As the buzz builds up to the 15th edition of
the Mumbai Film Festival, the just-announced list of jury members has raised
expectations even further. Featuring a heady mix of some of the finest film
makers, actors and connoisseurs, the fest is set to be bigger come October.
Heading the International Competition jury as
the president will be director Bruce Beresford, whose 1989 film Driving Miss
Daisy won the Academy Award for the Best Film.
He was also nominated for Best Director in 1984 for Tender Mercies. This
jury also boasts of more world class talents in the French actress Nathalie
Baye, multi-faceted artist who has worked with the likes of Godard and
Truffaut. There is Masato Harada too, renowned Japanese actor - director of The
Last Samurai fame and our own Konkana Sen Sharma, who’s given us memorable
films such as Mr and Mrs Iyer and Omkara.
The India Gold 2013 Competition section jury
is equally eminent, with the Academy Award winning Iranian director Asghar
Farhadi heading the Jury panel as President. By his side will be the man behind
the acclaimed film Osama (2004) which won him an Academy award nomination,
Siddiq Barmark. More names on this list include acclaimed British
actor/director Waris Hussein of Doctor Who and Passage to India fame, Jill
Bilcock
The 15th Mumbai Film Festival will take place
from the 17th – 24, October 2013 and will be held at Metro Cinema and Liberty
Cinemas as the main festival venues and Cinemax, Andheri (West) as the
satellite venue.
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