Mumbai Film Festival Gets Bigger and Better, Women Dominate

The 13th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival that kickstarted on Thursday, Oct. 13 has an impressive line-up of over 200 films from 60 countries. Almost half the films in the competition section are by women directors.

During the seven-day-long film festival, movie buffs will enjoy visual delights from renowned international directors like Lars Von Trier, Wim Wenders, Gus Van Sant and Bela Tarr.

Apart from this, the winners from the world's best film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin and Venice, will also be showcased during the festival.

Another surprising element of this year Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) is that from the 14 films, which is for first-time film directors, six films are by women filmmakers - truly a first for any classy film festival in the world.

The films include Julia Leigh's "Sleeping Beauty" from Australia, "History Only Exists When Remembered" by Julia Murat from Brazil/Argentina, "My Little Princess" by Eva Ionesco from France, "The Dead Sea" by Leena Manimekalai from India, "The Mirror Never Lies" by Kamila Andini from Indonesia and "She Monkeys" by Lisa Aschan from Sweden.