๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ 'Indie เค เคกเฅเคกเคพ' - ''A Celebration of Art, Emotions and the everlasting magic of the Movies"
๐๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐?
๐ท๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ โ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก?
๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐!
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ -2024 ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
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๐๐๐3 ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:
MICFF is the only festival in India which gone completely live at the physical venue (PVR ICON, Versova) at the heart of the Bollywood capital Mumbai on 15th March'23.
Ace lyricist, writer, playback singer, actor and ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ, National Award winning Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee & national Award Winning Writer-Director-Producer Batul Mukhtiar marked their presence at ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป March 15๐๐ต' ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ3 at PVR, Versova, Mumbai.
Actors and ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ alumnus ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฏ,๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐๐ซ,
๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข, ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ, ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ were also a huge support at MICFF.
This successful screening and huge participation by the filmmakers across the world reflects that cinema is more alive than ever. It remains unique, irreplaceable. Thanks to those who make it, those who give it life and those who receive it and make it glorious. The challenge has been never so compelling. We will see it soon: Cinema is not dead, itโs not even sick.
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๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐
A Celebration of Art, Emotions and the everlasting magic of the Movies...
Mumbai International Cult Film Festival (MICFF INDIA) is a non-profit annual live screening film festival established in 2019 by its founder, renowned Theatre/ Film Actress,Writer & alumnus of National School Of Drama (NSD) Sunita Rajwar. MICFF INDIA is dedicated to nurturing filmmakers and audiences, and to celebrating the power of a good story. The festival focuses on the people, ideas, technology, skills and artistry behind filmmaking and provides both entertaining and educational opportunities to the public and filmmakers from all over the world.
The Mission of this project is to discover exceptional art-house cult cinema from all over the world. The project has been initiated to provide a supportive platform for the exceptionally talented independent cult filmmakers who have taken the risk of making offbeat films. Another important aspect of this project is to introduce more people to cult cinema and develop a permanent audience base.
What weโre looking for? Prolific art-house shortfilms, which can be in the form of narrative (fiction) or documentary (non-fiction).
The festivalโs aim is to provide a platform for filmmakers who donโt necessarily have a large budget, but a vision and an important story to tell. Through our careful selection process our goal is to showcase a wide variety of genres and styles to cinema fans and fellow international filmmakers.
The MICFF is an annual live screening event that will take place on 15th March 2024 at PVR Cinemas (A Great film venue located in the Bollywood capital & the city of dreams, Mumbai). Officially Nominated Top 3 Films from each Award Categories will be screened to a live audience at the Theatre and will compete with each other for MICFF INDIA - 2024 Best of the category Awards.
The agenda of MICFF is to make sure that Independent cinema remains fashionable and commercially viable. MICFF INDIA in a unique festival of cultural carnival iced with a film festival where films are awarded on merit by the specially appointed Micff India Jury. MICFF is honoured and privileged to have an eminent jury panel headed by prominent Indian Theatre & Flim personalities:
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ : Known for her work in both art-house and commercial films, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a young widow in Woh Chokri (1994). She received Filmfare,IIFA & Lions Gold Award for her breakthrough performance in the film 'Badhaai Ho' (2019) & Web Series 'Panchayat'. Neena Gupta has made appearances in several international films, such as Gandhi (1982),The Deceivers (1988), Mirza Ghalib (1989) In Custody (1993), and Cotton Mary (1999). She also made an impression in Indian parallel cinema such as Mandi (1983), Rihaee (1988), Drishti (1990), Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992) & Cult Classic 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' (1983).
BATUL MUKHTIAR : Batul Mukhtiar, an award-winning multi-genre director, writer and producer, works in Mumbai since over 25 years.
Her feature film KAPHAL shot in a remote village of Garhwal with local children, won the National Award for Best Children's Film, Golden Lotus National Award for Best Childrenโs Film 2014 and Best Director, Live Action at the Golden Elephant ICFFI 2013. It was nominated at Zlin FF 2014 for Best Children's Film under Childrenโs Jury Main Prize and Golden Slippers.
Batul has recently produced and directed a mid-length independent feature, MUMU SHELLEY. Currently, she is working on a feature - CARPOOL.
She also works as a producer on international documentaries for BBC, Channel 4, Netflix, Al Jazeera, Arte, CBC, NatGeo, YLE & VPRO.
Batul served on the National Award Jury 2015 and on juries at FTII, NID, Films Division, IDPA, Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, Toto Fund for Arts and MAMI Half-Ticket amongst others.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ : Having won four ITA Awards & Zee Awards for best Actress, Achint Kaur is a seasoned professional who has 51 credits to her name in Film and Television projects including Dan Sefton's, 'The Good Karma Hospital'. She also recently appeared in the play "2 to Tango, 3 to Jive", Written & Directed by National award winner, screen award, and IIFA award winner Bollywood actor Saurabh Shukla.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ : A National School of Drama alumnus & Filmfare Award winner Sunita Rajwar is a seasoned professional who has career span over 25 years in TV, Web-Series, films and major stage productions. Sunita Rajwar is also a writer well known for critically acclaimed movie, 'Striker' (2010) & Script Assistant for film 'Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh' (2005). As an Actor she was nominated in Breakthrough Performance - in Supporting Role for 'Ek Chalis Ki Last Local' (2007). Her recent films are 'Kedarnath', 'Stree', 'Bala' and 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'. Sunita won Filmfare, Screen & Iconic Gold Awards for TVF Web Series 'Gullak' Season 2 & Panchayat Season -2 , as Best Supporting Actor in comic role.
The jury will judge films in 15 Competition Categories at the
4th Edition of Mumbai International Cult Film Festival.
We look forward to putting on a artistic event located in capital of Bollywood, Mumbai.
We are now open for submissions for our 2023 edition!
So far all film festivals were by the elites, for the elites. We have taken the initiative to open it for young, creative, small town, middle class filmmakers from around the world.
Our panel of judges will shortlist nominees of each category for the Official Selection. The selected few from the Official Selection will be screened to a live audience at the PVR Cinemas, Juhu Mumbai. All films in the official selection will compete for awards in the following categories:
๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ :
๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
โข ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐โ๐๐๐ก ๐น๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐โ๐๐๐ก ๐น๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
โข ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ผ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก ๐น๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ผ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก ๐น๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ :
๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
โข ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ก ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ก ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ :
๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง
โข ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐น๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐น๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐ฟ๐ค๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ :
๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
โข ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ท๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ท๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ:
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ป๐ธ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
โข ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ฟ๐บ๐ต๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ฟ๐บ๐ต๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ:
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
โข ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
โข ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ธ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก ๐น๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐ธ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐๐ค๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ:
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ง๐ค ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ:
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ก
โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐
* Officially nominated top 25 Films from above mentioned competition categories will be screened to a live audience and will compete with each other for MICFF INDIA - 2024 for Best of the category Awards & Trophies.
*Not all selected films will be screened. Nominated films selected for screening will be notified via email. If you received a official selection email, but no screening email, it means your film will not be screened, but is still a contender for an award in its category.
* Best & 2nd Best films from each of our Officially Nominated category receives a prestigious MICFF Award in recognition of their talents and achievements @ MICFF 2024. There is also a 'Special Jury Mention' in each of above competition categories. All other Selected, semi finalists, finalists & Official Nominations will receive MICFF Laurels and customized Certificates.
All films Submitted for MICFF INDIA go through the rigorous process of elimination and selection before finding their place in the live screening event.
๐๐ค๐ฉ๐: ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ :-
a] ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต (Eligibility List) : [qualifies to be ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ under competition category for MicffIndia Awards with live screening at the festival.
b] ๐บ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ป : [shortlisted films from official selection to be ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ under competition category for MicffIndia Awards with live screening at the festival]
c] ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ป : [shortlisted films from Semi-Finalist to be ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ under competition category for MicffIndia Awards with live screening at the festival]
d] ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ๐ต๐จ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต : [Officially Nominated films under competition category for MicffIndia Awards with live screening at the festival]
Once Nominated, it is decided which film will be screened in competition with around top 35-50 usually being selected and screened out of competition.
๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ/๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก/๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ/๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐
๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐จ :
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐
*Officially Selected Films will be automatically qualified to compete with each other in the above listed Award Categories.
*Student Film: This category is for only student filmmakers thus, the film must be made entirely by students. Evidence of a student card and an email confirmation from a head of department is a must.
*The filmmakers will have a chance to meet with the audience and participate in Q&A after the screening.
*Award winners list will be published in our official website - https://www.micffindia.com, Facebook, Instagram & Twitter.