Utpal Borpujari selected to be member of the International Critics' Jury at MIFF

The International Film Critics' Federation (FIPRESCI) has selected New Delhi-based Assamese film critic Utpal Borpujari as a member of the International Critics' Jury at the forthcoming Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF). The other two members in the three-member jury will be Carlos Alberto Mattos from Brazil and Steffen Moestrup from Denmark. MIFF is one of the world's largest festivals of documentaries, short fiction films and animation films. Organized by the Films Division of the Government of India, it will be held from February 3 to 9 this year.

Borpujari has earlier served in FIPRESCI juries at the Montreal World Film Festival, Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema-New Delhi, MAMI International Film Festival-Mumbai. He had also served as a member of the Indian Critics' Jury at the 2008 edition of MIFF.