1st Ahmedabad International Film Festival: Results

Runumi G   | Festivals & Contests | June 30, 2009 at 6:21 am

Results of the 1st Ahmedabad International Film Festival (www.aifilmfest.com):

Harishchandrachi Factory by Paresh Mokashi has won the Best feature film award of $2500 . In the Short Film Competitive Category, 88 keys to heartbreak, a film by Nishit Mohan Singh went to win best short film (fiction) and best cinematography award along with $2500.

The award citations are as follows:

International Short films competitive category(Jury: Govind Nihalani – chair, Russian actor-producer Alina Rizvanova from Russia, Manisha Koirala, writer Kajal Oza & artist Naresh Kapuria)

Best Short Film(Fiction): 88 keys to heartbreak.(Nishit Mohan Singh, Mumbai) – The best short film for its artistic realization of the complex dimensions of an intense emotional situation. The film achieves this by an economy of expression, a stylistic cinematic discipline and an understanding of human nature.

Best Cinematography: 88 keys to heartbreak (Nishit Mohan Singh, Mumbai) For its simple yet powerfully composed and lit black and white frames that articulate the emotional dimensions of the story.

Best documentary: Azadnagar Gulamnagar (Pravin Mishra, Ahmedabad)
Adjudged the best documentary for its sharp expose on the plight of bonded labour in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. It highlights the continuing suffering of the victims due to official apathy and corruption in spite of law banning bonded labour being in place.

Best Direction: The Golden Thread (Diageo Sanchidrian, Spain)
Diageo Sanchidrian was adjudged the best director for the way he handled the story of emotional upheavals in the life of the characters with rare sensitivity, restraint and a delicate poetic touch.

Best Script: The Golden Thread (Diageo Sanchidrian, Spain)
For creating a narrative structure oscillating between two parallel stories with complex emotional dimensions.

Best Editing: Because there are things you never forget ( Lucas Figueroa, Spain) For effectively articulating black humor and violence lending appropriate rhythm and pace to the narrative.

Best Sound Design: Raah (Sanjay Jangir, Ahmedabad) For creating an exciting soundtrack, blending sounds from nature and real life with originally created sounds.

Special Jury Prize

Chaukath (Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal) For its progressive theme and effective communication of an important social message regarding women’s emancipation.

Soul Voice Solo Voice (Mallika Sarabhai & Yadavan Chandran, Ahmedabad) – The film is about Rukmabai, a widowed, physically challenged Manganiyar singer and her valiant strggle against the age old gender prejudices of her community.

Indian Feature Films competitive (Jury: A Sreekar Prasad, who chaired since Mohsen Makhmalbaf could not come due to the situation in Iran despite confirming, Dorothy Wenner of Berlin Film Festival, filmmaker Sanjay Ghosh from Kolkata and TV personality Vinod Dua)

Best Feature Film: Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi) by Paresh Mokashi – For its light-hearted telling of a success story that brings alive the trials and tribulations faced by a person to achieve his goal, and synchronization of the visual style with the mood of the era which the film is set in.

Best Director: Sasi for Tamil Film Poo(The Flower) For his successful handling of the conflicts within the subject, maintenance of balance of story telling and deft handling of the rural characters.

Best Screenplay:Anjan Dutt for English film Chowrasta-Crossroads of love For his ability to successfully entwine four stories into one and use of the location as a character.

Best Cinematography: Tapan Vyas for Hindi film Ocean of an old man.
For his strong imagery and creative use of light and the landscape to explore the vacuum and fear in the mind of the protagonist.

Best Editing: Suchitra Sathe(Mumbai) for Marathi film Gabricha Paus-The damned rain. – For her effective use of rhythm and pace to build up the narrative and juxtaposition of visuals to bring alive the haplessness of the situation.

Best Sound Design:Anup Mukhopadhyay for Bengali Film Kaler Rakhal( The Understudy) For his balanced use and perfect detailing of sound to create the ambience of the subject

2 Comments

1. V.P.Jaiganesh says:

   June 30, 2009 at 1:24 pm

   nice to see Sasi’s poo being awarded!!!
   Kudos to Hari.. factory team too!!!
   Thanks Utpal for covering it!!

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2. Kashan says:

   June 30, 2009 at 7:37 pm

   Can we see these movies anywhere in bombay?

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