Mumbai 2003

Adoor Gopalakrishnan, the wellknown Kerala filmmaker, received the International Critics' Prize at the International Film Festival of Mumbai, for his latest film "Shadow Kill", the psychological, social and political study of a hangman. The festival, organized by the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image, had this year introduced a new competition dedicated to new Indian feature films. Our jury awarded as well a Special Mention, to "Freaky Chakra" by V.K.Prakash.

Details of the Prize

"Shadow Kill". Madhu Eravankara reviews Adoor Gopalakrischnan's film.
"Song, Music and Dance". "There is much more space for music and dance even in a cinema of social concern as we would expect", writes Till Brockman
"Back from Mumbai". Yves Thoraval, who recently published The Cinemas of India: 1896-2001, comments on the festival and asks the question: What about the Indian 'autheur cinema' today?