Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Chairperson, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival & Isha Ambani declared the festival open with the master ceremony

A meticulously curated line-up of the best in global and South Asian cinema will present over 250 films spread over 10 days from October 27 to November 5. The curation boasts over 40 World Premieres, 45 Asia Premieres, and 70+ South Asia Premieres, with a record-breaking number of 1000+ submissions for the South Asia programme

The jury for this year’s Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival’s South Asia Competition includes Academy-Award nominated film director Mira Nair as Head of Jury, David Michod, the critically acclaimed director of crime drama Animal Kingdom and The Rover, New York-based multi-talented filmmaker on the indie scene Isabel Sandoval, and acclaimed artistic director Edouard Waintrop

Bhumi Pednekar as the brand ambassador for Dimensions Mumbai - a short film competition on the theme of Mumbai City for filmmakers across India, presented the awards to the winners along with the Dimensions Jury Shahana Goswani, Anvitaa Dutt & Shriya Pilgaonkar. Dimensions Mumbai Gold Award winner is Nightingales in the Cocoon by Praveen Giri and Dimensions Mumbai Silver Award winner is Halfway by Kumar Chheda

JiO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival has collaborated with IMDb to set up the portrait studio for the first time in India. Talent like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, Sonam Kapoor, Mira Nair were seen at the IMDb portrait studio. This year the festival has also introduced IMDb Audience Choice Award, to honor the most popular title at the festival, with the winning filmmaker receiving a cash prize of 15 lacs. The opening ceremony had representation from all the festival partners including Jio, Reliance Foundation, PVR Inox, Turkish Airlines, Film AlUla, NEOM, IMDb and Royal Stag