Russian director Alexander Gutman’s August 17 won the Golden Conch for the Best Documentary, while The Spell directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the Best Fiction film at the 11th Mumbai International Film Festival of Documentary, Animation and Short Films, which concluded at Ncpa, in Mumbai today.
The Jury didn’t find any documentary suitable for the Golden Conch in the Best Documentary film / video (Upto 30 mins) category. The Silver Conch and Rs.1,50,000 in the same category was shared between I Found A Thread by Tangella Madhavi of India and Vagabond- A Nomad In Spirit & In Reality by Mahvish Rahman, Priya Thuvassery, Swati Bhattacharya & Tulika of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.
There was a Jury Special Mention for two films, Nero’s Guests by Deepa Bhatia and Anwar – Dream of a Dark Night byAnwar Jamal.
Golden Conch and Rs.3,00,000 in Best Documentary film / video (Above 30 Mins) went to 17 August by Alexander Gutman of Russia.
The Jury didn’t find any documentary suitable for the Golden Conch in the Best Documentary film / video (Upto 30 mins) category. The Silver Conch and Rs.1,50,000 in the same category was shared between I Found A Thread by Tangella Madhavi of India and Vagabond- A Nomad In Spirit & In Reality by Mahvish Rahman, Priya Thuvassery, Swati Bhattacharya & Tulika of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.
There was a Jury Special Mention for two films, Nero’s Guests by Deepa Bhatia and Anwar – Dream of a Dark Night byAnwar Jamal.
Golden Conch and Rs.3,00,000 in Best Documentary film / video (Above 30 Mins) went to 17 August by Alexander Gutman of Russia.
- 2/9/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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