| | The Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films is a biennial competitive event in film and video format and is organised by the Films Division a department of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. Of India, in close co- operation of State Govt. Of Maharashtra. Films Division is Asia's biggest documentary and short film producer, having to its credit innumerable films that have won laurels at home and abroad during the last fifty years. In this festival, outstanding films in various categories are selected by International Jury for Golden and Silver Conches with hefty cash prizes aggregating to 2.7 million Indian rupees (approx. US$ 60,000). The festival aims to serve as a platform where the film makers of the world can meet, exchange ideas , explore the possibility of co-production and market their films. The next festival, is 8th after its inauguration in 1990. | |
| | The programme includes documentaries, short and animation films comprising the following : Competition : Fiction, Non-Fiction and Animation films in film and Video (National), Video (International) formats. Information films. Retrospectives of selected International and Indian Documentary film makers.
International Film Market. Any film (including video film) can be registered in MIFF's International Film Market, irrespective of the year of production. All the films featuring in competition and information sections can also be registered. | |
