A collective of filmmakers in India have banded together to protest the cancellation of this year’s Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI), addressing their concerns to chairperson Priyanka Chopra. The event …
A collective of filmmakers in India have banded together to protest the cancellation of this year’sThe event had been due to run March 12-22 but,, organizers have made the decision to cancel the in-person event and replace it with a series of online screenings across the next two months. The fest cited “logistical and financial challenges” as the reason for the move.
“This news was a great disappointment to us. Some of us were officially selected in the 2020 edition, and had saved our India premieres for two years, waiting for this festival,” they wrote. “Others had turned down multiple other festivals in India in favour of MAMI. Some of us had paid submission fees to MAMI.
The letter concludes that the filmmakers are asking for physical screenings to be reinstated, noting that they are not asking for “extravagant organisation, awards, or ceremonies”.
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