Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) rated as one of the most important top five International events held around the globe.

9th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival, happening between February 3-9, 2006; will be an unique festival amalgamating short films, documentaries, animation and electronic films. For well over a decade, it has been playing a pivotal role in identifying and promoting newer vistas in the genre of cinema. MIFF has always been receptive to experimentation in form and content and recognizes the creative output of technological advancement. It is always a catalyst to spirit of competition and search for excellence and therefore it is currently rated as one of the most important top five International events out of 2500 such major events held around the globe. Probably this is the only documentary film festival offering a whopping amount of Rs.27.50 lakhs as the total prize money and around 500 films are screened during the festival.

This year besides the competition section, MIFF is coming up with a special packages & retrospectives for its delegates. For delegate registration & further details, all interested individuals/organisations may contact the registration unit of Films Division @ www.miffindia.org or mail to miff2006@gmail.com

RETROSPECTIVES & SPECIAL PACKAGES, MIFF 2006

• HOMAGE : MIFF pays homage to J.S. Bhownagary, N. S. Thapa, Vijay B. Chandra and Ms. Margaret Tait from UK, who contributed immensely to the documentary film movement and passed away in the recent past.

• RETROSPECTIVE OF THE JURY MEMBERS : As in the past we will be screening the best films of the Jury.

• HYBRID FORMS from GERMANY : New Trends in documentary films from Germany collected with the help of Goethe Institute, Germany.

• AUSTRALIAN FILMS : Excellent package of documentary films with a special emphasis on Aborigines made by indigenous filmmakers.

• FILMS ON FILMMAKERS : Films made on eminent filmmakers like Ingmar Bergman, John Grierson, Andrei Tarkovsky, Satyajit Ray, Buster Keaton, etc. put together with the help of National Film Archives, Pune.

• BEST OF STUDENTS’ FILMS : Films made by students from various film schools in India.

• FILMS FROM SAARC NATIONS : Best of documentary films from SAARC Nations such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, etc.

• OSCAR PACKAGE : Films which were either nominated or have won the Academy Awards will form part of this package.

• NID ANIMATION : Best of students’ animation films from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

• ZAGREB ANIMATION : Best of animation films from Zagreb Films, Croatia

• WOMEN IN ANIMATION, USA : Best of animation films from “Women in Animation”, a non-profit making organization from USA

• DOORDARSHAN CLASSICS : Short Fiction Films based on famous short stories, commissioned by Doordarshan.


• DOCUMENTARIES FROM IRAN : An exciting package of films from “Iranian Independents”.

• DANCE WITH CAMERA : A collection of films on different dance forms from various countries.

• PRE-INDEPENDENCE ERA : A package of Films Division films made during pre-independence period.


Report by Rajendra Joshi.