Aishwarya Rai Bachchan officiated the Mumbai Film Festival launch on October 15 in Mumbai, India.

The 8 day festival will feature a great mix of films from both the international and local circuit, including upcoming Hollywood releases like Serena (Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence) and The Clouds of Sils Maria (Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart) and the critically acclaimed HBO documentary on the New York Review of Books, The 50 Year Argument. Although, Richard Linklater's Boyhood has already been released in the US it will be making its debut in India at the festival.

The details for the festival can be found on the official website.

The opening ceremony for the event will also be attended by Bollywood stars like Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar. Kalki Koechlin, mostly associated with the indie scene, will be hosting the affair.

The jury for the festival feature Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring, Hannibal Rising), Mahamat Saleh Haroun (A Screaming Man, Dry Season and Our Father), Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox), and Ron Mann (Imagine the Sound, Poetry in Motion).

Here's a list of recommended films from day one, as picked by DNA:

Snow (Barf)

Dir: Mehdi Rehmani
Venue: PVR Andheri (Screen 5)
Time: 10am

Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit)
Dir: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Venue: Chandan Cinema, Juhu
Time: 3pm

Red Army (documentary)
Dir: Gabe Polsky
Venue: PVR Andheri (Screen 1)
Time: 6pm

Children of War
Dir: Mrityunjay Devvrat
Venue: Cinemax Versova (Screen 1)
Time: 8:30pm

Amma & Appa
Dir: Franziska Schönenberger, Jayakrishnan Subramanian
Venue: Cinemax Versova (Screen 2)
Time: 3:15pm

The Fort (Killa)
Dir: Avinash Arun
Venue: Cinemax Versova (Screen 3)
Time: 6pm

Boyhood
Dir: Richard Linklater
Venue: Cinemax Versova (Screen 4)
Time: 8:15pm

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