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.
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“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.)	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.)	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
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.