2024 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival - Watchlist
My personal MAMI 2024 watchlist.
The much-awaited MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is back in 2024, although for a shorter duration. This time it's happening between 19 October and 24 October. That's just 6 days compared to 10 days last year.
And here is a list of must-watch films that I hope to catch this year. I'll do that by booking a show at 8 in the morning on BookMyShow or waiting in a serpentine queue for a festival favorite or by cheating the system (how?). Whatever it takes, right?
Curated based on hype and buzz, performance in other film festivals around the world (chiefly TIFF, Venice, Cannes, Telluride, and Sundance), and personal bias.
For more updates and takes on the MAMI festival, check out my website, tejasnair.com.
The much-awaited MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is back in 2024, although for a shorter duration. This time it's happening between 19 October and 24 October. That's just 6 days compared to 10 days last year.
And here is a list of must-watch films that I hope to catch this year. I'll do that by booking a show at 8 in the morning on BookMyShow or waiting in a serpentine queue for a festival favorite or by cheating the system (how?). Whatever it takes, right?
Curated based on hype and buzz, performance in other film festivals around the world (chiefly TIFF, Venice, Cannes, Telluride, and Sundance), and personal bias.
For more updates and takes on the MAMI festival, check out my website, tejasnair.com.
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- DirectorPayal KapadiaStarsKani KusrutiDivya PrabhaChhaya KadamIn Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.Opening film
- DirectorSean BakerStarsMikey MadisonPaul WeissmanLindsey NormingtonAnora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.Closing film
- DirectorSandhya SuriStarsShahana GoswamiSunita RajwarPratibha AwasthyNewly widowed Santosh inherits her husband's job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a girl's body is found, she's pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.UK's Oscar submission in the Foreign Language film cat
- DirectorAaron SchimbergStarsSebastian StanRenate ReinsveAdam PearsonAn aspiring actor undergoes a radical medical procedure to transform his appearance. But his dream new face soon turns into a nightmare.A24. Need I say anything more?
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsYunhee ChoKwon Hae-hyoIsabelle HuppertA French woman drinks makgeolli in Korea after losing her means of income, then teaches French to two Korean women.
- DirectorYe LouStarsHao QinXiaorui MaoXi QiJanuary 2020. A film crew reunites near Wuhan to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier, only to share the unexpected challenges as cities are placed under lockdown.Cannes premiere, 2020 lockdown flashbacks
- DirectorDea KulumbegashviliStarsIa SukhitashviliKakha KintsurashviliMerab NinidzeNina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite risks.
- DirectorHalfdan Ullmann TøndelStarsRenate ReinsveEllen Dorrit PetersenØystein RøgerArmand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school.Cannes acclaim
- DirectorTyler TaorminaStarsMatilda FlemingMaria DizziaBen ShenkmanOn Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsMasaki SudaKotone FurukawaDaiken OkudairaYoshii, a young man who resells goods online, finds himself at the center of a series of mysterious events that put his life at risk.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsZoe SaldanaKarla Sofía GascónSelena GomezEmilia Pérez follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.Mainstream but will be a treat on the big screen
- DirectorIndia DonaldsonStarsLily ColliasSumaya BouhbalValentine BlackDuring a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
- DirectorRich PeppiattStarsMóglaí BapMo CharaDJ PróvaiWhen fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.Groovy but already out on international VOD
- DirectorAlain GuiraudieStarsFélix KysylCatherine FrotJacques DevelayReturning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot's shady intentions.
- DirectorRungano NyoniStarsSusan ChardyRoy ChishaBlessings BhamjeeOn an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
- DirectorEvan JohnsonGalen JohnsonGuy MaddinStarsCate BlanchettRolando RavelloCharles DanceThe leaders of seven wealthy democracies get lost in the woods while drafting a statement on a global crisis, facing danger as they attempt to find their way out.Cate Blanchett!
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsJulianne MooreTilda SwintonJohn TurturroIngrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.Golden Lion at Venice
- DirectorCoralie FargeatStarsDemi MooreMargaret QualleyDennis QuaidA fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.Breakthrough body horror. Imagine this at Regal?
- DirectorKanu BehlStarsManoj BajpayeeArrchita AgarwaalShahana GoswamiNews has turned digital, leaving veteran crime journalist Joy at the cusp of irrelevance. Determined to break the next big story and refashion his complicated personal life, Joy embarks on a relentless odyssey through the heart and gut of Mumbai, stumbling into its darkest corners.
- DirectorImtiaz AliArif AliRima DasStarsArka DasArushi SharmaKat StewartThe film presents an authentic anthology exploring race, gender, sexuality, and disability through diverse stories by emerging Australian filmmakers.
- DirectorNirad N. MahapatraStarsKishori DeviSampad MahapatraManaswiniThe story is of a family, where three generations live under a decaying roof. The film is about certain emotional bonds which make up a way of life and the painful realization that they can not last.
- DirectorGirish KasaravalliStarsNarayan BhattRamaswamy IyengarJanganathA young Brahmin Vedic school student, who is from an aristocratic family, befriends his school master's daughter who is a pregnant widow. The boy tries but fails in concealing his friend's pregnancy. The widow has an abortion forced on her, has the eponymous ritual performed on her and is excommunicated. The student returns home as his school shuts down.
- DirectorArun BhattaraiDorottya ZurbóStarsSarita ChettriDophu DemAmber Kumar GurungAmber, a happiness agent, travels the Bhutanese Himalayas surveying people's happiness. On his remote mountain journey, he searches for fulfillment.
- DirectorShuchi TalatiStarsPreeti PanigrahiKani KusrutiKesav Binoy KironAt a strict boarding school in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. However, her sexual awakening is cut short by her protective mother, who never got to experience the same liberating process of maturation.Sundance biggie and Kani Kusruti!
- DirectorKonstantin BojanovStarsAnasuya SenguptaOmaraAuroshikha DeyAfter killing a cop in a Delhi brothel, Renuka takes refuge in a northern India community of sex workers. There, she begins a forbidden romance with the 17-year-old Devika. Against all odds, they try to forge their path to freedom.Cannes biggie!
