned as an in-person event after the pandemic, with problems related to the online ticketing system and a lack of suitable hotel rooms for international guests. What didn’t help was the fact that some World Cup cricket matches were happening in Mumbai at the same time.

But both international guests and local audiences praised the programme, which this year shifted its focus from Indian to South Asian films and also presented a strong program of current international festival films.

Another highlight of the festival was the master classes by Mira Nair, Mani Ratnam, Luca Guadagnino, David Michod and Priyanka Chopra, who is also the chairman of the Mumbai Film Festival.