Imphal: The 17th Mumbai International Film Festival opened with ‘Meiram’, a Manipuri documentary film by James Khangembam on May 29, Sunday, at Nehru Centre Auditorium, where homage was paid to ace cinematographer Irom Maipak who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
The national award-winning Manipuri cinematographer was amongst those who were remembered with special screenings under ‘Homage’ section. Besides Maipak, legendary Pin screen Animator from Canada Jacques Drouin, first female documentary filmmaker of Italy Cecilia Mangini, Indian veteran Buddhadeb Dasgupta and multi-faceted Sumitra Bhave were also mentioned.
Also known as MIFF, the seven-day festival pegged as the largest documentary film festival of the world, presenting a kaleidoscope of World Cinema promises to induce qualitative as well as diverse content in the current edition, featuring 808 film-entries from 30 countries.
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