After going online in 2020, they are now accepting applications for the 2021 edition. Selected candidates will be mentored by film critic and author Baradwaj Rangan, and film and TV critic and author Mike McCahill. They’ll attend sessions on various aspects of film criticism. “The lab is focused on opening up the way participants think about and process film. We believe that is the foundation to whichever path one may take. You may write about films, you may write films, or you may end up working on a film. But underlying it all is the ability to watch and understand cinema with a wider perspective which is truly one’s own,” Kiran reveals.

Last date for applications November 7
Log on to: mumbaifilmfestival.com/criticslab