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Jafar Panahi the acclaimed filmmaker from Iran, who was to be on the jury for the international competition of first films, at the 11th Mumbai Film Festival, was not allowed to leave the country
Star-studded: True film aficionados are looking forward to the five-film retrospective by Greek master Theo Angelopoulos, who will be here in time for the closing film u2014 his latest Dust of Time u2014 and to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award from MAMI. The other film great to be honoured this year is Shashi Kapoor, who has so far turned down all such awards.u00a0 The rest of the film community is awaiting the arrival of Paul Schrader, whose script of Taxi Driver is enough to guarantee immortality, but his filmography is studded with gems. Fans will hang on to his every word.
The opener: The 11th MAMI Festival opens today with Steven Soderbergh's Matt Damon starrer The Informant. His other new film The Girlfriend Experience is also part of the Festival. What can we say, but 'wish you were here.'
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