Every film that has been selected in MAMI 2017 is possibly in a class of its own. “Undoubtedly the best film festival in India—227 films from 58 countries in 51 languages,” says Amit Khanna. However, since there is a limit to the number of films that one can view, here’s a list of recommended films. Picked from individual lists put up by reviewers such as Raja Sen, Aseem Chhabra, Mihir Fadvanis, and Ankur Pathak, and filmmakers such as Bijaya Jena. This ought to suffice for a general view.
24 Frames /Abbas Kiarostami
A Gentle Creature /Sergei Loznitsa
Ajji /Devashish Makhija
Ask The Sexpert /Vaishali Sinha
Bad Lucky Goat /Samir Oliveros
Beach rats /Eliza Hittman
Call Me By Your Name /Luca Guadagniono
Chavela /Catherine Gund
Centaur /Aktan Arym Kubat
City of Ghosts /Matthew Heineman
Devil’s Freedom /Everardo González
Felicity /
Funeral Parade Of Roses /
Good Time /Michael Mann
I am not a Witch /Rungano Nyoni
Last Flag Flying /Richard Linklater
Loveless /Andrey Zvyagintsev
Monterey Pop /D.A. Pennebaker
More /Onur Saylak
Mother! /Darren Aronofsky
Mukkabaaz /Anurag Kashyap
November /Rainer Sarnet
Oh Lucy! /Atsuko Hirayanagi
On Body and Soul (Testrol es lelekrol) /Ildikó Enyedi
On the Beach at Night Alone /Hong Sang Soo
Patti Cake$ /Geremy Jasper
Pushkar Puran /Kamal Swaroop
Ralang Road /Karma Takapa
Scary Mother (Sasiishi Deda) /Ana Urushadze
S Durga /Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
Stalker /Andrei Tarkovsky
Sweet Country /Warwick Thornton
The Florida Project /Sean Baker
Thelma /Joachim Trier
The Other Side of Hope /Aki Kaurismäki
The Party /Sally Potter
The Square /Ruben Ostlund
The Third Murder /Hirokazu Koreeda
The Wound /John Trengove
Village Rockstars /Rima Das
Wonderstruck /Todd Haynes
Zoo /Shlok Sharma
References
Ankur Pathak. Mumbai Film Festival 2017: Your Guide To Picking The Best Films From The Line-up. The Huffington Post. Sep 18, 2017
Aseem Chhabra, Five additions to your MAMI bucket list. The Hindu. Oct 04, 2017
Mihir Fadnavis. Curtain raiser: must-watch films at the 19th MAMI Film Festival. The Quint. Oct 13, 2017
Note: the 19th edition, Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival with Star, runs from October 12 to 18.
