21st MAMI Mumbai Film Festival (2019 Edition) - Essentials
MAMI 2019 watchlist.
And like every year, the much-awaited MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is back in 2019, this time happening between 17 October and 24 October. And here is a list of must-watch films that every cinephile should catch by hook or crook. Means by booking a show at 8 in the morning on BookMyShow or waiting in a serpentine queue or by cheating the system or by pushing the person next to you to gain that one pass to the show. Whatever it takes, right?
Curated by me based on hype and buzz, performance in other film festivals around the world (chiefly TIFF, Venice, Cannes, Telluride, and Sundance), and sheer artistry. The first time I have added documentaries to my list.
For more updates and takes on the festival, check out my website - nair tejas dot com.
Last updated: 12 October 2019
And like every year, the much-awaited MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is back in 2019, this time happening between 17 October and 24 October. And here is a list of must-watch films that every cinephile should catch by hook or crook. Means by booking a show at 8 in the morning on BookMyShow or waiting in a serpentine queue or by cheating the system or by pushing the person next to you to gain that one pass to the show. Whatever it takes, right?
Curated by me based on hype and buzz, performance in other film festivals around the world (chiefly TIFF, Venice, Cannes, Telluride, and Sundance), and sheer artistry. The first time I have added documentaries to my list.
For more updates and takes on the festival, check out my website - nair tejas dot com.
Last updated: 12 October 2019
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- DirectorGeethu MohandasStarsNivin PaulyShashank AroraSanjana DipuA transgender child from Lakshadweep sets off to Mumbai in pursuit of Akbar, an elder brother who left the island due to his sexual orientation.AKA The Elder One. Opening film. First-ever Malayalam film to do so.
- DirectorNicholas KharkongorStarsSayani GuptaLin LaishramJimpa Sangpo BhutiaIn Delhi, friends from Northeast India prepare a pungent delicacy for a wedding party, sparking conflict and comedy with their unaccustomed neighbors.
- DirectorPradip KurbahStarsAlbert MawrieDenver PariatRichard KharpuriThe film portrays the lives of everyday people with everyday stories, not dignified as heroes, but nevertheless people who make the lives of each other better.
- DirectorSapna BhavnaniStarsLeila AdvaniLaj BadlaniChaho BharaSindhustan is the story of the largest migration of a culture in history told through ink (tattoos). NOW STREAMING WORLDWIDE ON MOVIESAINTS DOT COM / MOVIE / SINDHUSTAN
- DirectorNitin BhaskarStarsVitthal KaleVishnu JoshiPandurang PangamKAAJRO is story of Tilgya, belonging to an untouchable caste. His village is celebrating the annual festival of Dasshera, marking triumph of Lord Rama over Ravana i.e. good over bad. Tilgya's ailing wife dies while the celebration is on. He is debarred from participating in festival procession and is forced to leave the village with his wife's dead body.
- DirectorSunit SinhaStarsRaju KumarSiddhant NagMadhu Sagar'Ranj' is a story of a village youth, Amanpreet, who is driven to despair in a hostile big city.
- DirectorChandrasish RayChandrasish RayFriendship of a middle-aged man and his young project assistant on a job trip in the faraway mountains might pave a path of attachment for a lifetime in this heart-wrenching travel-drama.
- DirectorBhaskar HazarikaStarsLima DasArghadeep BaruahNeetali DasTwo chaste lovers bow down to social taboos and repress their feelings, but doing so pushes them towards a horrific crime.
- DirectorGitanjali RaoStarsCyli KhareAmit DeondiGargi ShitoleBOMBAY ROSE is a beautiful hand-painted animation created by award winning animator Gitanjali Rao. Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides.
- DirectorAchal MishraStarsAbhinav JhaMira JhaSatyam JhaA portrait of a large extended Indian family over several decades as they gather at the matriarch's rural home, following the inevitable rhythms of change, children moving away to the city, and the decay of traditional village life.
- DirectorYashaswini RaghunandanToymakers in a Bengal village prepare for an upcoming lunar eclipse.
- DirectorArati KadavStarsVikrant MasseyShweta TripathiNandu MadhavA young female astronaut, who joins a reclusive astronaut aboard a spaceship, struggles with her job as she interacts with mysterious Cargos that appear on the ship.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroAl PacinoJoe PesciAn illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.
- DirectorScott Z. BurnsStarsAdam DriverAnnette BeningJon HammIdealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.
- DirectorAlma Har'elStarsShia LaBeoufLucas HedgesNoah JupeA young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.
- DirectorJames GrayStarsBrad PittTommy Lee JonesRuth NeggaAstronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsFlorence PughJack ReynorVilhelm BlomgrenA couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
- DirectorJoanna HoggStarsNeil YoungTosin ColeJack McMullenA young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasAsier EtxeandiaLeonardo SbaragliaA film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsKris HitchenDebbie HoneywoodRhys McgowanHoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
- DirectorHarmony KorineStarsMatthew McConaugheySnoop DoggIsla FisherA rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsJonas DasslerVasiliki Georgina PseimadaChristine JensenA serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsAdam DriverScarlett JohanssonJulia GreerNoah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.
- DirectorNadav LapidStarsTom MercierQuentin DolmaireLouise ChevillotteA young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.