MUMBAI: The World Documentary Competition section in the 11th Tribeca Film Festival will kick off with the screening of Nisha Pahuja’s The World Before Her. The film will be in English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati with subtitles.

The World Before Her is a riveting, thoughtful profile of the fundamental contradictions of a country in transition,’ the official website of the festival states. The documentary weaves together the stories of the Miss India beauty pageant and a fundamentalist Hindu camp for girls portraying the situation of women across contemporary India.

The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival will screen films from 32 different countries, including 54 world premieres. While 12 films will be screened in the World Narrative Competition, an equal number of films would feature in the World Documentary Competition, and 22 films in the out-of-competition Viewpoints section.

The Film Festival will take place from 18 to 29 April.