MIFF Awards 2020
Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF – 2020)
Award | Award Money | Entry No. | Category | Duration (in minutes) |
Country | Name | Title of the Film | Citation |
“IDPA Award for Best Student Film “ |
Rs.1,00,000 + Trophy + Certificate | N0575 | Short Fiction Film (upto 45 mins.) | 29 | India | Anant Dass Sahni | Naked Wall | A riveting and raw narrative of caste, sexual and religious tension in a village through a love story tantalizingly kept hanging. |
Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari Award for Best Debut Film of a Director (Govt of Maharashtra) | Rs.1,00,000 + Trophy + Certificate | N0663 | Short Fiction Film (upto 45 mins.) | 10 | India | Umashankar Nair | Grandfather | A very fine depiction of the emotional between a little girl and her grandfather and her anguish at losing him, which leads to her subsequent emotive experience in a touching, poetic style, between fantasy and reality. |
Gaiti Siddiqui | ||||||||
“Special Award for Best Short film on Water conservatio & Climate Change (upto 15 mins.)(For Indian filmmakers only)” | Rs 1,00,000 + Trophy + Certificate | N167pan> | Best Short film on the combined theme of Water Conversation and Climate Change (upto 15 min.) | 4 | India | Aravind M | The Wetland’s Wail | A simple film of beautifully captured images carrying a strong message on the urgent need to preserve our weland resources. |
National Competition | ||||||||
Best Animation Film : Rs.3,00,000 + Silver Conch + Certificate | ||||||||
Director & Producer | Rs.3,00,000 + Silver conch + Certificate | N0276 | Animation Film | 6 | India | Jyotsna Puthran | MIXI | An original exploration of stop-motion techniques blended with digital technology that focuses on the global crisis of child labour. |
Best Short Fiction Film (upto 45mins.): Rs.3,00,000 + Silver Conch + Certificate | ||||||||
Director | Rs.1,50,000 + Silver conch + Certificate | N0363 | Short Fiction Film (upto 45 mins.) | 20 | India | Shazia Iqbal | “Bebaak :Dying wind in her hair” | This debut film offers a very authentically designed sequence of events to manifest the reality of a young Muslim girl’s striking reaction to religious constraints. Her upholding of freedom is enacted through a very convincing performance by the ensemble cast. |
Producer | Rs.1,50,000 + Certificate | Anurag Kashyap, Ajay Rai | ||||||
Director | Special Mention | N0188 | Short Fiction Film (upto 45 mins.) | 26 | India | Jai Shankar | Lacchavva | A simple, feel-good story of India’s traditional rural-urban divide told effectively with a realistic treatment and stand-out performance by the lead actress./span> |
Best Documentary film (below 60 minutes) : Silver conch + Rs.5,00,000 + Certificate | ||||||||
Director | Rs.2,50,000 + Silver conch + Certificate | N0029 | Documentary Film (below 60 mins.)
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52 | India | Putul Mahmood | Atasi | Excellent portrayal of an intriguing mental tragedy, which encounters each unusual member of a poverty-stricken family, spontaneously capturing the images and the events through a participatory camera, a stark natural atmosphere and an intense dramatic impact. |
Producer | Rs.2,50,000 + Certificate | Ratnaboli Ray | ||||||
Director | Special Mention | N0258 | Documentary Film (below 60 mins.) | 49 | India | Vibha Bakshi | Son Rise | A strong and empowering film that gives a fresh perspective upon India’s perennial crisis of gender inequality, with clear potential for impacting social change. |
Best Documentary Film (above 60 minutes) : Silver Conch + Rs.5,00,000 | ||||||||
Director & Producer | Rs.5,00,000 + Silver conch + Certificate | N0031 | Documentary Film (above 60 mins.) | 61 | India | Sapna Bhavnani | Sindhustan | A deeply personal and moving account of a community’s history, permanently impacted by Partition. Using body art, music and deft editing and sound, the filmmaker weaves a story that explore the emotional cost of a political history. |
Technical Awards (Common from both Categories) | ||||||||
Best Sound Design | Rs.3,00,000 + Trophy + Certificate | I0015 | Documentary Film | 77 | United States | Jesse Alk | Pariah Dog | A rich and sensitive tapestry of Kolkata’s acoustic environment, capturing the lives of outsiders, both animal and human. |
Best Editing Film | Rs.1,50,000 + Trophy + Certificate | N0151 | Short Fiction Film (upto 45 mins.) | 27 | India | Aniruddha Chakraborty | The Saleswoman | The time and space of a story about train hawkers come alive through an engaging editorial accomplishment. |
Rs.1,50,000 + Trophy + Certificate | I0144 | Documentary Film | 80 | Switzerland | Myriam Rachmuth | Fiancees | An ambitious mosaic of Egyptian middle-class relationship customs, three narratives deftly woven through strong editorial craftsmanship. | |
Best Cinematography | Rs.3,00,000 + Trophy + Certificate | N0363 | Short Fiction Film (upto 45 mins.) | 20 | India | Sachin Gadankush | “Bebaak : Dying wind in her hair” | Fluent imagery with effectively designed emotive visuals express the poignant mood of the theme of empowerment with stark realistic tone. |
International Competition Section | ||||||||
Best Animation Film : Silver Conch + Rs.5,00,000 | ||||||||
Director | Rs.1,25,000 + Silver Conch + Certificate | I0014 | Animation Film | 15 | Germany | Izabela Plucinska | Portrait of Suzanne | |
Producer | Rs.1,25,000 + Certificate | Claytraces, Films de Force Majeure The Las Sztuki Foundation | ||||||
SHARED | ||||||||
Director & Producer | Rs.2,50,000 + Silver Conch + Certificate | I0006 | Animation Film | 9 | India | Divakar SK | The Fox of the Palmgrove | |
Best Short Fiction Film (upto 45 mins.) : Silver Conch + Rs.5,00,000 | ||||||||
Director | Rs.2,50,000 + Silver conch + Certificate | I0048 | Short Fiction Film (upto 45 mins.)
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26 | India | Nagraj Manjule | An Essay of Rain | For its evocation of a grim social reality through the metaphor of rain that transform into an unwritten essay. |
Producer | Rs.2,50,000 + Certificate | Balkrushna Manjule | ||||||
Best Documentary Film of the Festival : Golden Conch + Rs.10,00,000 | ||||||||
Director | Rs.5,00,000 + Golden Conch + Certificate | I0140 | Documentary Film | 75 | Brazil | Barbara Paz | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | For its intimate and celbratory portrayal of the Brazilian film director and his reflections of life – and death. |
Producer | Rs.5,00,000 + Certificate | HB Filmes (Barbara Paz, Myra Babenco), Gullane (Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane), Ava Filmes, Lusco Fusco, Globo Filmes, Globo News, Canal Brasil | ||||||
Pramod Pati Special Jury Award (For Most Innovative / Experimental Film) (For Director only) : Rs 1,00,000 + Trophy + Certificate |
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Director | Rs 1,00,000 + Trophy + Certificate | I0092 | Documentary Film | 20 | India | Payal Kapadia | And What is the Summer Saying | Painted sounds ! The film creates a new form by telling the story of a village through intuitive imagery and subtle soundscapes. |
Special Jury Mention | Certificate to Director | I0080 | Documentary Film | 28 | India | Joshy Joseph | Echo From The Pukpui Skies | For its poetic response to historic complexities. |