The
17th edition of International Film Festival of
India ended here today making a mark in evoking experience, thoughts and
enjoyment for thousands of film folks from across the globe. The Philippines
film Sta. Nina directed by Emmanuel Quindo
Palo bagged the prestigious Suvarna Chakoram (The Golden Crow Pheasant Award).
Francisca Silva received the best director award Rajata Chakoram (The Silver
Crow Pheasant Award) for her movie Ivan’s Woman. The best debut film award
went to Filmistaan directed by Nitin Kakkar.
The Audience Prize Rajata Chakoram was given to Shutter directed by Joy Mathew
which was rated as best by delegates. The Iranian film The Last Step, directed by Ali Mosaffa and Senegal film Today directed by Alain Gomis got Special Jury mention.
Apart
from the awards, Suvarna Chakoram carried a cash prize of 15 lakhs to be shared
by the director and producer of the film. The winner of Rajata Chakoram got
rupees 4 lakhs whereas the Rajata Chakoram for best debut film carried rupees 3
lakks. The Audience Prize Rajata Chakoram got
rupees 2 lakhs.
The
film Shutter voted by audience got 4.15 points whereas Nitin Kakkar’s Hindi
film positioned behind with 4.10 points. The film I.D directed by Kamal K M
touched the third position in the rating preference.
Sta.
Nina invites the audience to the mysteries
presumed to be created by the unearthing of the coffin of Marikit, the daughter of Pol. People
throng to Pol’s house for getting miracles and healing. Pol begins his crusade
for beatifying Marikit as he thinks that her dead child is a saint. The
cleansing of the sins by a dead soul throws more puzzles than solutions. Ivan’s Woman tells the emotional voyage of a
captive girl who tries to undo the life with her kidnapper. Filmistaan depicts the kidnapping and
detention of a film director by an Islamic terrorist group in a house which
belongs to a Pakistani, who is engaged in a trade of pirated films.
Other
Awards
The
film The Repentant, which portrayed the life a ex-terrorist,
was selected for FIPRESCI award. FIPRESCI award for the best Malayalam film was
given to Ithramatram directed by K Gopinath. The
FIPRESCI awards are instituted by the International Federation of Film Critics.
The film I.D, directed by Kamal K M got NETPAC (Network
for the Promotion of Asian Film Centre) award for the best Asian Film in competition.
NETPAC award for the Malayalam film went to Ee Adutha Kalathu directed by Arun Kumar
Arvind. Manoj Kana’s Chayiliam got Hassan Kutty Award for
debut Indian film.
Media
Awards
The
award for the best iffk reporter in print media was shared by R Rins of Metro
Vartha and K Pradeep of Janmabhumi. The award for the best iffk TV reporter was
also shared by Deepa Kelad (Manorama News) and Safir Salaam (India Vision).
Parvathy Nair of Big FM got the best radio iffk reporter and Manorama
Online was selected for best online iffk reports.
The
awards were given away by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in a grand gala closing
ceremony held at Nishagandhi Auditorium here. K C Joseph, Minister for Culture
and Rural Development presided over the function. K B
Ganeshkumar distributed various media awards the awards for the best reportage
on the film festival. Filmmaker Priyadarsan, IFFK Jury Chairman
Paul Cox, NETPAC Jury Member Park Sung Ho, FIPRESCI Jury Chairman Gyorgi
Karpati, Filmmaker T K Rajivkumar, Chalachitra Academy Vice Chairman Gandhimati
Balan, IFFK Artstic Director Bina Paul were among the participants.
A
musical performace ‘Thalayanam’ by noted Thavil maestro Karunamoorthy lend a
cheerful twist to closing ceremony.
The
iffk opened a week ago with the screening of the silent movie The Ring by
celluloid legendary Hitchcock. The screening accompanied by a live
orchestra by a team led by famous jazz sensation Soweto Kinch left behind a
memorable experience. A total of 14 movies were screened in competition and
most of them were fascinating for the audience. The world cinema category which
contained a lot of present day reel depictions along with films of masters like Abbas Kiarostami, Aki
Kaurismaki, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ken Loach, Kim Ki-Duk, Lars von Trier, Paolo
Sorrentino, Raul Ruiz and Walter Salles. 25 films of 24 women filmmakers lend
gender prominence to the festival.
Five
films of the jury Chairman Paul Cox was screened in retro. Four films of Helena
Ignez, the famous woman presence of the Brazilian cinema, were also screened.
Seven celluloid epics based on classical plays were screened in a retro. Five
African movies of Pierre Yameogo, one movie of Suleimane Cisse attracted
hundreds. A section on Vietnam mainly portrayed the historical and social
transformation of the land. A retro of eleven film of Alain Resnais held the
New Wave French flag on.
The
programmes organized as part of the iffk threw light to present day trends of
film making, innovative technical paths and new thinking in respect of
successful marketing of the films.
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