Kamar Ahmad Simon’s ‘Are You Listening’ ,Maria Stodtmeier’s (Germany) “In Between : Isang Yun in North and South Korea’, FTII production ‘Black Rock’ directed by Vikrant Janardhan Pawar ,‘True Love Story’ animation film by Gitanjali Rao, Nishtha Jain's documentary ‘Gulabi Gang’, Dhvani Desai’s RTI film ‘Chakravyuh’ ,Dylan Mohan Gray’s film ‘Fire in the Blood’ ,‘Sonyacha Amba’ (Golden Mango) directed by Govind Raju ,Pushpa Rawat’s documentary ‘Nirnay’ (Decision). ‘Tamaash’ (The Puppet) by directors Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh, ‘Seven Hundred Zero Zero Seven’ by Altaf Mazid ,‘Have You Seen the Arana’ by Sunanda Bhat and ‘Invoking Justice’ by Deepa Dhanraj won awards in different categories of the Mumbai International Film Festival 2014.
The seven day international documentary film festival, MIFF 2014 concluded in Mumbai with best of the work in documentary, short and animation films honoured with awards, presented by eminent film makers Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Shyam Benegal.Kamar Ahmad Simon’s 90 minute documentary ‘Are You Listening’ has won the Golden Conch Award for the Best Documentary Film (above 60 minutes) at the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films, MIFF 2014 . ‘Are You Listening’ won the Golden Conch trophy and Rs 500,000 cash prize (Rs 300,000 for the Director and Rs 200,000 for the producer – Sara Afreen).The Golden Conch for Best Documentary Film upto 60 minutes went to Maria Stodtmeier’s (Germany) “In Between : Isang Yun in North and South Korea’. . It gets the Golden Conch trophy and Rs 500,000 cash prize (Rs 300,000 for the Director and Rs 200,000 for the producer – Paul Smaczny).FTII production ‘Black Rock’ directed by Vikrant Janardhan Pawar was adjudged the Best Short Fiction film in International Competition. . It gets the Golden Conch trophy and Rs 500,000 cash prize (Rs 300,000 for the Director and Rs 200,000 for the producer - FTII).The Golden Conch Best Animation Film award went to ‘True Love Story’ by Gitanjali Rao. The award carries a Golden Conch and Rs 500,000 cash prize.Nishtha Jain, whose documentary ‘Gulabi Gang’, won the Best Director Award in the International Competition section of MIFF. She gets Rs 100,000 cash award and a certificate. For the first time, MIFF had introduced a new category of award – ‘Most Popular Film of the Festival’, which was to be chosen through voting by festival delegates. The film, produced by Films Division, was first shown on October 12, 2014 on the occasion of 8th anniversary of RTI in Mumbai.Mumbai based film maker Dylan Mohan Gray’s film ‘Fire in the Blood’ got the Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. . This award carrying a cash prize of Rs 100,000 and a Trophy has been instituted by the Maharashtra Film Development Corporation, Mumbai.IDPA Award for the best student film went to ‘Sonyacha Amba’ (Golden Mango) directed by Govind Raju and produced by FTII, Pune. This film had participated in Berlin and Beijing festivals as well. The Rs 100,000 cash and Trophy is given by the Indian Documentary Producers’ Association, IDPA.Pramod Pati Award for most Innovative film, carrying a cash prize of Rs 100,000 and a trophy went to Pushpa Rawat’s 57 minute documentary ‘Nirnay’ (Decision). The Kashmiri short-film ‘Tamaash’ (The Puppet) won the Golden Conch award for the Best Short Fiction Film (upto 45 minutes) in the National Competition. Tamaash is the first film by directors Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh, who also wrote, edited, and produced it, along with Tulsea Pictures. Along with the Golden Conch, the filmmakers also get Rs 250,000 cash award.Also in the National Competition section, ‘Seven Hundred Zero Zero Seven’ by Altaf Mazid got the Golden Conch for Best Documentary (upto 40 minutes), while ‘Have You Seen the Arana’ by Sunanda Bhat and ‘Invoking Justice’ by Deepa Dhanraj shared the Best Documentary Awards in above 40 minutes category.
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