| Location | Mumbai, India |
|---|---|
| Festival date | Annual event |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.mwiff.com/ |
Mumbai Women's International Film Festival (MWIFF) is an annual film festival inMumbai, India featuring films made bywomen directors and women technicians, and is one of the significant film festivals in Asia.
It is organised byOculus Creations (A division of Dolphins Interactive Sciences Pvt.Ltd) which is run by a group of young media professionals and entrepreneurs, it also organised theMumbai International Short Film Festival (MISFF) 2012.
The first edition of MWIFF was held inMumbai from 8 to 14 October 2013. In its first edition the festival received around 450 films from which around 250 films were screened at different theatres in Mumbai. The festival had 7 categories namelyShort Films, Documentary Films, PSA (Public Service Announcement), Feature Films, World Cinebuster, World Panorama andWorld premiere to exhibit the works of the creative minds and give them a platform. The festival had launched the first ‘Fatma Begum’ Award in the name of the first women director of India. It also introduced the ‘Pink Carpet’ ceremony instead of the regularRed Carpet ceremony.MWIFF 2013 had screened the films of top-notch Bollywoodfemale directors which included ‘English Vinglish’ byGauri Shinde; ‘You Don't Get Life a Second Time’ byZoya Akhtar;Om Shanti Om byFarah Khan;Dhobighat byKiran Rao;Talaash byReema Kagti andFiraaq byNandita Das.Since its inception the festival received a lot of appreciation for its initiatives. It was considered to be the biggest women's film festival in India. The festival honoured actor-directorNandita Das, choreographerSaroj Khan, singerShibani Kashyap, directorReema Kagti andShaban Azmi.The festival had also conducted Masterclass and interactive session by industry professionals like writer Kamlesh Pandey, actorNawazuddin Siddiqui, writer and actorPiyush Mishra, Director Alankrita Srivastava and director Barnali Ray Shukla on various topics of cinema.
The second Mumbai Women's International Film Festival (MWIFF) was held from 6 to 13 December 2014 inMumbai at the 67-year-old historical venue,Liberty Cinema.[1][2][3]
Open Air Screening, film conference, networking parties, seminars and interactive sessions on important topics of cinema are held at the festival.The festival focuses mainly on women in filmmaking. MWIFF in its first edition had a film category – ‘PSA’ completely for women that had films based on theme – ‘social cause of women’. The festival has this year introduced a Social campaign and film category – ‘City for Women’ to showcase films that depicts the bond between women and the city – ‘Mumbai’
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