Monthly Selection - April 2017
FILMS OF THE MONTH - APRIL 2017
CATEGORY - NARRATIVE FEATURE
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Mango Dreams
Directed By John Upchurch
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Directed By KAMAL NATHANI
India
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TOWARDS NEW DAWN
Directed By Shivarudhraiah K
India
SEMIFINALIST
Dhokbu - The Keeper, India
OFFICIAL SELECTION
PEROPERO - Breakdown in Tokyo, Germany
CATEGORY - DOCUMENTARY
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Antartica - The Journey to the End of the Earth
Directed By Artem Gordina
Ukraine
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Filmisthaan
Directed By Yasmin Kidwai
India
SEMIFINALIST
Into the Light: Girls of Kolkata, United Kingdom
Mirgorod, a travel log, Iceland
Iyarkaiyum Maari, India
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Little Tsunamis, United Kingdom
Pratersauna - The final round, Austria
Amsterdam Stories USA, Belgium
MYSTIC REALM, Bangladesh
Boi Bumba - Move my ox, Germany
CATEGORY - SHORT FILMS
BEST SHORT FILM
Touch
Directed By Ghirija Jayarraj
Australia
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Obosheshot (At Last...)
Directed By Arindam Barooah
India
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Blindness
Directed By Shirsha Tanay Ghosh
India
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Hubert
Directed By Adrien Debackere
France
SEMIFINALIST
Internal Flight (full version), Ukraine
OFFICIAL SELECTION
POLIS NEA, Italy
BREAKER, Japan
It comes from the Heavens, Cuba
The Angry Men, Italy
No Wave, Canada
One man called Olivier Bécaille, Italy
Addict, France
Recourse, United Kingdom
DUSTBIN, India
A Man Full of Trouble, USA
L'Entretien, France
CATEGORY – EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Structures of Nature
Directed By Martin Gerigk
Germany
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Transmania, Croatia
CATEGORY - ANIMATED FILMS
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Bosatsu - Year of the Dragon
Directed By Siddharth Ahluwalia
United States
CATEGORY - WOMEN’S FILM
BEST WOMEN’S FILM
“Liberation“
Directed By Kimia Eyzadpanah
Germany
CATEGORY - STUDENT’S FILMS
BEST STUDENT’S FILM
Safe Harbor
Directed By Gabriel Carnick
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sweet Bloom of Night Time Flowers
Directed By Rifyal Giffari
Singapore
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Mommy Heist, United States
Chayachithram, India
DOLL, Australia
Coco Cabasa, Netherlands
CATEGORY - FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS
BEST FAMILY/CHILDREN FILMS
Bhog
Directed By Yash Revar
India
CATEGORY - YOUNG FILMMAKER
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Youth - Daughter
Directed By Daniel Chan
China
CATEGORY - DEBUT FILMMAKER
BEST DEBUT FILMMAKER
ABDUR RAFI for ESPEJISMO
India
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
RAFFAELLA COVINO for LEND A HAND
Italy
FINALIST
Blindness, India
Bosatsu - Year of the Dragon, United States
SEMIFINALIST
#ATFIRSTSIGHT, Hungary
Dhokbu - the Keeper, India
CATEGORY – FEATURE SCRIPT
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
All-American
Written By Samuel J Narayan
CATEGORY - MUSIC VIDEO
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Brass Wires Orchestra – Youth
Directed By Filipe Correia dos Santos
Portugal
SEMIFINALIST
Internal Flight (full version), Ukraine
Nineveh's Burning, Japan
CATEGORY - FILM ON NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT
BEST FILM ON NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
Antarctica
Directed By Andrii Andreiev
Ukraine
FINALIST
A Little Gardener, India
SEMIFINALIST
Captain Piers' Whales, Spain
Elephants in the Coffee, United States
CATEGORY - MOBILE FILM
BEST MOBILE FILM
Korean dog meat exposé (15 mins)
Directed By James Hyams
CATEGORY- FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUE
BEST FILM ON DISABILITY ISSUE
MISS KAALU
Directed By Naresh Babu
India
OFFICIAL SELECTION
The Newspaper, South Africa
CATEGORY- FILM ON RELIGION
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nunc Coepi -- The Life of Venerable Bruno Lanteri
Directed By John Wykes
USA
CATEGORY – BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER
Blindness
Directed By Shirsha Tanay Ghosh
India
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
#ATFIRSTSIGHT
Directed By DÁNIEL TISZEKER
Hungary
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dhokbu - The Keeper
Directed By Dawa Lepcha
India
CATEGORY – BEST EDITING
TOWARDS NEW DAWN
Directed By Shivarudhraiah K
India
CATEGORY – SOUND DESIGNING
WINNER
Bosatsu - Year of the Dragon
Directed By Siddharth Ahluwalia
United States
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dhokbu - The Keeper
Directed By Dawa Lepcha
India
OFFICIAL SELECTION
BREAKER, Japan
CATEGORY – CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
#ATFIRSTSIGHT, Hungary
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dhokbu - the Keeper, India
CATEGORY – LGBT
BEST LGBT FILM
I WANT TO REMAIN WHO I AM
Directed By Richard Catherine
Luxembourg
CATEGORY – TRAVEL FILM
BEST TRAVEL FILM
Antarctica
Directed By Andrii Andreiev
Ukraine
OFFICIAL SELECTION
#TravelWithMe, Romania
CATEGORY – FILM SCORE
BEST FILM SCORE
RED KROKODIL [Soundtrack],
Composed By Alexander Cimini
Italy
CATEGORY – PHOTOGRAPHY
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Faces of the Earth By Merthan Kortan
Turkey
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Dumped, Greece
CATEGORY – TREATMENT / SYNOPSIS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dark Blossom
Written By Shripad Dagade
India
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