Mumbai 2005

At this international festival, among a selection of recent Indian films, the FIPRESCI jury chose to prize Amu, the first feature film by Shonali Bose. Details of the prize

Reports:

Old and New Cinematic Voices from Mumbai. Premendra N. Mazumder thinks, on the evidence of the 2005 Mumbai Festival, that it will become 'the most attractive, important and glamorous event on the subcontinent.'

English-speaking films in the Indian competition. On the evidence of the 2005 Mumbai Festival, Matthieu Darras worries that Indian cinema may become, disproportionally, dominated by films in English.

In Memory of the Victims of the Events of 1984. Safaa Elaisy Haggag is impressed by Amu, the first film by Shonali Bose, which links the personal tragedy of a girl whose father was killed to the general one of the massacre of the Sikhs in 1984.