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{{Infobox film or theatre festival
| name = Mumbai Women's International Film Festival
| image =
| date = Annual event
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| language = International
| website = http://www.mwiff.com/
}}
'''Mumbai Women's International Film Festival''' (MWIFF) is an annual [[film festival]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] featuring films made by [[women directors]] and women technicians, and is one of the significant film festivals in Asia.

It is organised by [[Oculus Creations]] (A division of Dolphins Interactive Sciences Pvt.Ltd) which is run by a group of young media professionals and entrepreneurs, it also organised the [[Mumbai International Short Film Festival]] (MISFF) 2012.

==History==

The first edition of MWIFF was held in [[Mumbai]] from 8 to 14 October 2013. In its first edition the festival received around 450 films from which around 250 films were screened at different theatres in Mumbai. The festival had 7 categories namely [[Short Films]], [[Documentary Films]], PSA (Public Service Announcement), [[Feature Films]], World Cinebuster, World Panorama and [[World premiere|World Premiere]] to exhibit the works of the creative minds and give them a platform. The festival had launched the first ‘Fatma Begum’ Award in the name of the first women director of India. It also introduced the ‘Pink Carpet’ ceremony instead of the regular [[Red Carpet]] ceremony.
MWIFF 2013 had screened the films of top-notch Bollywood [[female directors]] which included ‘[[English Vinglish]]’ by [[Gauri Shinde]]; ‘You Don’t Get Life a Second Time’ by ''[[Zoya Akhtar]]''; ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' by ''[[Farah Khan]]''; ''[[Dhobighat]]'' by [[Kiran Rao]]; ''[[Talaash: The Answer Lies Within|Talaash]]'' by [[Reema Kagti]] and ''[[Firaaq]]'' by [[Nandita Das]].Since its inception the festival received a lot of appreciation for its initiatives. It was considered to be the biggest women's film festival in [[India]]. The festival honoured [[actor]]-[[Film director|director]] [[Nandita Das]], choreographer [[Saroj Khan]], singer [[Shibani Kashyap]], director [[Reema Kagti]] and [[Shaban Azmi]].
The festival had also conducted Masterclass and interactive session by industry professionals like writer Kamlesh Pandey, actor [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], writer and actor [[Piyush Mishra]], Director Alankrita Srivastava and director Barnali Ray Shukla on various topics of cinema.

The second Mumbai Women's International Film Festival (MWIFF) was held from 6 to 13 December 2014 in [[Mumbai]] at the 67-year-old historical venue, [[Liberty Cinema]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mumbai-womens-international-film-festival-ila-arun-charu-khurana-to-be-felicitated/516699-8-66.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150320075313/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mumbai-womens-international-film-festival-ila-arun-charu-khurana-to-be-felicitated/516699-8-66.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-03-20|title=Mumbai Women's International Film Festival: Ila Arun, Charu Khurana to be felicitated|work=IBNLive}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.filmsntv.com/2013/06/mumbai-womens-international-film.html|title=Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival launches this October|work=Films & TV World}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://animationgalaxy.in/Newsindetail.aspx?Dept=EvAw&PID=100|title=Calling For Mumbai Women's International Film Festival (MWIFF) 2013|last=Dube|first=Mukesh|date=11 June 2013|work=animationgalaxy.in|access-date=1 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820040613/http://animationgalaxy.in/Newsindetail.aspx?Dept=EvAw&PID=100|archive-date=20 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Highlights==
[[Open Air Screening]], film conference, networking parties, seminars and interactive sessions on important topics of cinema are held at the festival.
The festival focuses mainly on women in filmmaking. MWIFF in its first edition had a film category – ‘PSA’ completely for women that had films based on theme – ‘social cause of women’. The festival has this year introduced a Social campaign and film category – ‘City for Women’ to showcase films that depicts the bond between women and the city – ‘Mumbai’

== See also ==
* [[List of women's film festivals]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/mumbai-roots-for-women-in-cinema-at-international-film-fest/
|title=Mumbai roots for women in cinema at international film fest MWIFF 2013
|date=6 May 2013
|first=Shweta |last=Parande
|publisher=BollywoodLife.com
|accessdate=1 July 2013}}
*{{cite news
|url=http://www.eventfaqs.com/eventfaqs/wcms/en/home/news/Heading-Oculus-Creations-to-p-1370888422949.html
|title=Oculus Creations to premier Mumbai Women's International Film Festival
|first=Tina |last=Thakrar
|magazine=Event Faqs
|date= 11 June 2013
|accessdate=1 July 2013}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.mwiff.com/}}

[[Category:Festivals in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Women's film festivals]]
[[Category:Film festivals in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Film festivals established in 2013]]
[[Category:Film industry in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Women in India]]

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