MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL CULT FILM FESTIVAL

𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐅𝐅 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 'Indie अड्डा' - ''A Celebration of Art, Emotions and the everlasting magic of the Movies"

𝑆𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚?
𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑡?
𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞!
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑴𝑰𝑪𝑭𝑭 -2024 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏

𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐅𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐3 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋:
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 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗲, National Award winning Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee & national Award Winning Writer-Director-Producer Batul Mukhtiar marked their presence at 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗙𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗼𝗻 March 15𝘁𝗵' 𝟮𝟬𝟮3 at PVR, Versova, Mumbai.

Actors and 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐎𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 alumnus 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯,𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐰𝐚𝐫,
𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐊𝐮𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢, 𝐆𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐭, 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐯 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫, 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭, 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐮 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚 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, it’s not even sick.
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𝗠𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟
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 we’re looking for? Prolific art-house shortfilms, which can be in the form of narrative (fiction) or documentary (non-fiction).
The festival’s aim is to provide a platform for filmmakers who don’t 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:

𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐆𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐀 : 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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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.

𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐀𝐔𝐑 : 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.

𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐖𝐀𝐑 : 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.