<span style="color: #222222;">Celebration of films at the 17th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival will begin today at 5 PM. at Nehru Centre Auditorium, Worli, Mumbai.<br />''<br />''Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal,will be the Chief Guest at the inaugural ceremony.<br />''<br />''The inaugural ceremony will be presided by Dr. L. Murugan, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying. Minister of State for Railways, Coal & Mines Raosaheb Patil Danve; Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment Ramdas Athawale ; Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Kapil Moreshwar Patil, Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, and Eminent Film Maker Shaji N Karun. Secretary of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Apurva Chnadra, will be the special guest of the event.<br />''<br />''MIFF is scheduled to be held from 29th May to 04th June 2022  and will celebrate documentary, short fiction and animation films from across the globe in hybrid mode.<br />''<br />''A Report<br />''<br />''The oldest and largest film festival for non-feature films in South Asia, which began in 1990 is organized by the Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.<br />''<br />''Apart from competition and non-competition sections, interactive sessions like workshops, master classes, and open forum and B2B sessions are some of the major highlights of the coming edition of MIFF.<br />''<br />''An array of exciting and enlightening sessions with the master of crafts will also be held with masters like Resul Pookutty,  Prasoon Joshi, Subbiah Nalla Muthu and  Carter Pilcher during the festival. Meiram – The Fireline", the documentary from Manipur is the opening film in documentary category.<br />''<br />''In MIFF the most prestigious award for the Best Film of the Festival carries a Golden Conch and a cash prize of Rs.10 Lakh which is one of the highest in the Asian Region.<br />''<br />''17th edition of MIFF is special in many aspects. There will be screening of 119 Films in National and International Competition category and 264 films in the non-competition category. </span><br />