More awards in various film categories and a hike in cash prize would be granted from the next film festival onwards, assured Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Minister for Forest, Transport, Sports and Cinema. The Minister also promised to establish a film city in Ottapalam, the first of its kind in the state, to create more filmmaking opportunities in Kerala. He was speaking while inaugurating the closing ceremony of 8th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala at Kairali theatre at 6 p.m. The Minister distributed the awards for the best film across the different categories.
K. Muraleedharan, MLA, presided over the function. He said that this festival gives an opportunity for people from diverse culture, tradition and race to meet and gather. KSCA chairman T. Rajeev Nath introduced the Jury members and announced the results.
‘Floating Life’ directed by Haobam Paban Kumar won the Best Documentary award. ‘Man and the Ocean’ directed by Tanumoy Bose won the short documentary section. The best long documentary award carried a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh while the best short documentary award carried a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/- and a certificate.
Sanju Surendran’s ‘Kapila’ and Joshy Joseph’s ‘A Poet, A City and A Footballer” was given a special mention by the Jury from Long Documentary category.
Atanu Mukherjee’s ‘The Gatekeeper’ won the prize for the best short fiction film, which has a cash prize of Rs.50,000 and a certificate. Niranjan Kumar Kujur’s ‘Going Home’ and Karuna Bansode’s ‘Afternoon Lullaby’ got special mention in this category.
‘Theiyye’ won the award for the best music video which was directed by Arun Sukumar. The film won a cash prize of R.s 25,000 and a certificate. ‘Beautiful Grey’ by Kim Jung Hyun got a special mention in this category.
There is no best film in the campus film section. But the Jury gave a special mention for two campus films which were ‘Way Home’ directed by Avinash Kumar, Prahas Nair and Sajeev Kumar MS and ‘Reflection’ directed by Balu BA, Sham Mohammed and Veeresh I. V.
Irom Maipak who was the cinematographer of the film ‘Floating Life’ was selected for the ‘Navroz Contractor Award for the Best Cinematographer’ donated by eminent cinematographer Mr Navroze Contractor. It consists a cash prize of Rs. 15,000 and certificate.
PC Vishnunath, MLA, Cultural Affairs Secretary, Rani George IAS, KSCA Vice Chairman Joshy Mathew, Academy executive committee members Ramchandrababu and Aryadan Shoukath, Secretary S Rajendran Nair took part in the function.
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