MUMBAI: Blancanieves, the 2012 black-and-white silent Spanish drama has been named to be the closing film of the upcoming 14th Mumbai Film Festival, organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image.
The film, directed by Spanish auteur Pablo Berger, has been named the official Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.
Carmen (Macarena Garcia) is a beautiful young woman with a childhood tormented by her terrible stepmother, Encarna (Maribel Verdu). Running from her past, Carmen, will undertake an exciting journey accompanied by her new friends: a troupe of dwarves Toreros. An original vision of a classic tale, it is set in the south of Spain in the 20‘s, full of adventure, excitement and humor. With a surprise ending in Blancanieves, we discover that life is not like in the stories.
Having premiered at the prestigious Toronto festival, the film won the Special Jury Prize and an ex-aequo Best Actress Silver Shell award for Macarena García at the 2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival.
The Mumbai Film Festival promises to feature a lineup of over 230 movies with special event segments dedicated to French, Italian, Afghan and Indian cinema as well as silent films accompanied by a live orchestra.
The 14th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival will be held from the 18th – 25th October, 2012 at National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and Inox, Nariman Point, Liberty Cinemas, Marine Lines as the main festival venues and Cinemax, Andheri and Cinemax Sion as the satellite venues.
