- ‘Particles’ wins the Golden Peacock Award.
- Lijo Jose Pellissery conferred Best Director Award for ‘Jallikattu’
- Seu Jorge gets Best Actor (Male) Award
- Usha Jadhav gets Best Actor (Female) Award
- Special Jury Award for Pema Tseden’s ‘Balloon’
- Amin Sidi Boumediene and Marius Olteanu receives Award for ‘Best Debut Feature Film of a Director’ for ‘Abou Leila’ and ‘Monsters’
- Special mention for ‘Hellaro’
directed by Abhishek Shah.
-
Rwanda’ won The ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal
directed by Abhishek Shah.
Rwanda’ won The ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal
The coveted Golden
Peacock Award of golden jubilee edition of the International Film Festival
of India (IFFI), goes to ‘Particles’ directed by Blaise Harrison and produced by
Estelle Fialon. The Golden Peacock Award carries a cash prize of Rs 40 lakhs to be shared equally
between the Director and
the Producer, Trophy and the citation. ‘Particles’ is an “ambitious yet
modest film about the mysteries of being a teenager,” the jury cited. Lijo Jose Pellissery conferred Best Director Award
for ‘Jallikattu’.Lijo Jose Pellissery won the Best
Director Award for his film ‘Jallikattu’. The jury said that they honor the “intricate
and complex choreography of this very original and anarchic film”. Lijo gets the Silver Peacock Award , a citation and a cash prize of 15 lakhs.
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Seu Jorge won the the
Best Actor (Male) Award for his portrayal of Carlos Marighella in the Brazilian
movie ‘Marighella’. He bagged the award containing Silver Peacock Trophy,
certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs for “ the powerful and charismatic portrayal of a revolutionary, very relevant
in our increasingly authoritarian times”.
The Best Actor (Female) Award has gone to Usha
Jadhav for her portrayal of ‘Prabha Mai’, in the Marathi film ‘Mai Ghatt:
Crime No. 103/2005’. Usha Jadhav got the coveted prize for her “understated and
powerful performance of a mother defending her child’s honor against the
injustice of a corrupt system”. Award includes Silver Peacock
Trophy, certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs.
The jury awarded special jury prize to Pema Tseden his
film ‘Balloon’. The film
set in Tibetan grasslands got the prize for “the beauty
of the film language and the authenticity of the actors”. The Special Jury
Award carries a cash prize of Rs
15 lakhs, a Silver Peacock Award and a citation.
Centenary Award for ‘Best Debut Feature Film of
a Director’ is shared between Amin Sidi Boumediene for ‘Abou Leila’ and Marius
Olteanu for ‘Monsters’. Abou Leila’
tells the tale of two childhood friends who crossed the desert in search of Abu
Leila, a dangerous terrorist. Award
carries Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs
‘Hellaro’
directed by Abhishek Shah earned special mention from the jury for the
“incredible music, it’s colour and graceful choreography”. Though set
in time 45 years ago, the issue of woman’s empowerment portrayed in the film is
even more relevant today, said the jury.
Italian film ‘Rwanda’ directed by Riccardo
Salvetti won The ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal instituted by the International
Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication, Paris and UNESCO.
The medal bears a portrait of Gandhi engraved by the French artist Pierre-Yves
Tremois. Etched underneath is Mahatma’s message of hope: “ In the midst
of darkness light prevails”
‘Bahattar Hoorain, the Indian movie directed by
Sanjay P. Singh Chauhan earned the special mention under ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi
medal category.
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