{"id":13210,"date":"2012-05-27T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-05-27T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T22:05:13","slug":"The-12th-Annual-New-York-Indian-Film-Festival-Jury-Award-Winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13210","title":{"rendered":"The 12th Annual New York Indian Film Festival Jury Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After five days of red carpet screenings, industry panels, and networking parties, the 12th annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) ended on a high note Sunday night with the world premiere of Anurag Kashyap\u2019s GANGS OF WASSEYPUR, which received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, followed by an awards ceremony and closing night reception, sponsored by Wells Fargo. The winners of the NYIFF 2012 Jury Awards are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One-minute Cell Phone Film Award \u2013 LOVE LOST by Caroline Cantone, NYU student<\/li>\n<li>Audience Choice Award, presented by Mela\u2019s Pooja Kohli \u2013 LET\u2019S BE OUT, THE SUN IS SHINING by Bornilla Chatterjee<\/li>\n<li>Best Short Film Award, presented by director Bedabrata Pain \u2013 BOMBAY SNOW by Chinmay Dalvi<\/li>\n<li>Best Documentary, presented by UB Group Brand Ambassador and former Miss India Pooja Batra \u2013 SAVING FACE by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (also won the Oscar for Best Doc)<\/li>\n<li>Best Screenplay, presented by author Suketu Mehta \u2013 Avinash Deshpande for SHALA<\/li>\n<li>Best Young Actor Award, presented by director Prashant Nair \u2013 Mohammad Samad for GATTU<\/li>\n<li>Best Actress, presented by director Dev Benegal \u2013 Tannishtha Chatterjee for DEKH INDIAN CIRCUS<\/li>\n<li>Best Actor, presented by director Aishwarya.R.Dhanush \u2013 Nawazuddin Siddiqui 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