In an era where we love movies- a reflection of our lives, and as the perfect entertainers and stress busters, here is an exclusive festival dedicated to movies and the movie lover in every one of us! Book your dates for the Jio Mami 19th Mumbai film Festival With Star that focuses on the world of movies and the joy that it adds to our lives!
What’s special for kids:
Children’s movies are an integral part of any film festival and here is an opportunity you wouldn’t want to miss with your little movie buffs!
Stay tuned for Half Ticket- A window to the world of children and young adults’ cinema!
The Mumbai Film Festival, this year presents an exclusive list of curated films for children by filmmaker and curator Samina Mishra. Samina Mishra is a documentary filmmaker, writer and teacher based in New Delhi, with a special interest in media for and about children, and in the ways that the arts can be included in education.
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What’s in store?
- Half Ticket- promises  14 India Premieres, 7 Asian Premieres & 2 World Premieres and is a year round programme.
- The curated section brings a variety of acclaimed films from across the world to children and young adults to introduce them to a world beyond theirs and experience diverse cinema cultures.
- This section acquaints children with, perhaps, their very first experience with new cultures, countries, and languages, allowing them to travel the world sitting in a theatre.
- Just like previous years, films programmed in the Half Ticket competitive section (both features and shorts) will be judged by a Jury of Children and Young Adults.
- The Half Ticket competitive section features the most outstanding, imaginative and compelling features and shorts; live action, documentary and animation ï¬_x0081_lms for young audiences, produced in the current year for children’s jury awards.
The Hand of Friendship
In its 3rd edition, the section can now boast of a package based on a theme. The idea is to not only programme the best of latest cinema but also fertilise young mind with ideas. The first in this series is The Hand Of Friendship.
The Hand of Friendship is a theme based package of films curated by Samina Mishra that includes a mix of old and new films that reflect the myriad ways in which children form bonds of friendship - with peers, with animals, with objects.
This year the academy has also decided to spread this section across the year. There will be screenings, workshops and special screenwriting boot camps of Half Ticket through the year.
When & Where?
The public screenings of Half Ticket are slotted for the 14th & 15th of October at PVR -Phoenix, Lower Parel.
How to register?
Click on this link to register for the movie festival.
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All the registered delegates of MAMIÂ (Full Festival)Â or weekend badge holders can register their child for Half Ticket.
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