French film My Little Princess wins big at 13th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF)
The international competition Jury headed by Hugh Hudson sprung a surprise by awarding three top awards of the 13th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) to the French film MY LITTLE PRINCESS by Eva Ionesco side-lining the other strong contenders in competition like LAS ACACIAS by Pablo Giorgelli, and HISTÓRIAS QUE SÓ EXISTEM QUANDO SÃO LEMBRADAS by Julia Murat. The film won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress Awards and a cash purse of US $ 100,000.
The eight-day festival closed with a heart warmer 3D Hollywood film Dolphin Tale by Charles Martin Smith starring Morgan Freeman, and Ashley Judd. The film has done well at the US box office and will soon be released in India. The festival had also opened with the Bennett Miller directed Brad Pitt starrer Hollywood pic MONEYBALL.
The 13th Mumbai Film Festival, a Reliance Entertainment initiative organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), showcased over 200 films from 60 countries across various programming sections at Cinemax Versova, Cinemax Sion and Metro Big Cinemas.
Here is the list of awards: -
Lifetime achievement awards
International Morgan Freeman
National Gulzar
International Competition
The Golden Gateway Award and cash prize of US $ 100,000 for The Best Film My Little Princess by Eva Ionesco (France)
The Silver Gateway Award for Jury Grand Prize and cash prize of US $ 50,000 The Salesman (Le Vendeur) by Sebastien Pilote (Canada).
The Silver Gateway Award for Best Director Eva Ionesco for My Little Princess
The Silver Gateway Award for Best Actress Isabelle Huppert and Anamaria Vartolomei for My Little Princess
The Silver Gateway Award for Best Actor Gilbert Sicotte for The Salesman (Le Vendeur)
The Silver Gateway Jury Award for Technical Excellence Diego Poleri for Las Acacias
The Silver Gateway Special Jury Award Markus Schleinzer for Michael
The Mumbai Young Critics Silver Gateway Award Markus Schleinzer for Michael
Celebrate Age
The Silver Gateway Award and cash prize of Rs 50,000 for The Best Film Grandma, A Thousand Times (Teta, Alf Marra) by Mahmoud Kaabour (UAE, Qatar, Lebanon)
The Silver Gateway Award and cash prize of Rs 25,000 for the Second Best Film Fear of Falling by Bartosz Konopka (Poland)
The Celebrate Age Jury Award Certificate of Special Mention Zubin Sethna for The Usual (Wie Immer)
Dimensions Mumbai
The Silver Gateway Award and cash prize of Rs 100,000 for The Best Film Ameya Gore and Sunaina Mahadik for Facelift
The Silver Gateway Award and cash prize of Rs 50,000 for The Second Best Film Abhay Kumar for Life is a Beach
The Jury Special Mention Award Chinmaya Nagesh Dalvi for Bombay Snow Harshvir Oberai for The Circle Is Mine
RKS
