Mumbai International Film Festival 2024: Focus on animation, documentary production market
Among the highlights of the Films Division’s biannual event is a retrospective of legendary animation director Jiri Trnka.
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The 18th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival will commence on June 15 with a documentary production market and a celebration of animation. The weeklong, government-funded showcase of documentaries, short films and animated productions includes a DOC Film Bazaar and a selection of animated movies by legendary Czech director Jiri Trnka.
The focus on Trnka will be complemented by animated films from France, Slovenia, Argentina and Greece. The competition section includes Mumbai-based director Vaibhav Kumaresh’s debut feature Return of the Jungle.
Among the masterclasses is a session conducted by American animator Rahul Babu Kannikara as well as a discussion with Kumaresh, Charuvi Agarwal and Ketan Mehta about the process involved in making animated movies. Also in the programme: a presentation by Swiss animation director Georges Schwizgebel, and a discussion on Jiri Trnka’s use of puppets in his craft by French filmmaker Olivier Catherin.
The international documentary competition includes Sarvnik Kaur’s Against the Tide, about two fishermen struggling to survive in Mumbai, and Nishtha Jain’s The Golden Thread, which explores the few remaining jute mills in Kolkata. Film and Television Institute of India student Chidanand S Naik’s Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know, which picked up the...
