Kaushik
Ganguly’s ‘Cinemawala’ honoured with the UNESCO-Fellini medal
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Lifetime
Achievement Award presented to Russian filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov
The 11 day long 46th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) concluded this evening with a
splendid closing rite at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium attended by the Governor of Goa, Ms. Mridula Sinha, Chief
Minister of Goa Shri Laxmikant Parsekar, Union Minister of State for
Information & Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and I&B
Secretary Shri Sunil Arora. Internationally acclaimed music director A. R.
Rahman
was the chief gust on the closing ceremony.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnpvsWtrx5s)
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was the chief gust on the closing ceremony.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnpvsWtrx5s)
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The dance group, which shot to fame after winning reality talent show,
India's Got Talent 2 presented a choral-style performance on the musical
journey of Indian cinema. Famous Sand Artist, Rahul Arya presented his mesmerizing
sand art performance at the ceremony.
The
Award Winners are:
‘Embrace
of the Serpent’ (Al Abrazo de la Serpiente) bagged theBest Film Award. The film produced by Christina Gallego and
directed by Ciro Guerra depicts the first contact, encounter, approach,
betrayal and eventually life transcending friendship between Amazonian shaman
Karamakate and two scientists who work together over the course of
40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. The film is shot in the Amazonian rain forest
in richly detailed black and white. The Best Film Award comprises the Golden
Peacock and a citation with a prize money of Rs 40 lakhs (Rs 4 million) to be
shared between the Director and the Producer.
Peter Greenaway bagged The Best Director award for the film ‘Eisenstein
in Guanajuato’. Greenway portrays the lead character Soviet filmmaker
Sergei Eisenstein as an eccentric, self absorbed artiste who travels to a new place and culture and is forced
by the experiences he has there to question his assumptions about himself and
Stalinist Russia. Peter Greenway is a British film Director, initially trained
as a painter, who later took to film making. The Best Director is
presented with a Silver Peacock, a citation and a prize money of Rs 15 lakhs (Rs 1.5 million)
The Best Actor (Male) award went to Vincent
Lindon for his portrayal of a
laid off factory worker Thierry Taogourdeau in the film ‘The Measure of a Man’. The film, a French social drama turns the
spotlight on ordinary people who are pushed by circumstances to the corners.
The Best Actor (Female) award was shared by Gunes Sensoy, Doga Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit
Iscan andIlyada Akdogan for portrayal of role of five young orphaned sisters
in the Turkish fim ‘Mustang. The film set in a remote Turkish village
depicts the life of five young orphaned sisters and challenges they face growing up as girls in a
conservative society.
The Best Actor – Male and Female awards carrying the Silver
Peacock, citation and a prize money of Rs 10 lakhs each (Rs 1 million)
The Special Jury Award went to the Spanish film ‘Sealed Cargo’ (Carga Sellada) directed by Julia
Vargas. The Special Jury Award carries
a Silver Peacock, citation and a cash prize of Rs 15 lakhs (Rs 1.5 million)
The Serbian film ‘Enclave’ directed by Goran
Radovanovic got the special
mention award. The main theme of the
film is life of Kosovo Serbs in
small isolated communities, called enclaves
The
International Jury of IFFI 2015 headed by Shekhar Kapur, UK based director,
Micheal Radford, Palestinian based Israel director, Ms. Suha Arraf, German
Actress, Julia Jentsch and South Korean filmmaker Jeon Kyu-Hwan were the
members in the Jury.
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Russian film maker, actor and head of Russian
Cinematographers’ Union Nikita Mikhalkov was conferred upon the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 46th International Film Festival of India. Mikhalkov
trained as an actor at the Shchukin School and studied direction under Mikhail
Romm. At Home Among Strangers (1974) was his first feature, while he
garnered international recognition with ‘A Slave of Love’ .Greatly
popular for his portrayal of the memorable Sergei in ‘Burnt by the Sun’,
Mikhalkov has built up a reputation as an actor's director, winning numerous
international awards. IFFI 2015 had a special tribute section of
Mikhalkov’s films, screening his masterpieces – ‘Sunstroke’, ‘the Barber of
Siberia’ and ‘Burnt by the Sun’. The Lifetime Achievement Award carries a Silver Peacock,
certificate, shawl and a scroll along with a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs (Rs 1
million)
ICFT – UNESCO Fellini Medal
The ICFT – UNESCO Fellini Medal was awarded to Kaushik Ganguly’s ‘Cinemawala’ that focuses on the sad state of single screen cinema halls in West
Bengal. In
collaboration with International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual
Communication (ICFT), Paris, and UNESCO the UNESCO Fellini Award was presented
at IFFI for the first time this year. This medal is given to a film that reflects the
socio-cultural ideals promoted by UNESCO.
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Argentinean crime thriller ‘El Clan’ was the closing film of
the fest . The Clan is a
2015 Argentine crime film directed by Pablo Trapero. It was selected to be
screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film
Festival where director Pablo Trapero won the Silver Lion
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