10th Osian’s-Cinefan Awards

Asian-Arab Competition:

Best Film: Tokyo Sonata (dir: Kyoshi Kurosawa (Japan-Netherlands-Hong Kong)

Best Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Three Monkeys, Turkey-France-Italy)

Best Actor: Ammor Hakkar (The Yellow House, France-Algeria)

Best Actress: Hiam Abbas & Rona Laipaz Michael (Lemon Tree, Israel-France)

Special Jury Award: Salt of the Sea (dir: Annemarie Jacir, Palestine-Belgium-France)

Indian Competition:

Best Film: Gulabi Talkies (dir: Girish Kasaravalli, Kannada)

Best Director: Remo (Lal Paharer Katha / A Story of Red Hills, Bengali)

Best Actor: Rajat Kapoor (The Prisoner, Hindi) & Govind Namdeo (Kabootar, Hindi)

Best Actress: Umashree (Gulabi Talkies, Kannada)

First Features Award:

Best Film: Confessional (dir: Jerrold Tarog & Ruel Dahis Antipuesto, The Philippines)

In-Tolerance Award:

Best Film: Hidden Faces (dir: Handen Ipekci, Turkey-Germany)

Audience Award:

Best Film: The Band’s Visit (dir: Eran Kolirin, Israel-France)

FIPRESCI Award:

Best Film: Ramchand Pakistani (dir: Mehreen Jabbar, Pakistan) & Salt of the Sea

NETPAC Award:

Best Film: Bioscope (dir: K M Madhusudhanan, Malayalam-Tamil)

The six juries were:

Asian Arab Competition:

Christine Hakim (Indonesia), Chantal Akerman (Belgium), Wu Nien-jen (Taiwan), Kais al Zubaidi (Palestine) and …