"Road To Istanbul", a 92-minute long movie, talks about the issue of young Europeans converting to Islam and taking up the Jihadi cause. It was screened at a theatre in suburban Andheri.
Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor, who was the chief guest at the glittering opening ceremony, said he grew up watching world cinema, which influenced his upbringing, and lauded the festival for giving platform to youngsters.
"Our budding filmmakers want to understand cinema, learn from cinema. Hindi or English films are not enough, films across the world can influence us, especially actors, filmmakers and technicians.
Produced by John Brehat in association with 3B Productions, Tassili Films, Arte France and Scope Pictures and directed by Rachid Bouchareb, the film stars Astrid Whettnall, Pauline Burlet, Patricia Ide and Abel Jafri.
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"Road To Istanbul" has been screened at various international film festivals this year, including Berlin and Eurasia, among others.
The festival will also feature an array of popular Indian movies of recent past, providing a visual treat to cinema aficionados.
The 7th edition of the film festival started from New Delhi on July 1 and went to several cities, including Lucknow and Kanpur, before coming to Mumbai.
The 'Indian Showcase' includes popular films like "Airlift", "Neerja", "Sarbjit", "Talvar", "Natsamrat", "Aligarh", "Sairat" and "Mithila Makhaan".
Internationally acclaimed Romanian movie "Sieranevada" by Critsi Puiu, "The First, The Last" by Bouli Lanners, "Mahana", "The Plants" from Chile and "Hear the Silence" by Ed Ehrenberg from Germany are some of the films that will also be screened at the festival, which will conclude on October 2 with a gala ceremony.