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As the city's most eagerly awaited cultural event, the 14th Mumbai Film Festival, presented by Reliance Entertainment and American Express and organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (Mami) draws closer, it has been revealed that this edition of the festival will conclude with the screening of Blancanieves as its Closing Film. Blancanieves, a 2012 black-and-white silent Spanish drama film directed by Spanish auteur Pablo Berger is the official Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013. Having premiered at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, the film won the Special Jury Prize and an ex-aequo Best Actress 'Silver Shell' Award for Macarena García at the 2012 San Sebastian International Film Festival. Mumbai Film Festival is the third film festival where the film is set to be showcased. Blancanieves is set in a romantic vision of 1920's Andalusia and depicts the original story in a new and culturally specific context.
- 10/13/2012
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
14th Mumbai Film Festival will close with the screening of Blancanieves (Snow White), a black-and-white silent Spanish drama film directed by Spanish auteur Pablo Berger.
The film is the official Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.
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. Mumbai Film Festival is the third only film festival where the film is set to be showcased.
Having earned praise at the two international film festivals, Blancanieves is set in a romantic vision of 1920’s Andalusia and depicts the original story in a new and culturally specific context. The film inspires a strong sense of cinematic nostalgia and has been rumored to be a tribute to 1920’s European silent films, liberally mixing humor and melodrama.
The film is the official Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.
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. Mumbai Film Festival is the third only film festival where the film is set to be showcased.
Having earned praise at the two international film festivals, Blancanieves is set in a romantic vision of 1920’s Andalusia and depicts the original story in a new and culturally specific context. The film inspires a strong sense of cinematic nostalgia and has been rumored to be a tribute to 1920’s European silent films, liberally mixing humor and melodrama.
- 10/13/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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