Catherine Deneuve to Get Mumbai Film Festival Lifetime Honor — hollywoodreporter.com

The 16th Mumbai Film Festival will give a lifetime achievement honor to French cinema icon Catherine Deneuve and screen a selection of her films. The festival, organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), will be held Oct. 14-21. While the opening and closing films are still to be announced, organizers said that MFF will screen over 185 films from more than 65 countries. Usually, the festival has opened and closed with Hollywood fare such as last year's The Butler and The Fifth Estate. Earlier editions have featured titles including Silver Linings Playbook, The Social Network and Moneyball. Among the highlights this year is World War 2 drama Fury, starring Brad Pitt, which is set for an India release on Oct. 31 via independent distributor PVR Pictures.

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