Published by MarlaLewinGFV

Apr 28, 2010

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8th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles announces 2010 Award winners

by Marla Lewin

The festival hosted over 7,000 attendees at ArcLight Hollywood, and had numerous sold out screenings.

IFFLA Executive Director Christina Marouda said, “This year’s festival has been a great opportunity to celebrate the work of known Indian filmmakers and introduce a new generation of talents as they enter a global filmmaking community".

GRAND JURY AWARDS:
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE: THE MAN BEYOND THE BRIDGE
DIR/SCR: Laxmikant Shetgaonkar
Cast: Chitranjan Giri, Veena Jomkar, Prasanthi Talpanker, Vasanth Josalkar, Deepak Amonkar

HONORABLE MENTION: COOKING WITH STELLA
DIR/CO-SCR: Dilip Mehta
Cast: Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Don McKellar

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: AT MY DOORSTEP
DIR/ED: Nishta Jain

HONORABLE MENTION: NERO’S GUESTS
DIR: Deepa Bhatia

BEST SHORT FILM: GAREEB NAWAZ’S TAXI
DIR: Ritesh Batra

HONORABLE MENTION: WAHID’S MOBILE BOOKSTORE
DIR/PROD: Anjoo Khosla

AUDIENCE AWARDS:
NARRATIVE: HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY
DIR/SCR: Paresh Mokashi
Cast: Nandu Madhav, Vibhavari Desphande, Atharva Karve, Mohit Gokhale

DOCUMENTARY: THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS: TIBET’S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
DIR: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam

SHORT: KUNJO