{"id":5676,"date":"2010-04-26T19:04:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T19:04:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-04-26T19:04:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T19:04:40","slug":"2010-Indian-Film-Festival-of-LA-announces-Award-Winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=5676","title":{"rendered":"2010 Indian Film Festival of LA announces Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 8th Annual Indian Film Festival<\/strong> of Los Angeles announced its 2010 Award winners with Laxmikant Shetgaonkar\u2019s THE MAN BEYOND THE BRIDGE (Paltadacho Munis) told in the native tongue of Konkani, a language otherwise hardly used in Indian cinema, as the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature and Dilip Mehta\u2019s COOKING WITH STELLA receiving an Honorable Mention in the category. Nishta Jain\u2019s AT MY DOORSTEP was named winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary and Deepa Bhatia\u2019s NERO\u2019S GUESTS received Honorable Mention. Ritesh Batra\u2019s GAREEB NAWAZ\u2019S TAXI won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film with Anjoo Khosla\u2019s WAHID\u2019S MOBILE BOOKSTORE receiving an Honorable Mention.<\/p>\n

Audience Choice Awards<\/strong> went to Paresh Mokashi\u2019s HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY<\/strong> for Narrative, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam\u2019s THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS: TIBET\u2019S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM<\/strong> for Documentary and Terrie Samundra\u2019s KUNJO<\/strong> for the Short Film category.<\/p>\n

The festival hosted over 7,000 attendees at ArcLight Hollywood, had numerous sold out screenings, and added the international director’s cut of the Bollywood blockbuster MY NAME IS KHAN<\/strong> in its “Bollywood by Night” series. IFFLA Executive Director Christina Marouda said, \u201cThis year\u2019s 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. The 2010 award winners have proven to captivate IFFLA\u2019s audience with their unique and varied vision. Through its eight year history, IFFLA has established itself as an important annual event through which one can chart the evolution of the convergence of the Hollywood and Indian entertainment industries.\u201d<\/p>\n

GRAND JURY AWARDS:<\/strong>
\nBEST NARRATIVE FEATURE:<\/strong> THE MAN BEYOND THE BRIDGE
\nDIR\/SCR: Laxmikant Shetgaonkar
\nCast: Chitranjan Giri, Veena Jomkar, Prasanthi Talpanker, Vasanth Josalkar, Deepak Amonkar<\/p>\n

HONORABLE MENTION:<\/strong> COOKING WITH STELLA
\nDIR\/CO-SCR: Dilip Mehta
\nCast: Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Don McKellar<\/p>\n

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:<\/strong> AT MY DOORSTEP
\nDIR\/ED: Nishta Jain<\/p>\n

HONORABLE MENTION:<\/strong> NERO\u2019S GUESTS
\nDIR: Deepa Bhatia<\/p>\n

BEST SHORT FILM:<\/strong> GAREEB NAWAZ\u2019S TAXI
\nDIR: Ritesh Batra<\/p>\n

HONORABLE MENTION:<\/strong> WAHID\u2019S MOBILE BOOKSTORE
\nDIR\/PROD: Anjoo Khosla<\/p>\n

AUDIENCE AWARDS:<\/strong>
\nNARRATIVE: HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY
\nDIR\/SCR: Paresh Mokashi
\nCast: Nandu Madhav, Vibhavari Desphande, Atharva Karve, Mohit Gokhale<\/p>\n

DOCUMENTARY:<\/strong> THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS: TIBET\u2019S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
\nDIR: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam<\/p>\n

SHORT:<\/strong> KUNJO
\nDIR: Terrie Samundra<\/p>\n

Jury members for the 2010 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Narrative Features are <\/strong>two-time Emmy\u00ae nominated motion picture and television producer Debra Martin Chase (SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS, THE PRINCESS DIARIES and the upcoming JUST WRIGHT); acclaimed actress Radha Mitchell (FINDING NEVERLAND, MELINDA AND MELINDA) who stars in and co-produced this year\u2019s IFFLA closing night film, THE WAITING CITY; and actress Shannyn Sossamon (A KNIGHT\u2019S TALE, WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY).<\/p>\n

Jury members for the Short Film category are <\/strong>writer\/ director Rajeev Dassani whose A DAY\u2019S WORK won the gold medal at the Student Academy Awards\u00ae; actress Navi Rawat (THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG and OCEAN OF PEARLS), best known as the brilliant mathematician \u201cAmita Ramanujan\u201d on the hit television show \u201cNUMB3RS\u201d; and Kim Yutani, film critic and film programmer for the Sundance Film Festival and the Director of Programming of Outfest.<\/p>\n

Jury members for this year\u2019s Documentaries include <\/strong>Oscar\u00ae nominee Gregg Helvey, winner of the IFFLA 2009 Audience Award for Best Short for his film, KAVI; Peabody Award-winning producer and director Senain Kheshgi; and Sonali Kolhatkar, host and executive producer of KPFK\u2019s \u201cUprising.\u201d<\/p>\n

About IFFLA<\/strong>
\nThe Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) is a nonprofit organization devoted to a greater appreciation of Indian cinema and culture by showcasing films, honoring entertainment industry business executives and promoting the diverse perspectives of the Indian diaspora. For more information about the upcoming festival running April 20th -25th at ArcLight Hollywood, visit www.indianfilmfestival.org.<\/p>\n

(Above picture: Closing Night Winners-1.jpg-Left to Right: actor Samrat Chakrabarti (GAREEB NAWAZ’S TAXI), director Laxmikant Shetgaonkar (THE MAN BEYOND THE BRIDGE), director Terri Samundra (KUNJO), IFFLA Film Fund Development Grant Winner Kranti Kanade, UTV distribution representative Vinitha Chandran (HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY))<\/em>
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